2027 AAAS Annual Meeting Travel Awards
The 2027 AAAS Annual Meeting brings together scientists, engineers, policymakers, communicators, and leaders from various sectors to explore how evidence shapes action and how collaboration grounded in mutual trust ensures that science continues to benefit society in essential and transformative ways.
AAAS welcomes students and early-career professionals to apply for the 2027 AAAS Travel Awards.
ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility is limited to undergraduate and graduate students or individuals who have obtained an advanced degree within the last five years. For any inquiries or concerns, please reach out to jmfreeman@aaas.org
AWARD RECIPIENTS RECEIVE:
- Up to $1,600 reimbursement after event attendance for actualized flight/train and AAAS-negotiated rate hotel room for up to 3-nights reserved by January 28, 2027.
- Complimentary Annual Meeting Registration
- Invitation to the Shirley M. Malcom Breakfast for STEMM Equity held during the Annual Meeting
- Recognition of award on AAAS announcements and publications
- Certificate of award delivered at the Annual Meeting
| AUG 4 | Travel awards application submission site opens |
| OCT 1 | Deadline to submit Travel awards application |
| OCT 19 | Winners receive their email notification with instructions on travel policies |
| JAN 28 | Deadline to purchase flights and reserve AAAS-approved hotel room |
| FEB 18-20 | Annual Meeting commences |
LEARN ABOUT THE AWARDS Each award was established in honor of individuals with an aim to ease the path of students and early-career scientists to engage with the greater scientific community during AAAS convenings, particularly the Annual Meeting.
Dr. Joshua E. Neimark was born in March 1931 in Sea Bright, New Jersey. He exhibited remarkable intelligence, yet he also faced significant respiratory health challenges. He excelled in public school, subsequently earning an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a master’s degree from the California Institute of Technology, and a doctorate from MIT. He tragically passed away due to illness in April 1961, at the age of 30, and his doctoral dissertation was published posthumously. The 2001 travel assistance endowment award, created in his honor by his sister, Dr. Edith D. Neimark, aims to support young scientists in pursuing a career in their selected field, a goal that Joshua Neimark did not live to achieve.
Available Awards for 2027: 23
Helen L. Froelich Holt was an American scientist, educator, and politician. A pioneering science instructor and the first woman to hold statewide office in West Virginia, as Secretary of State from 1957 to 1958. She later worked with the Federal Housing Administration and its successor, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to improve long-term care facilities for the elderly. The 2015 travel assistance scholarship, created in her honor by her son, AAAS CEO Emeritus Rush D. Holt Jr., aims to support funding for students.
Available Awards for 2027: 1
Robert I. Larus,a WWII veteran and avid science enthusiast with an affinity for astronomy, wished to use some of his wealth to perpetually support emerging young scientists in furthering their careers through a memorial fund established with AAAS in 1984.
Available Awards for 2027: 1