List of Awesome Data Science Travel Grants

A curated list of early-career data science student paper awards and travel grants.

Graduate Student Travel Awards

• IMS ​Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award [Link]. Eligibility: Degree candidate during the award year. Application deadline: February 1.
• ICSA Student Paper Award [Link]. Eligibility: Degree candidate during the award year. Application deadline: February 15.
• Harshbarger Travel Award [Link]. Eligibility: Degree candidate during the award year. Application deadline: varies each year, typically April or May.
• IMS Lawrence D. Brown Ph.D. Student Award [Link]. Eligibility: Degree candidate during the award year. Application deadline: May 1.
• WNAR Student Paper Award [Link]. Eligibility: Degree candidate during the award year. Application deadline: varies each year, typically May.
• IISA Student Paper Award [Link]. Eligibility: Degree candidate during the award year. Application deadline: varies each year, typically May.
• ENAR Student Paper Award [Link]. Eligibility: Degree candidate during the award year. Application deadline: October 1.
• IMS Lawrence D. Brown Ph.D. Student Award [Link]. Eligibility: Degree candidate during the award year. Application deadline: May 1.
• ASA Student Paper Competitions [Link]. Eligibility: Degree candidate during the award year. Application deadline: December 1-15 (see Notes).

Early Career Travel Awards

• IMS New Researcher Travel Award [Link]. Eligibility: Within five years of completion of PhD. Application deadline: February 1.
• AMS-Simons Travel Grant [Link]. Eligibility: Within four years of completion of PhD. Application deadline: March 31.
• IMS New Researcher Conference Travel Award [Link]. Eligibility: Within five years of completion of PhD. Application deadline: varies each year, typically March or April.
• David P. Byar Young Investigator Award [Link]. Eligibility: Within three years of completion of PhD. Application deadline: December 1.
• Peter Gavin Hall IMS Early Career Prize [Link]. Eligibility: Within eight years of completion of PhD. Application deadline: December 1.
• Tweedie New Researcher Award [Link]. Eligibility: Within five years of completion of PhD. Application deadline: December 1.
• SIE Young Investigator Award [Link]. Eligibility: Within two years of completion of PhD. Application deadline: December 15.
• ISCB Travel Award [Link]. Eligibility: Graduate student or postdoc. Application deadline: varies each year, per conference.

Notes

1. More specific eligibility criteria such as geographical location or membership requirement can be found on the respective links.
2. Submission deadlines for ASA Student Paper Competitions vary by sections and typically they are between December 1 and December 15 or early January. Winners are announced in January, and awards are presented at the annual Joint Statistical Meetings.
3. Other non-JSM travel awards will be added on an as-needed basis.
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5. Check out the related blog post that summarizes the motivation behind this repository and share with your early-career data science colleagues.