Applications for 2025 Annual Meeting travel grants are now CLOSED.

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Grants for US and Canada applicants will be $200 and grants for International applicants will be $400. Limited travel grants will be offered to qualified applications for attendance at the 2025 APSA Annual Meeting. The travel grant application deadline to apply was May 1, 2025

Limited travel grants will be offered to attend the 2025 APSA Annual Meeting to eligible applicants, including U.S. graduate students, international graduate students studying in the U.S., unemployed members, international scholars, community college faculty, contingent faculty, unemployed faculty, and APSA Status Committee members.  To be considered for a travel grant, it is required that individuals be presenting at the Annual Meeting.  First-time attendees and those on the job market will receive priority consideration.

Travel grants can cover costs of travel to the Annual Meeting, such as mileage for attendees who travel by car or plane tickets for attendees who arrive in Vancouver by air.  Grants can also cover hotels, meals, and Annual Meeting-related cab fare.

APSA travel grants function as a reimbursement, and all grant funds will be disbursed following the conclusion of the Annual Meeting. Grant amounts will depend on a number of factors, including individual estimated travel costs and the number of applications that APSA receives. Grants for US and Canada applicants will be $200 and grants for International applicants will be $400.

Eligibility:

To be eligible for grant, you must: 

  • Maintain your APSA membership through the date of the conference for which you are receiving travel grant funding
  • Be presenting at the 2025 APSA Annual Meeting
  • Reside more than 60 miles from the conference location – you are not eligible for a travel grant if you live within 60 miles of the conference site
  • Submit all itemized receipts for expenses, an APSA-provided expense form, and your attendance badge as proof of attendance
    • APSA will not cover expenses that are not submitted without an itemized receipt

Travel Grant Use:

A travel grant from APSA can cover the following costs:

  • Ticket and cab fare: Economy bus, train, and plane tickets are covered, conference related cab fare around the conference city is also covered
  • Mileage: Mileage to the conference is reimbursable with a document showing the distance of your trip, should you travel to the conference by car
    • Mileage is reimbursable at the 2025 IRS standard mileage of 70 cents per mile traveled
    • You must also demonstrate that the cost of your mileage is less than the cost of a flight
    • As proof, APSA accepts a printed copy of the cost of a flight to the conference city on the days that you plan to travel and printed directions from sites like Google Maps as documentation
  • Hotels: The cost of a stay in a hotel, hostel, or other rented lodging such as Airbnb during the conference is covered
  • Meals: The cost of meals during the conference is covered

An APSA travel grant does not, however, cover any of the following costs:

  • Business or first-class tickets
  • Rental cars
  • Gasoline: Receipts for gas are not accepted – for APSA to cover the cost of a car trip to the conference, you must provide your mileage using the instructions above
  • Alcohol
  • Registration or APSA Membership: APSA cannot apply grant funds toward the cost of a membership or registration for the Annual Meeting

For a downloadable copy of APSA’s grant policy, please click here.