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Are you looking to attend an academic event but unsure how to go about securing conference funding? Scholarships for conferences can be tricky to navigate. However, we hope you don’t feel discouraged. There are multiple strategies at your disposal, and we are here to help you make sense of them.<\/p>\n
There are numerous costs associated with attending or presenting at a conference:<\/p>\n
Despite these expenses, attending and presenting at academic conferences present a myriad of benefits<\/a>, from career growth opportunities to strengthening soft skills.<\/p>\n In this piece, we will provide you with tips on how to get started with identifying conference funding avenues and where to look for scholarships for conferences.<\/p>\n Generally speaking, there are four strategies you can pursue. They are not mutually exclusive, so to stack the deck in your favor, we encourage you to explore multiple avenues at the same time.<\/p>\n These avenues are:<\/p>\n We will go through these one by one.<\/p>\n The first place to start is to explore opportunities within your academic institution. Many of them offer information on their websites. Here are examples from Imperial College London<\/a>, Princeton University<\/a>, and Viterbo University<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you can’t find the information you’re looking for online \u2013 or would like additional insights \u2013 we recommend booking a meeting with the chair of your department. This person will be able to guide you through the opportunities. Come prepared. Have a specific conference in mind and be ready to explain how participating in this particular event will help your research.<\/p>\n The additional benefit of discussing this subject with your department chair is that he\/she can guide you toward third-party associations and non-profit organizations that your institution may have partnerships with or membership in.<\/p>\n The next strategy to investigate is grants by associations, research institutions, and other relevant non-profit organizations. A good place to start is with the partners of your academic institution and\/or associations that your university is a member of. For example, MIT, Stanford University, Tuft University, Washington State University are among the many academic partners<\/a> of the Association for Women in Science.<\/p>\n If you can’t find relevant partners connected to your university, start independent research. For example, the European Burden of Disease Network \u2013 a group within World Health Organization \u2013 offers conference grants to researchers and innovators<\/a> for their participation in high-level conferences.<\/p>\n There are numerous private businesses and organizations that fund academic research. Here<\/a> is a sample list of such organizations. It features various private foundations like Open Society Foundation, Ford Foundation, Gates Foundation, and others.<\/p>\nSecuring conference funding: The four main sources<\/h2>\n
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#1. Obtaining conference funding through institutional grants<\/h3>\n
#2. Applying for third-party grants by research centers and non-profit institutions<\/h3>\n
#3. Exploring private sector scholarships for conferences<\/h3>\n