Present Your Research

Travel Award
for Participants and Alumni

Present your paper, poster, and STEM research at a national conference. Army STEM will help fund your travel.

Am I Eligible?

What grade are you in?

Have you participated in an Army STEM program?

Lela Lesniak at the Louis Stokes Midwest Regional Center of Excellence Conference with her research on plasma membrane glycoproteins in bovine epididymal spermatozoa.

Ethan Zhou at the American Meteorological Society conference, where he and his team presented their research project on a climate simulator that uses a mathematical model to predict future temperatures based on scenarios of fossil fuel usage. — Lela Lesniak at the Louis Stokes Midwest Regional Center of Excellence Conference with her research on plasma membrane glycoproteins in bovine epididymal spermatozoa.

If you’ve had a paper, poster, or other STEM research accepted for presentation at a national professional conference, Army STEM can help cover the cost of getting you there.

The Army STEM Travel Award exists for a specific reason: research that never gets presented doesn’t do the work research is supposed to do. This award removes the cost barrier between finishing the research and telling people about it.

Eligibility

Open to current Army STEM participants and alumni across every program. You don’t need current research to qualify. Awards are available for any research you’re presenting whether you completed it recently or a few years ago.

Keep in mind that international travel is generally not covered, with the following exceptions:

Travel to conferences in Canada may be funded on a case-by-case basis.
DoWEA students residing overseas may be eligible for travel award funding to support travel expenses associated with presenting their research at conferences in the United States.

What it covers

Conference or exhibition registration fees
Travel: airfare, rail, car rental, ground transportation
Reasonable lodging (federal per diem used as benchmark)
Food, up to the federal per diem rate
If you’re under 18: travel, lodging, and food for one parent or legal guardian

What it doesn’t

Membership dues for professional organizations or societies
Expenses not documented in your submitted expense summary
Guest or companion travel for anyone over the age of 18

How to Apply

[1]Complete the Travel Award Eligibility Determination Form. Once you’ve been deemed eligible, you’ll be sent the application link.
[Eligibility Form]
[2]Secure a letter of recommendation from a faculty mentor or a Department of War scientist or engineer familiar with your research.
[3]Fill out the application and submit it at least six weeks before your departure date.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis; expect an eligibility determination email within five business days of submitting the Travel Award Eligibility Determination Form. There’s no season and no single deadline, but your application must reach us at least six weeks before you travel. Award amounts aren’t fixed. Each one is set from the expense summary you submit, and funds are disbursed before you travel — you shouldn’t have to front the cost and wait.