Faculty Travel Grant for AGU Annual Meeting

The Faculty Travel Grant for AGU Annual Meeting supports early-to-mid career faculty from under-resourced institutions, including community colleges and minority-serving institutions. This program aims to facilitate attendance at the AGU Annual Meeting, which attracts over 22,000 geoscience professionals globally. Awardees receive a $1,700 travel stipend, access to professional development workshops, and networking opportunities, enabling them to enhance their research and teaching capabilities through collaboration and innovation.

Leadership and Professional Development
This award will initiate a Travel Grant program for faculty from typically under-resourced institutions, such as Emerging Research Institutions (ERIs), Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), and community colleges (2YCs). Faculty at these institutions often have higher teaching loads and do not have access to significant travel funds, making it more difficult for them to attend scientific conferences. Attendance at conferences allows faculty to establish connections to other researchers and bring back the latest innovations in research and teaching to their classrooms.
The AGU's Annual Meeting is a large gathering of geoscience professionals, with >22,000 attendees from 100+ countries. This award will initiate a Travel Grant program for up to 50 early-to-mid career faculty from under-resourced institutions to attend the AGU Annual Meeting. In addition to a travel stipend, the travel grant awardees will have the opportunity to participate in a professional development workshop, networking and social events, and are expected to review student presentations. The opportunity to co-chair a session at the conference may also be possible. There will be pre- and post-event evaluation surveys and one or more journal articles will result from the award.
Honor Benefits
Recipients receive the following:

• A $1,700 travel stipend to attend the AGU annual conferenceProfessional development workshopNetworking and social events

Eligibility

Be an early-to mid-career geoscience faculty memberBe a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident Be primarily employed at a two-year college (2YC) or four-year undergraduate U.S. institution (4YC)Be a first-time attendee at an AGU annual meetingRequire financial assistance to attend the AGU annual conference in New Orleans