Travel Grants

The Los Angeles Chapter awards Student Travel Grants to two biennial conferences: the ACS International Conference and the Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference.

The American Cetacean Society’s International Conference is a three-day conference attended by hundreds of scientists, citizen scientists, cetacean enthusiasts as well as students from all over the world. All qualified students will be considered including international students attending accredited educational institutions. This international conference is typically held in November in California during even numbered years.

The Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference is attended by thousands of scientists and researchers from around the globe. This four-day international biennial conference typically is held in December in odd numbered years. The Conference location changes each time and has been held on nearly every continent.

No travel grants for 2023

Deadline for Grant Submission

Please check back in late spring/early summer 2024.

Award Amounts

Student travel grants to the SMM Conference are $500. Student travel grants to the ACS Conference are $250.

Eligibility

Applicants must be a current undergraduate or graduate student at an accredited institution. Student ID and proof of conference registration is required. Priority is given to students presenting at the conference.

Requirement For Recipients

Recipients of the awards may be asked to speak at a ACS-LA’s monthly meeting.

Deadlines

Deadline for submissions has been extended to May 15th 2022

Grant Application Outline

Grant Application (Word Doc)

Past Student Travel Awards

Congratulations to our 2022 recipients:

Celest Sorrentino “Growing with Distance: Using Deep Learning to Track Distance Between Gray Whale Mother-Calf Pairs”

Daniel Gillies “Using Thermal Cameras and Theodolites to Enable Nocturnal Observations of Foraging Gray Whales”

Zoe Sax: “The Future is Colorful: Using Color Extraction as a Proxy for Visibility and Primary Productivity”

Congratulations to our 2019 recipients Stephanie Adamczak and Kaitlin Allen. Scientists attending the World Marine Mammal Conference (co-hosted by SMM) are very lucky to have the opportunity to see them present their outstanding research as oral presentations in Barcelona, Spain.