For Graduate Students: Awards to attend AAG (virtual or in-person)
Tiffany Grobelski
GSAG TRAVEL AWARD
Application deadline: December 29th, 2025 (Monday)
The Graduate Student Affinity Group (GSAG) is a professional organization committed to representing graduate students within the American Association of Geographers (AAG) and to supporting their advancement in the field of Geography. We are excited to provide the 2026 GSAG Travel Award in the amounts of $100 USD for virtual attendance and $250 USD for in-person attendance. Applications will be reviewed by the GSAG Awards Committee. This award is intended to support graduate students in attending the 2026 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. Submission of a budget is not required.
Applications will be completed using Google Forms. If an alternative application submission method is needed, please contact GSAG Chair Chris O'Steen at cos...@pdx.edu. Awards checks will be mailed to awardees or distributed electronically, and we anticipate notifying recipients by early February 2026. Travel award funds may be received post-conference.
ELIGIBILITY:
We encourage all Masters and PhD graduate students to apply. Preference will be given to those who have not previously received a GSAG award. Applicants must be current members of GSAG and recipients are expected to attend the GSAG business meeting.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
In addition to basic demographic and institutional data, applicants will be expected to provide the following details in their application:
ABSTRACT OF AAG PRESENTATION: In 300 words or less, please provide a description of your presentation at the annual meeting. You can use the same abstract that you submitted on the AAG portal, but please shorten it if it is over 300 words.
PERSONAL STATEMENT: In 250 words or less, please indicate how participation in AAG would be useful for you.
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