NSF Travel Grants are one of two travel-award routes for the 34th ACM SIGSPATIAL conference, paid from U.S. National Science Foundation Award No. 2624422. The conference organizers run one shared application for both routes.
Recipients attend the conference in person in Riverside, California, from November 3 to 6, 2026.
Benefits & funding
- Up to US$1,000 per award; about 20 awards planned.
- Travel-related costs only.
- Recipients must register, attend the full conference and volunteer for four hours during conference week.
Eligibility
- Students (graduate, undergraduate or high school) enrolled at a US post-secondary institution; no nationality is stated as a gate.
- Aged 18 or older.
- Early-career researchers who are not students fall outside this route; the separate ACM SIGSPATIAL route is open to all applicants.
- Priority goes to student authors with an accepted full research paper at the main conference.
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Here's who can apply
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“NSF Travel Grants (approx. 20 awards, up to $1000 USD): to be eligible, the applicant must be 18 years of age or older, a student (graduate, undergraduate, or high school) enrolled at a US post-secondary institution.” Eligibility
Education required
High School · Bachelor Enrolled · Master Enrolled · PhD Enrolled
Age requirement
≥ 18 yrs
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Application process
- 1Submit the single travel-award form, which covers the NSF and ACM SIGSPATIAL routes, by October 2, 2026, anywhere on Earth.
- 2If selected, accept the award by October 14, 2026.
Program timeline
Application deadline
October 2, 2026
Award notification, on or before
October 9, 2026
Award acceptance deadline
October 14, 2026
Conference
November 3–6, 2026