Travel and Student Awards

The International Association for Plant Biotechnology Congress (IAPB2026) is pleased to announce that we will be offering Travel Awards to help Post-Docs and Early Career Researchers attend IAPB2026.

These awards will consist of complimentary registration for the awardees and up to 4 nights accommodations at one of the host hotels.

These awards are open to any registered Post-Doc and Early Career Researcher registrant, that wish to submit a self-nomination (early career researchers are defined as individuals who have graduated from their academic program, Bachelors, Masters, PhD, technical college) within the past 5 years.

During the registration process, a question will be asked if you are interested in submitting a self-nomination for a Travel Award and if this is checked, you will be required to upload additional information.

Required Self -nomination criteria:

1. Applicant must submit an abstract for either an oral or poster presentation and be accepted by the committee
2. Applicant must not have received a previous award from the IAPB in the last six years
3. Applicant must be able to obtain any necessary travel documents (e.g. visa) in time for the event
   • Confirmation of position: To verify post-doc status, a letter from the applicant’s place of employment that details the name of their supervisor, term duration (term must be active at the date of the event), full-time work status, and project name.
   • To verify Early career researchers status, a letter from place of employment that details supervisor name, full-time work status, and date of graduation.
   • Letter of support from applicant’s supervisor.
   • Brief statement outlining the relevance of the applicant’s work to the conference themes and how attending the event will benefit their research or career

If any of the above items are not submitted when applying, the application will be null and void.

Deadline for self-nominations: May 15, 2026

Awards winners notification date: June 15, 2026

To register and apply for a Travel Award, please click here.

Both international and domestic applicants may apply, but please note that priority may be given to low- and middle-income countries. Award recipients will be selected by the program committee based on academic merit, relevance to conference themes, and financial need.