• All travel awards are strictly non-transferable to any other individual in any form.
• Each individual can only receive one travel award.
• As always awards will be given based on available funding.

Award applications must be submitted by March 16, 2026 (23:59 CET).

ISEE Travel Awards:
ISEE has two  different travel awards which can cover conference-related expenses through the provision of:

•  A conference registration fee waiver;
• Lodging for up to 5 nights, arranged and paid directly by
  conference organizers;
• Reasonable economy-class airfare to and from the conference host city*. Travel will be booked by a designated travel agency after the recipient obtains their visa. Layovers must be of reasonable length (ideally <24 hours) if direct flights are unavailable. The specific flight price cap by region can be found below.

ISEE Travel Awards are limited to current ISEE members. The applicant must be the presenter of their submitted abstract and participate in the conference in person. Exceptions may be made if the participant cannot travel due to extenuating circumstances.   ISEE volunteers and Student and New Researcher Network (SNRN) members are especially encouraged to apply.

*ISEE has price caps on flight fares for travel awards which are set by region. For this conference the caps are:

Dan Wartenberg Travel Awards:
This travel award was created in Dr. Dan Wartenberg’s memory to support conference attendees with projects involving communities and stakeholders in grappling with environmental or occupational health issues. Dan was widely recognized for his scholarship, but he found great satisfaction in working with community members and stakeholders in defining their goals and advising on approaches to attain them. Attendees with projects including participatory elements are especially welcome to apply.

The ISEE DEI Committee Conference Award is designed to support and recognize members of the ISEE community whose work, lived experience, or backgrounds reflect a commitment to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility within environmental epidemiology.

Award applications must be submitted by March 6, 2026 (extended).

Award coverage includes:

• One year of ISEE membership
• Full conference registration for the ISEE Annual Meeting

 
Eligibility and application:

Applicants will be evaluated based on a short statement submitted during abstract submission. The statement (limited to 250 words) should describe how your work, community involvement, and/or background supports the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and/or accessibility. This award aims to lower barriers to participation and enrich the conference with a wider range of perspectives and voices.

All eligible presenters are encouraged to apply if their contributions—whether through research, mentorship, outreach, advocacy, or personal experience—help foster a more inclusive and representative field.

This award is designed to recognize and reward outstanding posters. This competition specifically targets students and early career researchers to encourage societal participation, foster professional growth, and highlight promising work. The award will be given based on the presented posters, rather than on the poster abstracts.

Award applications must be submitted by March 6, 2026 (extended).

Eligibility Criteria:

• Must be a student or new/early career researcher, including current students at any level or researchers who have completed their terminal degree within the past 5 years.
• Must be registered to present an abstract at ISEE 2026 in a poster format.
• Must be willing to evaluate posters from your peers based on predefined criteria from the SNRN committee.
• Each participant may only register one poster for the competition, even if they are presenting multiple posters at the conference.

Please email ISEE SNRN Leadership (snrn@iseepi.org) with questions or concerns

This is an award for the best abstract from researchers from low and middle-income countries submitted to the conference. One award will be given in each chapter: Africa, Asia and Western Pacific, Eastern Mediterranean, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Award applications must be submitted by March 6, 2026 (extended).

Eligibility

• ISEE members with more than 5 years of having completed a terminal degree (Masters or Doctoral degrees)
• First authors of an abstract (including symposium abstracts) submitted to the conference
• Residents of qualifying LMIC countries

Criteria for award

• The abstract describes work that was carried out in challenging areas of research, and included exceptional efforts  such as obtaining and processing new or hard-to-access data in the Chapter region
• The abstract describes an analysis based on data from the Chapter region
• The abstract is of good scientific quality
• The abstract demonstrates strong relevance to environmental epidemiology (e.g. it describes the relationship between environmental exposures and a health outcome)

Award
Recipients will receive an award certificate, three years of ISEE LMIC membership, and conference registration fee. The award will be presented at the annual conference. It does not carry financial support to attend in-person.

Awardees may choose to attend in-person meetings or apply for other travel grants. Recipients of a separate travel grant that covers registration fees will not receive the conference registration fees associated with this award.