ISEH aims to support graduate students, medical students, and postdoctoral fellows with travel grants that can defray some costs for attendance at the ISEH Annual Scientific Meeting. Travel grants are awarded to eligible ISEH members, based on their scientific abstract review score as judged by a panel of scientific reviewers. Top scoring abstracts will be selected for a travel grant until all available funds are utilized.
Payment of the travel grants will be processed after the meeting, contingent on the grantee having attended the Scientific Meeting and presented during an Oral Presentation or a Poster Session.
The travel grant application is only open during the first call for abstracts and is not available to late-breaking abstract submitters.
Here are some fantastic travel grant opportunities available for 2026.
ISEH Travel Grants for Ph.D. Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
Criteria and requirements for the ISEH travel grant:
- Be a current associate member of ISEH
- Be either a student or post-doctoral fellow
- Complete the travel grant application with your abstract.
Technology and Innovation Travel Grants
This travel grant is given in honor of the late Ihor Lemischka, and will be given out for the ISEH 55th Annual Scientific Meeting. Technology and Innovation Travel Awards are considered on the basis of scientific merit and relevance to technology and innovation. Three of the submitted technology applications will be selected to present in the New Investigators Technology Session.
Criteria and requirements for the Technology and Innovation Travel Grant:
- Be a current associate member of ISEH
- Be either a student or post-doctoral fellow
- Complete the travel grant application with your abstract.
- Complete the Technology Description portion of the abstract submission
Runx1 Research Program Travel Grants
In 2026, Runx1 Research Program will be supporting two travel grants for eligible ISEH members to support travel to the ISEH Annual Scientific Meeting.
Criteria and requirements for the Runx1 Research Program Travel Grant:
- Be a current associate member of ISEH
- Be a trainee or early-career investigator (e.g., graduate student, postdoctoral fellow, clinical fellow, or junior faculty)
- Complete the travel grant application with your abstract.
- Complete and submit an additional travel grant application form if selected
- Submit an abstract aligned with the RUNX1 Research Program mission, including work that:
- Advances understanding of normal RUNX1 biology and/or RUNX1 mutation–driven biology across the hematopoietic hierarchy, including HSCs, HSPCs, and downstream myeloid progenitor populations (e.g., GMPs), and/or
- Elucidates mechanisms of myeloid malignancy initiation and evolution, including premalignant states, with relevance to RUNX1 alterations
- Studies focused on RUNX1 mutations are strongly encouraged; research involving other germline predisposition syndromes or biologically related pathways relevant to myeloid malignancy development may also be considered
Developing Country Travel Grants
ISEH has established a Developing Country Travel Grant to promote accessibility of the ISEH meeting and community. Travel grant applicants must submit an abstract to the ISEH meeting and work in one of the eligible countries, defined by ISEH as those in the World Bank tiers of low-income and lower-middle income. Abstracts will be reviewed and scored on scientific merit, with the top scoring abstract(s) being prioritized. Funding is limited.
Criteria and requirements for the Developing Country Travel Grant:
Reside in countries defined by the World Bank as Low-income and Lower-middle Income Economies
Additional notes:
- While it is not required, we encourage you to join ISEH as a member.
- This travel grant is available to applicants in all all career stages.