{"id":2749,"date":"2026-01-05T20:07:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T20:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsdm-conference.org\/2026\/?page_id=2749"},"modified":"2026-01-05T20:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T20:16:33","slug":"nsf-travel-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wsdm-conference.org\/2026\/index.php\/nsf-travel-award\/","title":{"rendered":"NSF Travel Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"2749-c1\" class=\"style-2590 style-local-2749-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"2749-c2\" id=\"reusable-sections\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-2591 style-local-2749-c2 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"2749-c3\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-0 gutters-row-md-0 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-0 gutters-row-v-md-0 gutters-row-v-0 style-2592 style-local-2749-c3 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-0 gutters-col-md-0 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-0 gutters-col-v-md-0 gutters-col-v-0\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-2593-outer style-local-2749-c4-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"2749-c4\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-0 h-px-md-0 h-px-0 v-inner-lg-0 v-inner-md-0 v-inner-0 style-2593 style-local-2749-c4 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"2749-c5\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-2594 style-local-2749-c5 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Thanks to the generous support from the National Science Foundation, we will provide travel awards to selected<strong>&nbsp;US-based students<\/strong>&nbsp;attending the&nbsp;WSDM&nbsp;2026 conference.\n                      <br>\n                      <br>The travel award will cover the cost of the conference registration (main conference and workshops\/tutorials if desired) and some travel expenses. The awards will be competitive in the sense that only some applicants are guaranteed\n                      to receive a travel award.\n                      <br>\n                      <br>Awardees are expected to register for the main conference and arrange travel and accommodation.&nbsp;<strong>Recipients will be reimbursed after the conference upon submission of the expense receipts.<\/strong><\/p>\n                    <h3><strong>Eligibility<\/strong><\/h3>\n                    <p>Applicants need to be full-time students (graduate or undergraduate) at a US-based academic institution. Applicants do not need to have an accepted paper to be eligible.&nbsp;\n                      <br>\n                      <br>The selection will be made based on the following criteria:<\/p>\n                    <ul>\n                      <li>Students selected to present at the PhD Symposium will be given priority<\/li>\n                      <li>Students with accepted papers (main conference, tutorials, or workshops) will be prioritized. \u2013 PhD students will be prioritized.<\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n                    <h3><strong>Application Procedure<\/strong><\/h3>\n                    <p>Please submit the following materials (in a single PDF file) with your application:<\/p>\n                    <p><span style=\"color: rgb(9, 33, 42); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;;\">&nbsp;\u2013 A completed application form&nbsp;(available&nbsp;<\/span>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/wsdm-conference.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fair-Access-Application-Form-Fillable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(3, 169, 244); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;;\" class=\"customize-unpreviewable\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(9, 33, 42); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;;\">)<\/span>\n                      <br><span style=\"color: rgb(9, 33, 42); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;;\">&nbsp;\u2013 1-2 page CV<\/span>\n                      <br>\n                    <\/p>\n                    <p>The student must submit the necessary materials to apply for a grant through the button below<\/p>\n                    <h3><strong>Important dates<\/strong><\/h3>\n                    <ul>\n                      <li>Award Application Submission Due&nbsp;<strong>January 20, 2026<\/strong><\/li>\n                      <li>Award Acceptance Notification:&nbsp;<strong>January 25, 2026<\/strong><\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n                    <p>All deadlines are 11:59 pm&nbsp;\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/time.is\/Anywhere_on_Earth\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(76, 24, 100);\" class=\"customize-unpreviewable\" rel=\"noopener\">anywhere on earth<\/a>\n                    <\/p>\n                    <p>\n                      <br>\n                    <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"2749-c6\" id=\"custom\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-2595 style-local-2749-c6 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"2749-c7\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-2596 style-local-2749-c7 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-2597-outer style-local-2749-c8-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"2749-c8\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-2597 style-local-2749-c8 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"2749-c9\" class=\"h-x-container style-2598 style-local-2749-c9 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-x-container-inner style-dynamic-2749-c9-group style-2598-spacing style-local-2749-c9-spacing\"><span class=\"h-button__outer style-2599-outer style-local-2749-c10-outer d-inline-flex h-element\"><a h-use-smooth-scroll=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/easychair.org\/conferences\/?conf=wsdm2026\"  data-colibri-id=\"2749-c10\" class=\"d-flex w-100 align-items-center h-button justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center style-2599 style-local-2749-c10 position-relative\"><!----><!----> <span>Click here to apply for the NSF Travel Awards<\/span><\/a>\n                    <\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the generous support from the National Science Foundation, we will provide travel awards to selected&nbsp;US-based students&nbsp;attending the&nbsp;WSDM&nbsp;2026 conference. 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