Overview
To promote excellence in undergraduate research and education, GSA established this travel award, which supports travel costs (or other conference-related costs for virtual attendees) for undergraduate members who are presenting at and attending a GSA conference.
Application Process
The GSA Undergraduate Travel Awards have two rounds of applications per year; one for GSA conferences occurring between January 1 and June 30, and another for GSA conferences held between July 1 and December 31. The application site will have a link above when it opens.
When the application period is open, there will be a link to the application form on this page. In their applications, applicants must include a letter of recommendation. The letter must be from the PI of the laboratory in which they are conducting research or another professor or supervisor familiar with the applicant’s research.
Eligibility
Applicants must be undergraduate GSA members. Recipients may only use the award to fund their travel to GSA conferences.
Support the Undergraduate Travel Award fund
The Undergraduate Travel Awards are made possible by generous contributions from our donors. Please consider contributing to support our community’s early career members.
Past Recipients
Year | Name | Institution |
2023 | Trace Ackley | Truman State University |
2023 | Morgan Apolonio | University of California, Berkeley |
2023 | Nkechinye Baadi | Colby College |
2023 | CeOnna Battle | Christopher Newport University |
2023 | Dimitrios Bikas | UNC Chapel Hill |
2023 | Joseph Butler | University of Western Ontario |
2023 | Jacqueline Cho | Brown University |
2023 | Arthur (Araceli) Colunga | University of Massachusetts Lowell |
2023 | Lydia Cruce | Grand Valley State University |
2023 | Ismael Curiel | Elmhurst University |
2023 | Jayden Cyrus | Duke University |
2023 | Madeline Daniel | Lewis & Clark College |
2023 | Leah Ding | Austin College |
2023 | Julinette Gines-Garcia | Goucher College |
2023 | Lexis Grandel | College of the Holy Cross |
2023 | Rutuja Gupte | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
2023 | Reiley Heffern | University of Missouri – Columbia |
2023 | Tapasya Katta | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
2023 | Iris Kazzi | West Chester University of Pennsylvania |
2023 | Eleanor Laufer | University of Oregon |
2023 | Nicolas Lee | University of Oregon |
2023 | Siqi (April) Li | New York University |
2023 | Cheung Li | Colby College |
2023 | Kayla Ly | University of California, Irvine |
2023 | Jennifer Madu | Emmanuel College |
2023 | Sergio Moreira-Antepara | Cornell University |
2023 | Mai Tien Nguyen | Bryn Mawr College |
2023 | Mara Stout | Morehead State University |
2023 | Mingyang Tang | Bryn Mawr College |
2023 | Erika Tsukamoto | University of Minnesota – Twin Cities |
2023 | Zoe Upham | San Jose State University |
2023 | Peri Wivell | The George Washington University |
2022 | Cora Albers | University of Oregon |
2022 | Jackson Roberts | Yale University |
2022 | Sydney Ko | The University of British Columbia |
2022 | Federico Pini | The University of British Columbia |
2022 | James Lao | Columbia University |
2022 | Craig Peters | University of Alabama, Birmingham |
2022 | Umutcan Kaan Bozan | Bilkent University |
2022 | Kazuki Ozawa | University of Tsukuba |
2022 | Molly Reynolds | University of Alabama, Birmingham |
2022 | Ryan Gado | University of Connecticut |
2022 | Ayushi Patel | University of Connecticut |
2022 | Angelica Aragon Vasquez | Brown University |
2022 | Harley Hines | Arkansas Tech University |
2022 | Yousef Emara | University of Michigan |
2022 | Leila Lin | University of California, Irvine |
2022 | Rincon Jagarlamudi | Vanderbilt University |
2022 | Rina Helt | Johns Hopkins University |
2021 | Annamarie Steed | University of Washington |
2021 | Vanessa Pereira | Concordia University |
2021 | Ecaterina Cozma | University of Western Ontario |
2021 | Adi Avram-Shperling | Bar Ilan University |
2021 | Naomi Moresi | University of Washington |
2021 | Daniel Sullivan | Emmanuel College |
2021 | Eric Jordahl | University of Pittsburgh |
2021 | Saron Akula | University of California, Berkeley |
2021 | Raghad AlMotairy | Arkansas Tech University |
2021 | Nicolas Jones | Arkansas Tech University |
2021 | Brian Kmiecik | The University of Alabama |
2021 | Emma Lamb | University of Louisville |
2021 | Jennifer McIntrye | University of California, Irvine |
2021 | Manisha Persaud | Rutgers University |
2021 | Joanatta Shapiro | Rutgers University |
2021 | Viktor Stjepic | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
2021 | Ali Zamat | University of Detroit, Mercy |
2020 | Miranda L. Adams | Kennesaw State University |
2020 | Faisal AlZaben | University of California, Berkeley |
2020 | Aparna M. Anand | Rutgers University |
2020 | Brooke J. Bernhardt | Ithaca College |
2020 | Jovan S. Brockett | Oglethorpe University |
2020 | Allison Cale | Central Michigan University |
2020 | Mario Cabrera | Baylor College of Medicine |
2020 | Ziyan Chen | College of William & Mary |
2020 | Claire L. Conklin | Ithaca College |
2020 | Corinne R. Croslyn | University of Evansville |
2020 | Jessica F. Dean | University of North Carolina at Pembroke |
2020 | Walla M. Disbennett | The Ohio State University |
2020 | Mandy R. Eckhardt | Austin College |
2020 | Lauren N. Ellis | State University of New York College at Geneseo |
2020 | Todd J. Fairbanks Jr. | Augsburg University |
2020 | Daniela Farchi | Emory University |
2020 | Nina Fassnacht | Marist College |
2020 | Theresa C. FitzGibbon | Marist College |
2020 | Lindsey K. Gentry | North Carolina State University |
2020 | Ronel Ghidey | University of Missouri |
2020 | Samantha C. Goetting | Kansas State University |
2020 | Landen Z. Gozashti | University of California Santa Cruz |
2020 | Xianyu Hao | University of California Los Angeles |
2020 | Tu N. Hoang | Whitworth University |
2020 | Hannah M. Hylton | The Ohio State University |
2020 | Michael B. Ito | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
2020 | Diljeet Kaur | Rutgers University |
2020 | Arjun Kharel | University of Evansville |
2020 | Amisheila G. Kinua | Rice University |
2020 | Gabriel Koreman | Cornell University |
2020 | Amy Kwan | Washington University in St. Louis |
2020 | Andrew G. Ludwig | College of the Holy Cross |
2020 | Helen Magana | Rhode Island College |
2020 | Nikhil Milind | North Carolina State University |
2020 | Jordyn A. Moaton | University of Missouri Columbia |
2020 | Kate E. Mori | Ithaca College |
2020 | Kayleigh N. Morrison | College of William & Mary |
2020 | Erica M. Nadolski | University of Oklahoma |
2020 | Sherif A. Negm | University of Rochester |
2020 | Kostantina Orselli | California State University Northridge |
2020 | Yomira M. Palacios | California State University Sacramento |
2020 | Caroline Pritchard | Lehigh University |
2020 | Lorissa V. Saiz | University of Houston |
2020 | Alina D. Salagean | University of Oregon |
2020 | Kristie M. Shirley | Colorado College |
2020 | Walter N. Otu | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
2020 | Catherine Weibel | University of Arizona |
2020 | Hanna M. Werner | Hanover College |
2020 | Anna E. Williams | East Carolina University |
2020 | L. Amanda Xu | Life Sciences Institute |
2020 | Danting Zeng | University of California Los Angeles |
2020 | Jillian G. Gomez | University of Tampa |
2020 | Anastasia Welch | Rhode Island College |
2020 | Efren Silva | University of Houston Main Campus |
2019 | Nina Fassnacht | Marist College |
2019 | Kassandra Kin | University of California, Riverside |
2019 | Cameron LaFayette | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
2019 | Robert Lao | The University of Toronto |
2019 | Katarina Liberatore | Muhlenberg College |
2019 | Aidan Nowakowski | Marist College |
2019 | Victoria Puccini de Castro | Northeastern Illinois University |
2019 | Priscila Robles | University of California, Riverside |
2019 | Brendil Sabatino | BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute |
2019 | Evan Schlesinger | Muhlenberg College |
2019 | Alexander Sinks | Davidson College |
2019 | Dan Zhang | University of Calgary |
2018 | Mayra Banuelos | San Francisco State University |
2018 | Ryan Cheng | University of California, Los Angeles |
2018 | Samantha Dung | San Francisco State University |
2018 | Sam Kajjo | University of Ottawa |
2018 | Minkyung Lee | Baruch College – City University of New York |
2018 | Andrea Lopez | San Francisco State University |
2018 | Ezequiel Lopez Barragan | San Francisco State University |
2018 | Victoria Mingione | Emmanuel College |
2018 | Rachel Mullner | Missouri State University |
2018 | Batoul Nasser | University of Detroit Mercy |
2018 | Rochelle-Jan Reyes | San Francisco State University |
2018 | Taylor Rosenthal | Albion College |
2018 | Brian Tang | Baruch College/CUNY BA Program |
2018 | Jeremy Tee | Missouri State University |
2018 | Win Thu | San Francisco State University |
2018 | Alexander Trujillo | Albion College |
2018 | Elinor Wood | Bemidji State University |
2017 | Rose Al-Saadi | Syracuse University |
2017 | Jacqueline Alexander | Ithaca College |
2017 | Sally Claridge | University of Oregon |
2017 | Dallas Richard Fonseca | Ithaca College |
2017 | Pierre-Marc Frédérick | Laval University |
2017 | Delfina Gonzalez | Pomona College |
2017 | Leah Gulyas | Gettysburg College |
2017 | Mark Hansen | Central Michigan University |
2017 | Donghoon Kang | Rice University |
2017 | Kelvin Liao | Rutgers University |
2017 | Margaux Quiniou | University of Exeter |
2017 | Anza Rizvi | Rutgers University |
2017 | Erika Rosenkranse | Marist College |
2017 | Cyrus T Ruediger | University of California Berkeley |
2017 | Mariya Stefinko | Northeastern Illinois University |
2017 | Colson Parker | Tomberlin University of Colorado Boulder |
2017 | Carolyn Turcotte | Marist College |
2017 | Kathryn Jane Weaver | Bethel College |
2017 | Zoe Yeoh | Gettysburg College |
2017 | Joseph Marsili | Northeastern Illinois University |
2017 | Curtis Wentz | Juniata College |
2016 | Cynthia Becker | Ithaca College |
2016 | Diana Cardero | Florida International University |
2016 | Brian Choi | Indiana University |
2016 | Logan Condon | University of Washington |
2016 | Max Haase | University of Wisconsin – Madison |
2016 | Mathieu Henault | Laval University |
2016 | Alex Lederer | University of Pittsburgh |
2016 | Xiaoxue Lin | College of William and Mary |
2016 | Maegan Neilson | College of the Holy Cross |
2016 | Erin Ritchie | University of Utah |
2016 | Carolyn Turcotte | Marist College |
2015 | Tykayah Baird | Central Washington University |
2015 | Ben Blue | University of Oregon |
2015 | Sarah Chang | Pennsylvania State University |
2015 | Raven Symone Conyers | Washington State University |
2015 | Alex Huang | Rutgers University |
2015 | Jenna Johnson | Luther College |
2015 | Regina Lai | University of British Columbia |
2015 | Robert Monroy | University of California, Davis |
2015 | Gabriel Moore | Oberlin College |
2015 | Maggie Morash | Rutgers University |
2015 | Mohammad Sadic | New York University |
2015 | Claire Schaar | Hope College |
2015 | Tyler Shimko | University of Utah |
2015 | Emma Sikes | College of the Holy Cross |
2015 | Lisa Truong | University of California, Davis |
2014 | Ann Aindow | University of California, Berkeley |
2014 | Sarah Cossey | Kansas State University |
2014 | Nicole Delos Santos | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
2014 | Pui Shan Hung | University of Toronto |
2014 | Spencer Keil | University of Miami |
2014 | Alex Murphy | Gonzaga University |
2014 | Benjamin Walker | Roanoke College |
2014 | Mun Hong Yong | University of Wisconsin, Madison |
2013 | Wendy Cao | University of Toronto |
2013 | David Morgens | Pomona College |
2013 | Alina Rashid | Rutgers University |
2013 | Haley Willhelm | Texas A&M University, San Antonio |
2013 | Jay Zhang | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
2012 | Elizabeth Billquist | Hope College |
2012 | Malgorzata Liro | University of California, Berkeley |
2012 | Jessica Parks | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
2012 | Maria Replogle | University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
2012 | Pegah Safabakhsh | Temple University |
2012 | Elizabeth Schock | Wittenberg University |
2012 | John Tung | University of California, Berkeley |