Overview
Four travel awards are available for individuals who attend and present at the SSSR 2027 conference. Each award covers registration fees, entry to the conference social event, and four nights (room + tax only)* in the conference hotel for the 2027 conference. Award winners will also receive one year’s SSSR membership. Award benefits cannot be applied to the following year's conference.
*Note: For SSSR2027 in Chile, SSSR will cover your guest room and applicable room taxes for the approved dates of your four-night stay. You will be responsible for incidentals and any personal charges, including meals, room service, upgrades, additional nights, and other expenses not covered by SSSR. Please provide a personal credit card at check-in for these charges. If incidentals are not incurred by date and time of check-out, your credit card will not be charged. Any extension of your stay beyond the approved dates must be arranged and paid for directly with the hotel.
Eligibility
The travel awards are given to individuals from countries with emerging or developing economies. Specifically, applicants must be both a citizen and a resident of a country listed here as low or middle income (list derived from the World Bank classification system).
Applicants must have any type of paper accepted at the SSSR 2027 conference and must present at the conference.
We expect that two awards will be given to researchers who have a PhD and two awards will be given to researchers who do not have a PhD.
Application Materials and Procedure
Please submit the following materials in PDF format to scientificstudy.reading@gmail.com by January 22, 2027:
- CV in English
- A 1-page letter of support from someone who can speak to your suitability for this award, such as a colleague or your department chair (single spaced with 1-inch margins and 11-point font size)
Past Award Winners
2025 award winners: Aaruni V.T., Portia Padilla, Gabriela Silva-Maceda, Elena Semenova
2024 award winners: Aleksandra Sergeevna Cherevik (Russia), Leily Ziglari (Iran), Maxine Schaefer (South Africa), Tatiana Cury Pollo (Brazil), Maria Rufina Pearson (Argentina)
2023 award winners: Zebedee Cheah (Malaysia/China), Glenda Garcia (Philippines), Suchakrey (Toys) Koomplee (Thailand)
2022 award winners: Sabrine A.M. Townsend (Brazil), Sandra Romero Carreón (Mexico)
2021 award winners: Kadine de Carvalho (Brazil), Tengwen Fan (China)
2020 award winners: Aline Elisabete Pereira (Brazil), Alioth Guerrero Aranda (Cuba), Maria Rufina Pearson (Argentina), María Elsa Porta (Argentina)
2019 award winners: Carol Mesa (Colombia), Gaby Silva Maceda (Mexico), Dalia Martinez (Mexico), Lucas Barbosa (Brazil)
2018 award winners: Maria Rufina Pearson (Argentina), Cecilia María Malbrán (Argentina), Daniela Teixeira Gonçalves (Brazil), María Josefina D’Alessio (Argentina)
2017 award winners: Zsofia K. Takacs (Hungary), Yixun Li (China), Burcu Sari (Turkey), Macarena Silva (Chile)
2016 award winners: Cintia Salgado Azoni (Brazil), Liliana Fonseca (Argentina), Tatiana Cury Pollo (Brazil), Barbara Gottheil (Argentina)