Travel Awards

AAG Annual Conference

HMGS offers multiple Melinda S. Meade Student Travel Award for the AAG Annual Meeting, sponsored in part by Health & Place. Calls generally go out in November, with the conference taking place in early spring of the following year.

Travel awards provide financial support for graduate and undergraduate students who plan to present on a health/medical geography topic at the conference during a session sponsored by the Health and Medical Geography Specialty Group.

IMGS Bi-Annual Symposium

Travel awards are also provided to attend the International Medical Geography Symposium, which takes place every other year. Calls have gone out in early spring, with the symposium taking place over the summer.

These awards provide financial support for graduate and undergraduate students who plan to present on a health/medical geography topic at the conference.

Application Requirements

When applying, the following prompts and requirements are generally requested for evalution:

  • How the award would be of assistance
  • Other travel funding available to you
  • Your goals in attending the conference or symposim
  • The abstract of the paper you will be presenting at the conference.
  • Your Curriculum Vitae, which should include your name, affiliation, email address, and (physical) mailing address
  • A copy of your conference registration 

Calls for travel awards will be shared through the HMGSG website, social media accounts (LinkedIn, Facebook), and AAG Knowledge Communities platforms.

Past Winners

  • Lauren Babinetz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “Impact of Tropical Cyclones on Violent Injury Emergency Department Visits by Women in North Carolina”
  • Konok Akter, Medical College Wisconsin, “Structural Disinvestment, Neighborhood Heat Exposure and the Mediating Effect of Tree Canopy: A National Study across U.S. Census Tracts.”
  • Drummond Dzakuma, University of Buffalo, “Access Without Arrival: Rethinking Health Equity Through the Geography of Deferred Car”
  • Samiha Nuzhat, University of South Carolina, “Spatiotemporal Determinants and Unintended Consequences of Inequitable Safe Drinking-Water Access in Rural Bangladesh”.