The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee is aiming to bring increased diversity to our annual conferences by providing funds for individuals who come from diverse backgrounds and who would not be able to attend an ACBS conference without this added financial support. Both trainees and professionals are eligible. Please note that this is a separate scholarship from the Developing Nations Fund.
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Requirements:
To be eligible for these DEI World Conference Scholarships, applicants must complete an application detailing their motivations to attend the conference, as well as a plan for how to use the knowledge and resources gained at the conference in the pursuit of their careers.
The available scholarships include conference fee waivers. In addition, some of the scholarships may include a small amount of funding to assist with travel costs (this amount will likely change or vary by scholar). If your scholarship includes funds to off-set some of the cost of your travel, the ACBS staff will provide reimbursement of the awarded amount at the conference. The scholarship must be used in in the year awarded and can not be delayed to future years.
Priority will be given to applicants who come from a diverse background, who have not attended an ACBS World Conference before, who demonstrate financial need in order to be able to attend, and who live in countries near the region where the conference is taking place.
Scholarship recipients will be required to submit a written report of how they have utilized what they have learned or connections they have made during the ACBS conference within 6 months following the conference. (Please click on an Award Recipient's name to read their activity report.)
Submission Deadline: The deadline for submissions is February 1st by 11:59pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). No submissions will be allowed after the deadline. Incomplete submissions will be disqualified. Notifications of scholarship recipients will be made via email.
Award Recipients:
ACBS World Conference 2024, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sara Cristina Robayo Perez, Colombia
Ana Katarine Dos Santos Silva, Brazil
Raphaela Stürmer, Brazil
ACBS World Conference 2023 - Nicosia, Cyprus
Annie Chen, Georgia, USA - Unable to attend
Devin Guthrie, Texas, USA
Nickolas Harman, Ontario, Canada
Melody Sylvain, Abu Zaby, UAE
ACBS World Conference 2022 - San Francisco, USA
Ela Ari, Istanbul, Türkiye
Dottie Beck, California, USA
Luana Karina Pereira, Bahia, Brazil
Michael Robinson, California, USA
Steven Tran, California, USA
2021 Virtual World Conference
Bianca Augustine, Norfolk, VA, USA
Tanya Bankston, Eastpointe, MI, USA
Shatangela Gibbs, Southfield, MI, USA
William Hwang, Milwaukie, OR, USA
Deirdre James, Houston, TX, USA
Melody Sylvain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
ACBS World Conference 2020 ONLINE
Desmond Bull, Lanham, MD, USA
Sandi James, Malaysia
Fady Safwat, Egypt (planning to attend a future conference)
Nguyen Tran, Seattle, WA, USA
2019 ACBS World Conference 17 - Dublin, Ireland
Laís Nicolodi, Brazil
Taslim Tharani, United Kingdom
Jan Topczewski, Poland
2018 ACBS World Conference 16 - Montréal, Canada
Gillian Grannum, Ephrata, PA
Margaret McLauchlan, Blenheim, ON, Canada - Unable to Attend
Emily Munoz, Corpus Christi, TX
Paola Ricardo, Parlin, NJ
2017 ACBS World Conference 15 - Seville, Spain
2016 ACBS World Conference 14 - Seattle, USA
Jamila Zuqayed, Riverside, CA
2015 ACBS World Conference 13 - Berlin, Germany