Carter Travel Award Recipients
Below are recipients of the Carter Travel Award in Fiscal Year 2026 Rounds 1, 2, and 3. To learn more about the recipients and their research, visit the links below:
Round 3 (travel between June-September 2026)
- Anika Arias, Cancer Biology GIDP, International Congress of Mucosal Immunobiology, Montreal, Canada, July 13-17, 2026
- Alexander Berliner, Statistics & Data Science GIDP, Joint Statistical Meetings, Boston, MA, August 1-6, 2026
- Adam Ziegler, Genetics GIDP, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 28-July 2, 2026
- Dara Jonkoski, Cognitive Science GIDP, International Society of Anthrozoology Conference, Paris, France, July 1-3, 2026
- David Umbertus, Neuroscience GIDP, FASEB - Retinal Neurobiology and Visual Processing, Sacramento, CA, June 8-11, 2026
- Emiliano Calvo Alcaniz, Entomology & Insect Science GIDP, 20th International Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Freiburg, Germany, August 16-20, 2026
- Henry Aberle, Second Language Acquisition & Teaching GIDP, Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium, Oxford, OH, July 7-11, 2026
- Issam Rian, Second Language Acquisition & Teaching GIDP, American Association for Applied Linguistics, Chicago, Il., March 21-23, 2026
- Jeaho Lim, Genetics GIDP, Bio International Convention, San Diego, CA, June 22-25, 2026
- Laura Baiocco, Cognitive Science GIDP, 9th Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM) Specialized Seminar, Pavia, Italy, June 15-17, 2026
- Lexie DeFord, Ecosystem Genomics GIDP, 39th annual Congress of the International Society for the Advancement of Cytometry, West Palm Beach, FLA., June 6-10, 2026
- Lauren Riede, Cancer Biology GIDP, FASEB Dynamics and Encoding in Cell Signaling, Nashville, TN, June 21-25, 2026
- Mikaila Bantugan, Neuroscience GIDP, Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2026, London, UK, July 12-16, 2026
- Shou-Fu Chen, Neuroscience GIDP, NEURO 2026 Joint Conference of JNS, JSN, and JNNS, Kobe, Japan, July 30 – August 2, 2026
- Yifei Cui, Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory GIDP, Association of Chinese and Comparative Literature (ACCL) Biennial Meeting, Singapore, June 25-26, 2026
Round 2 (travel between January-May 2026)
- Ayrton Almada, Applied Math GIDP, Champéry Power Conference, Zürich, Switzerland, February 8-13, 2026
- Bernard Cassie, Second Language Acquisition & Teaching GIDP, American Association of Corpus Linguistics (AACL) Conference, Gainesville, Fla., April 18-19, 2026
- Cason Hancock, Cancer Biology GIDP, American Association for Cancer Research, San Diego, CA, April 17-22, 2026
- Elise Arellano-Thompson, Global Change GIDP, Conference of Latin American Geography, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico., January 6-9, 2026
- Eric Sung, Applied Math GIDP, APS Global Physics Summit, Denver, Colo., March 15-20, 2026
- Giovanna Paone, Neuroscience GIDP, American Physiology Summit, Minneapolis, MN, April 23-26, 2026
- Issam Rian, Second Language Acquisition & Teaching GIDP, American Association for Applied Linguistics, Chicago, Il., March 21-23, 2026
- Jake Callahan, Applied Math GIDP, Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, Tangier, Morocco., May 2-5, 2026
- Laurel Hendrickson, Second Language Acquisition & Teaching GIDP, American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, CA, April 8-12, 2026
- Mukaddes Coban Postaci, Second Language Acquisition & Teaching GIDP, American Association for Applied Linguistics, Chicago, IL, March 21-24, 2026
- Madison Gamble, Cancer Biology GIDP, American Association for Cancer Research, San Diego, CA, April 17-22, 2026
- Maryam Jahangiri Babadi, Second Language Acquisition & Teaching GIDP, American Association for Applied Linguistics, Chicago, IL, March 21-24, 2026
- Makena Manes, Cancer Biology GIDP, American Association for Cancer Research, San Diego, CA, April 17-22, 2026
- Manlin Shao, Cancer Biology GIDP, American Association for Cancer Research, San Diego, CA, April 17-22, 2026
- Nena Choi, Second Language Acquisition & Teaching GIDP, American Association for Applied Linguistics, Chicago, IL, March 21-24, 2026
- Natalie Hakim, Cancer Biology GIDP, American Association for Cancer Research, San Diego, CA, April 17-22, 2026
- Ranon Plett, Physiological Sciences GIDP, ATS Conference 365, Orlando, FL, May 15-20, 2026
- Sam Nasreldine, Applied Math GIDP, Astrobiology Science Conference, Madison, WI, May 17-22, 2026
- Sruthi Sureshkumar, Cancer Biology GIDP, American Association for Cancer Research, San Diego, CA, April 17-22, 2026
- Ting-Yen Ho, Social, Cultural, & Critical Theory GIDP, Comparative & International Education Society, San Francisco, CA, March 28-April 1, 2026
Round 1 (travel between September-December 2025)
- Addison Boozer, Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory GIDP, Utopian Studies Conference, Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2025
- Asiya B. Sainudeen, Global Change GIDP, American Geophysical Union Annual meeting, AGU25, Dec. 15-19, 2025
- Charles Bradley, Entomology & Insect Science GIDP, The Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Nov. 9-12, 2025
- Eonho Chang, Applied Mathematics GIDP, 2025 NOIRLab Science Conference: The Solar System in Context; Dusty Universe 2025: the 5th Pan Dust Conference, Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2025
- Ellen Deemer, Second Language Acquisition & Teaching GIDP, Second Language Research Forum, Sept. 26-28, 2025
- Joonhwan Choi, Roshan GIDP in Persian & Iranian Studies, Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Nov. 22-25, 2025
- Logan Sherrill, Roshan GIDP in Persian & Iranian Studies GIDP, Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Nov. 22-25, 2025
- Liam Sullivan, Entomology & Insect Science, The Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Nov. 9-12, 2025
- Megan Krause, Neuroscience GIDP, Society for Neuroscience Meeting 2025, Nov. 15-19, 2025
- Raine Ikagawa, Entomology & Insect Science GIDP, Entomological Society of America, Nov. 9-12, 2025
Archive Recipients (FY2006-2025)
