Carter Travel Award Recipients

Below are recipients of the Carter Travel Award in Fiscal Year 2027 Round 1. Read on to learn more about the recipients, their research, and the conferences where they're presenting their work:

Round 1 (travel between September-December 2026)

• Carolina Galaz-Montoya, Genetics GIDP, American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 20-24, 2026
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• Caroline Scheuer Neves, Second Language Acquisition & Teaching GIDP, Paulo Freire Initiative at Columbia University, New York, NY, Sept. 18-19, 2026
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• Hosain Heshmati, Cognitive Science GIDP, Psychonomic Society 67th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Nov. 19-22, 2026
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• Ilia Kuk, Applied Mathematics GIDP, Metamaterials 20th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena, New York, NY, Aub. 28-Sept. 3, 2026
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• Jean Dill, Neurosciences GIDP, The Society for Neuroscience 2026 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Nov. 14-18, 2026
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• Jincheng Yu, Statistics & Data Science GIDP, From Innovation to Implementation in Imaging, New York, NY, Oct. 21-24, 2026
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• Katherine Isaacson, College Teaching GIDP, Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision 2026 Conference, Reno, NV, Oct. 8-10, 2026
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• Meagan Ash, Entomology & Insect Science GIDP, Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH, Nov. 8-11, 2026
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• Marc Zempare, Neuroscience GIDP, The Society for Neuroscience 2026 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Nov. 14-18, 2026
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• Megan Krause, Neuroscience GIDP, The Society for Neuroscience 2026 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Nov. 14-18, 2026
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• Paul Baumhardt, Physiological Sciences GIDP, Bioelectric Medicine Summit, New York, NY, Sept. 28-29, 2026
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• Qingqing Yang, Social, Cultural, & Critical Theory GIDP, Western Literature Association, Eugene, OR, August 26-29, 2026 
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• Sofia Beltran, Social, Cultural, & Critical Theory GIDP, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Annual 2026 Conference, Seattle, WA, Nov. 12-15, 2026
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• Shine Chin, Neuroscience GIDP, The Society for Neuroscience 2026 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Nov. 14-18, 2026
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• Skylar Parker, College Teaching GIDP, Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision 2026 Conference, Reno, NV, Oct. 8-10, 2026
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• Sydney Ragsdale, Neuroscience GIDP, The Society for Neuroscience 2026 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Nov. 14-18, 2026
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• Shuo-Fu Chen, Neuroscience GIDP, The Society for Neuroscience 2026 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Nov. 14-18, 2026
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• Solomon Hendrix, Entomology & Insect Science GIDP, Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH, Nov. 8-11, 2026
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• Tiffany Le, Statistics & Data Science GIDP, 8th International Coccidioidomycosis Study Group Symposium, UC-Davis, CA, Aug. 20-22, 2026
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