The purpose of the Travel Awards is to enable Early Career Researchers (ECR) to attend an international conference of significance to their research. 

At an international conference applicants are expected to be presenting their current research as an invited presenter, as an oral presentation or a poster presentation. The research material to be presented at the conference should be current and not based primarily on the Applicant’s PhD studies.

Award amount

CASS offers Travel Awards of up to $5,000 for costs to attend and present at an international conference.

Conference timeframe

For travel between 1 May 2026 and30 November 2026.

Citizenship

Applicants must be either Australian citizens or Australian Permanent Residents.

'Permanent Resident' means a person granted a Permanent Residency Status that allows you to remain in Australia indefinitely (not a 408 Visa, a 482 Visa or a 444(SCV) Visa for a NZ citizen) as per the Australian Government Department of Home Affairs.

Conferences

The Travel Award is not available for travel to attend conferences being held in Australia or to support overseas fieldwork, independent research or courses of study.

Prior Awardees

An Applicant will be awarded only (1) CASS Travel Award within any two-year period. This means that a previous recipient is not eligible to reapply if they have received a CASS Travel Award for a conference commencing after 20 February 2024.

Exceptions to this are those Applicants that received a deferred CASS Travel Award.

Other Activities

Applicants may include pre or post conference visits to institutes and research colleagues if such activities are directly related to their primary research in Australia.

• Phone: (03) 8650 5900
• Email: ecrtravel@cassfoundation.org