Meeting Access Grants
Nomination/Submission Deadline: 15 Nov 2023
Award Description
- Travel (airfare, car rental, gas, etc.)
- Lodging (hotel within SAA room block)
- Food (meals during the meeting and while traveling to/from it)
- Incidentals (public and private transportation, including but not limited to train, subway, bus, taxi, Uber/Lyft, etc.; visa application costs and travel costs associated with obtaining a visa; poster printing fees)
- Childcare
- Meeting registration fees
Who Is Eligible to Submit Nominations or Apply for the Award
- student (undergraduate or graduate);
- first-generation college student;
- international member*;
- Indigenous, Native American, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, and First Nations person;
- first-time presenter at the SAA Annual Meeting.
Application deadlines occur annually twice a year. One round each in the summer and fall prior to the annual meeting. Applicants for the summer round will receive notification in September. Funds will be distributed to successful applicants by February 15 annually.
Applicants awarded a MAG during the first round of awards may not apply for another MAG until the following calendar year (successful applicants for the 2024 Annual Meeting may not apply again until 2025 for the 2026 annual meeting). The SAA will ask grant recipients unable to follow through with their intended participation in the in-person annual meeting to refund the funds awarded. Recipients failing to return the unused funds will be ineligible to apply for other future SAA support, including but not limited to the meeting access grants.
Members who applied unsuccessfully for a grant during the summer round of awards will have their application rolled over to the fall deadline and automatically included in the second award round.
Nomination/Submission Materials Required
The application for meeting access grants for the 2024 SAA Annual Meeting is here.
All applicants will receive an email confirmation that their application was received.
Other Special Requirements
Nature of Award (e.g. monetary, medal, symposium)
Current Committee Charge
Committee Composition
Term Length
Award Cycle
Committee Chair and End of Term
Committee Chair Contact Information
Committee Members and Ends of Terms
Selection or Evaluation Criteria
- student (undergraduate or graduate);
- first-generation college student;
- international member*;
- Indigenous, Native American, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, and First Nations person;
- first-time presenter at the SAA Annual Meeting.
Committee Deliberation Process (e.g. dates, venue)
88th Annual Meeting (Portland 2023)