SSA announced 20 travel grants to student, early-career and international members to participate in the 2024 Annual Meeting. The travel grants are made possible by generous donations to the Kanamori Fund, Annual Meeting Travel Fund, General Fund and Joyner Fund. Student Travel Grant Recipients: Himanshu Agrawal, University of Edinburgh Sandra Donna … Continue Reading »
20 November 2023–Last year with your help, the SSA Annual Meeting Travel Fund supported 23 students and early-career members attending our 2023 meeting in Puerto Rico. SSA needs your generosity again to fully fund its 2024 Annual Meeting Travel Grant Program to bring even more of your future colleagues to … Continue Reading »
SSA’s 2023 Ground Motion Modeling Conference took place 10-13 October 2023 in Vancouver, Canada. Thanks to generous donations from the community to the Kanamori Fund, SSA was able to provide four travel grants to Early-career and Student members. Read on to learn about what this grant meant to one of … Continue Reading »
18 September 2023–A new fund at SSA honors the life and accomplishments of Paul Andrew Spudich (1950-2019) by supporting the professional development of Society members at the beginning of their careers in seismology. Through The Paul Andrew Spudich Fund, SSA will establish the Paul Andrew Spudich Travel Grant program, which … Continue Reading »
This July, four SSA student and early-career members have been selected to receive Global Travel Grants to attend workshops or small meetings around the world. Venkata Gangadhara Rao (Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences) will use the grant to attend the 2024 EGU General Assembly. Leonardo Colavitti (Istituto Nazionale di … Continue Reading »
Bon Voyage! It’s Global Travel Grant Application Time Throughout July, student and early-career members are invited to apply for the next round of SSA Global Travel Grants. The grants of up to $2,500 dollars (plus an additional $500 to help cover parents’ childcare costs) have already paid the way for … Continue Reading »