Application Deadline: 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on March 15, 2026

Travel support may include transportation costs, luggage fees, hotel, per diem, or other costs not associated with airfare, railway, or driving expenses between the applicant’s university and conference location. Membership dues and registration fees will not be funded.  SSSP strongly suggests that other sources of funds be sought to supplement your participation, as not all expenses for attending the meeting can be paid from these funds. Pre-registration for the meeting must be paid before travel awards will be disbursed to the applicant. 

Applicants are advised of these limitations:

• All applicants must be 2026 SSSP student members when applying for assistance. 
• Applications not submitted online are ineligible for consideration.
• Thirty awards of $500 each will be granted for student travel support. Awardees must pick up their checks at the SSSP Annual Meeting.
• Applicants may only apply to one travel fund.
  
  Note: Students must apply to this fund. A student is defined as someone who is currently enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral program at an institution of higher learning. International students must apply to this fund. Unemployed and underemployed sociologists must apply to the Erwin O. Smigel Award. Non-U.S. based international scholars from politically, economically, and culturally oppressed groups in disadvantaged countries not considered part of the Global South must apply to the Lee Scholar Support Fund. International scholars from the Global South as defined by the American Sociological Association must apply to the Transnational Initiatives Fund.
• Only complete applications will be considered.

Application Instructions:

• Complete the form below.

Please address all questions to:

Dr. Patricia Sanchez-Connally, Chair
Lee Student Support Fund
psanchezconnally@framingham.edu

Lee Student Support Fund Application