Next Gen Leadership
Travel Awards
AGBT offers travel grants to support emerging scientific leaders from around the world, providing opportunities to attend an AGBT meeting, showcase their research, gain visibility, and connect with leading scientists across the AGBT community.
The cost of attending scientific meetings can be a real barrier for students and
early-career researchers.
At AGBT, the Next Gen Leadership Awards help make participation more accessible by supporting promising graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career researchers from around the world. AGBT offers ten travel awards at each meeting, covering registration, travel, lodging, and eligible travel expenses. Award recipients will have the opportunity to present brief remarks to the full meeting, share their research through a poster, and connect with leading scientists across the AGBT community.
and early-career researchers
Why AGBT funds this
AGBT is organized by The Genome Partnership, a not-for-profit whose mission is to advance research, promote education, and expand commerce in genome science and technology. The Next Gen Leadership Awards put that mission into action by investing directly in the next generation of scientists. The awards are funded by AGBT meetings and the organizations that sponsor them.
Recipients
Recipients are announced ahead of each meeting. The most recent announcements:
Supporting the genomics community
AGBT provides opportunities that help researchers participate in our meetings and engage with the broader genomics community. Depending on the program, assistance may include complimentary registration, lodging, and eligible travel expenses.
Apply at the meeting you are submitting to
General Meeting 2027
Orlando, Florida. March 1-4, 2027. Applications open Sept. 24, 2026 through Oct. 22, 2026.
AGBT Agriculture 2027
Miami, Florida. April 4-7, 2027. Registration and call for abstracts open Nov. 2, 2026.
AGBT Precision Health 2027
San Diego, California. Sept. 13-15, 2027. Registration and call for abstracts to be announced.
Sponsors fund these awards
Organizations that sponsor an AGBT meeting fund the travel grants that bring the next generation of the field into the room. It is the most direct line there is between sponsorship and the science.