Throughout February, SSA welcomes applications for grants that can help you make new professional contacts and share your research with the global seismological community.
Read on to learn more about these opportunities to receive financial support for your work that advances seismology worldwide.
Please note that some grants require letters of support from others, and all applications must be received by 28 February, Midnight PST.
The Society’s Global Travel Grant program provides early-career and student members with up to $2,500 to attend scientific conferences and workshops hosted by other organizations worldwide.
Nicolás Pinzón Matapí, who presented at PATA Chile 2024 with the aid of a Global Travel Grant, said, the experience “filled me with motivation to continue contributing to scientific knowledge.”
Other past recipients have shared that their grants led to invaluable research feedback, long lasting professional relationships and new employment opportunities.
Apply now for a Global Travel Grant to support your participation in meetings taking place May through October 2025.
Organizing a small scientific conference or workshop that needs funding? Apply for a Community Grant!
Open to all SSA members, this program supports the creation of new training, learning, and networking opportunities for seismologists. Suzan van der Lee (Northwestern University) and Emily Brodsky (University of California, Santa Cruz) used their 2024 Community Grant to create a workshop on volcano and rift seismicity in East Africa. They reported back that the grant helped them offer the experience to a group of graduate students who added “valuable contributions, diversity of approach, and might not otherwise have been included.”
The February 2025 application period covers meetings taking place from April 2025 through March 2026. Apply today!
Honoring pioneering seismologist Paul Andrew Spudich (1950-2019), SSA’s newest grant program supports scientific travel for student and early-career members focused on earthquake source physics or ground motion prediction.
Chunyang Ji, a postdoctoral scholar at North Carolina State University, received the grant to attend the 8th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (8 ICEGE) in Osaka, Japan. She said, “This grant creates valuable opportunities for young students and early-career researchers to showcase our work and contributions to the community, as well as our passion for earthquake and seismology.”
Learn more about this program and apply here.
Are you a U.S. student or early-career member interested in policy and advocating for earthquake science? Apply for the SSA Government Relations Fellowship, which combines involvement in Geoscience-Congressional Visits Day (Geo-CVD) in Washington, D.C. with service on SSA’s Government Relations Committee. The Society provides fellows with a stipend of up to $2,000 to cover travel and lodging expenses to participate in Geo-CVD along with complimentary SSA Annual Meeting registration and a travel grant of $1,500.
Rachel Willis, the 2023-24 Government Relations Fellow, shared, “Through collaboration between geoscientist and policymakers, we can implement evidence-based strategies to promote health, resilience and sustainability of our people and planet.”
Learn more about this program on the fellowship webpage.
Funded by generous member donations to the Society’s General Fund and Paul Andrew Spudich Fund, SSA awards multiple grants every February and July. Learn more about all of the programs here.