Conference stipends
Learn more about Women, Gender, and Health conference stipends.
Purpose and how to apply
We offer conference stipends each semester to support students attending, presenting, organizing, or moderating conferences with a clear gender analysis component relevant to public health research or practice. The stipend aims to:
- Enhance educational and professional benefits and connections to strengthen capacity in gender analysis.
- Support the presentation of research (oral or poster presentations) with a clear gender analysis component.
- Assist in organizing or moderating sessions that connect gender and health.
Stipends are awarded following the submission and approval of a Conference-Stipend-Application. Applications are due via email (wgh@hsph.harvard.edu) by the deadlines specified. The stipends can cover travel, accommodation, incidental costs, and registration fees, with a funding limit of up to $750 for US-based conferences and up to $1,000 for international (non-US) conferences.
Each student is eligible for one stipend per year, and applications are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. If the Conference Stipend Application is approved, students will receive between 70% and 100% of the funding limit (i.e., $525 to $750 for the US-based award, and $700 to $1000 for the international (non-US based) award), depending on the number of stipends awarded that semester.
All stipend applicants must submit a written report form alongside reimbursement receipts in order to be reimbursed.
This year’s applications are due on November 4, 2024 and April 28, 2025.
Past conferences
| Year | Name of conference | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Society for Research on Adolescence | Chicago, IL |
| 2024 | Society for Epidemiologic Research | Austin, TX |
| 2024 | National LGBTQ Health Conference | Atlanta, GA |
| 2024 | International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) Conference | Montreal, Canada |
| 2023 | Annual Rural Health Conference | San Diego, CA |
| 2023 | American Diabetes Association | San Diego, CA |
| 2023 | American Urological Association Annual Meeting | Chicago, IL |
| 2023 | Society for Epidemiologic Research | Portland, OR |
| 2023 | Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research | Portland, OR |
| 2023 | Intersectionality Research, Policy, & Practice Summer Intensive | Philadelphia, PA |
| 2022 | Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics & Gynecology; Association of Professors of Gynecology & Obstetrics | National Harbor, MD |
| 2022 | 2nd Annual International Conference on Public Health in Africa | Kigali, Rwanda |
| 2022 | International AIDS Conference | Montreal, Canada |
| 2022 | World Professional Association for Transgender Health | Montreal, Canada |
| 2022 | Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum | Cancun, Mexico |
| 2022 | American Public Health Association | Boston, MA |
| 2022 | Society for Epidemiologic Research | Chicago, IL |
| 2021 | American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting | Virtual |
| 2019 | Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH) Biennial Conference | Montreal, Canada |
| 2019 | Caribbean Women and Sexual Diversity Conference (CWSDC7) | Kingston, Jamaica |
| 2019 | American Public Health Association | Philadelphia, PA |
| 2019 | International Development Design Summit (IDDS) Uganda: Improving Household Livelihoods in Humanitarian Settings | Rhino Refugee Camp, Uganda |
| 2019 | Alumni of Color Conference (AOCC) | Cambridge, MA |
| 2019 | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health Academy Week | Hyderbad, India |
| 2019 | 10th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference | Chicago, IL |
| 2018 | Global Feminisms and the Anti-Colonial Project | Bridgetown, Barbados |
| 2018 | American Medical Association Research Symposium | Baltimore, MD |
| 2018 | Population Association of America | Denver, CO |
| 2018 | SYNChronicity 2018: The National Conference on HIV, HCV, and LGBT Health | Arlington, VA |
| 2018 | Global Adolescent Health Equity (Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Conference) | Seattle, WA |
| 2018 | Society for General Internal Medicine | Denver, CO |
| 2018 | Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Biennial Meeting | Minneapolis, MN |
| 2017 | North American Forum on Family Planning | Atlanta, GA |
| 2017 | The Women’s Convention | Detroit, MI |
| 2017 | Dying to be Beautiful? Body Image, Eating Behaviours and Health in the Caribbean | Kingston, Jamaica |
| 2017 | North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG) | Chicago, IL |
| 2017 | United Nations sixty-first session of the Committee on the Status of Women (CSW61); NGO CSW Forum: CSW 61; Youth Forum at the CSW61 | New York, NY |
| 2017 | Cultivating Connections: The Importance of Relationships in Adolescent and Young Adult Health | New Orleans, LA |
| 2016 | Health Systems Research Symposium | Vancouver, Canada |
| 2016 | Middle East Studies Association Conference (MESA | Cambridge, MA |
| 2016 | Appearance Matters 7 | London, UK |
| 2015 | American Public Health Association | Chicago, IL |
| 2015 | Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) 25th Annual Scientific Assembly | Chapel Hill, NC |
| 2015 | The Population Association of America (PAA) | San Diego, CA |
| 2015 | Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) | Seattle, WA |
| 2015 | Conference on Economic Development in Africa | London, UK |