Application deadline: September 15, 2025.

MESA’s Board of Directors has established a fund to subsidize travel expenses for contingent faculty as well as un/underemployed members who are presenting on the program at the MESA annual meeting. 

To be eligible for a travel grant, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• current MESA member for 2025;
• presenting a paper on a panel, or on a roundtable, as part of the official MESA 2025 meeting program; 
• traveling a minimum of 250 miles to attend the annual meeting; 
• not receiving funding to attend the meeting from any other source; 
• attend and present in-person at the MESA meeting as scheduled.

Applications will open July 15. 

All eligible applicants’ names will be entered into a lottery system for random selection. The awards will be announced shortly after the deadline and will be disbursed at or following the MESA meeting.