Office of Cancer Training & Education

Trainee Travel Award Program

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The UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Trainee Travel Award Program, established by the Office of Cancer Training & Education, provides travel and conference funding to UCLA students (undergraduate students, graduate students and postdocs) working on cancer research projects. 

The award provides up to $1,000 (case by case basis, subject to approval) in funding for qualified research expenses as defined by UCLA's official travel policy, and can be used towards conference registration fees, travel, food, poster creation fees and lodging expenses. The program is competitive and open to UCLA Health JCCC trainee members only. 

We are now accepting applications for the Winter 2026 award cycle.

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Eligibility Requirements

  • Full-time UCLA student working on cancer research projects, at the time funds are awarded and the travel completed
  • Active UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center trainee member. If you are not a Cancer Center trainee member and wish to join, please apply for free membership via our trainee application form
  • Must have been accepted to present an in-person paper as an oral presentation or poster at a cancer related conference
  • Must submit application at least six (6) weeks prior to conference travel
  • Not eligible: if you recently (within past two years) received a UCLA Health JCCC fellowship award
  • Not eligible: If you received a poster competition award in the last UCLA Health JCCC Symposium 

Parameters

  • Reimbursement is not available for travel completed prior to award date
  • Applications are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year
  • Applicants must add the amount of funds their department is covering for the travel in the budget justification
  • Support is available for participation in both in-person or virtual conferences (i.e. conference registration fees)
  • Funds must be used for conference expenses (conference registration fees, travel, food, poster creation fees and lodging expenses)
  • Award amounts will be determined on a case-by-case basis, and will not exceed $1,000 per awardee
  • Awards are limited to one UCLA Health JCCC trainee per UCLA Health JCCC affiliated faculty member per year

For More Information

If you have questions or need more information about the Trainee Travel Award Program, please contact the OCTE team at [email protected].