Junior Scientist Travel Support

Jefferson Science Associates (JSA) continues to support the Junior Scientist Travel Support Program, a JSA Initiatives Fund program. This program helps to support the travel for young researchers to present the results of Jefferson Lab research at national and international conferences and workshops that aren’t already receiving JSA funds for travel. The awards are open to all students and postdocs from experimental nuclear physics, theory, accelerator science, computer science, etc. who are actively engaged in JLab research, who are not JLab employees (including joint appointees) and who are not recipients of JSA fellowships that provide for travel support (e.g., JSA research grants, JSA awards and JSA funded meetings, etc.)

To be considered for a travel grant, advisors or supervisors should complete the request form and submit it to Jennifer Finch (finch@jlab.org). Travel support funds may cover transportation and lodging costs up to $500 or $1000 for local or international venues respectively, with a max of ~$1000 per research group. In addition to information about where the young scientists will be presenting their results, advisors or supervisors should provide a clear statement of the scientific potential of the student or postdoc, and include a commitment to pay for balance of the travel costs.

This program is supported by the Initiatives Fund Program, a JSA commitment, to support programs, initiatives, and activities that further the scientific outreach, promote the science, education and technology of Jefferson Lab and benefit the Lab’s extended user community in ways that complement the Lab’s basic and applied research missions.

Junior Scientist Travel Support committee: Angela Biselli, Dutta, Dipangkar, Jennifer Finch, Douglas Higinbotham, and Justin Stevens

Prior Travel Fund Awardees

2023

Name	Institution	Intended Event	Presentation Link
Justin Cammarota	William & Mary	QCD Evolution
Tommaso Rainaldi	ODU	QCD Evolution
Bashu Dev Khanal	ODU	SRF Workshop 2023
Rhidian Williams	U of York, UK	HADRON 2023
William Booth	U of York, UK	HADRON 2023
Allison Zec	U of New Hampshire	ECT* Workshop: Tensor Spin Observables
Ioannis Sakiotis	ODU	ISC High Performance 2023
Shakel Sharifuzzaman	ODU	21st Intl Conference on Radio-Frequency
Ali Usman	U of Regina	ECT*-APCTP Joint Workshop: Resonance Structure with Transition GPDs
Abhyuday Sharda	U of Tennessee Knoxville	ECT* Workshop: Short Distance Nuclear Structure and PDFs
Ramon Ogaz	U of Tennessee Knoxville	ECT* Workshop: Short Distance Nuclear Structure and PDFs
Cameron Cotton	UVA	ECT* Workshop: Short Distance Nuclear Structure and PDFs
Tyler Hague	LBL	ECT* Workshop: Short Distance Nuclear Structure and PDFs

2022

Name	Institution	Intended Event	Presentation Link
Astrid Hiller	U of Regensburg, Germany	Precision QCD (CFNS)
Farah Afzal	Bonn	Frontiers & Careers
Cameron Cotton	UVA	Frontiers & Careers
Achyut Khanal	Florida Int U	Frontiers & Careers
Churamani Paudel	Florida Int U	Frontiers & Careers
Jingyi Zhou	Duke	Frontiers & Careers
Bo Yu	Duke	Frontiers & Careers
Erin Seroka	GWU	Frontiers & Careers
Simone Venturini	U of Pavia	Frontiers & Careers
Sara Ratliff	GWU	Frontiers & Careers
Brandon Tumeo	USC	Frontiers & Careers
Shuo Jia	Temple	Frontiers & Careers
Caleb Fogler	ODU	MIT SRC Workshop / Frontiers
Tim Kolar	Tel Aviv U	MIT SRC Workshop / Frontiers	Talk
Jayendrika Tiskumara	ODU	NAPAC 2022
Loida Rosado Del Rio	U of Puerto Rico	NAPAC 2022
Shuji Li	LBL	CIPANP 2022	Talk
Matthew Nicol	U of York	INPC 2022 (South Africa)
Ioannis Sakiotis	ODU	IXPUG Annual Conference 2022
Olga Cortes Becerra	GWU	NSTAR Conf (Italy)
Phoebe Sharp	GWU	APS DNP Fall Meeting
Isabella Illari	GWU	APS DNP Fall Meeting
Edmundo Barriga	FSU	APS DNP Fall Meeting
Karthik Suresh	U of Regina	APS DNP Fall Meeting
Richard Trotta	CUA	APS DNP Fall Meeting
William Booth	York	APS DNP Fall Meeting