AATSP Conference travel stipends 

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Congratulations to our 2024 winners! To view a full list of this year's conference travel award recipients, click here (PDF). 

The AATSP offers travel stipends to support attendance at the Annual Conference. There are awards for graduate students, preK-12 and higher education faculty, including community college faculty. These stipends are for first-time participants and mid-career faculty.

AATSP Conference Travel Stipends provide partial support for travel to our conference. There will be one application form for all awards. All applicants will be considered for both the AATSP Award and the Sponsored Award. The Marilynn Pavlik Awards are for preK-12 only. 

AATSP Award Amount: $500
Sponsored Award Amount: $500-$1,000
Marilynn Pavlik Award Amount: $1,000 (2025 information will be available soon)

 

DESCRIPTION AND ELIGIBILITY

STUDENT MEMBERS
Applicants must be undergraduate or graduate students in a field related to Spanish or Portuguese and must not have attended an AATSP conference within the past two years. Stipend recipients will represent various geographic regions.

PREK-12 FACULTY MEMBERS
Applicants must be faculty members in a preK-12 setting and must not have attended an AATSP conference within the past two years. Stipend recipients will represent various geographic regions and levels of instruction.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY MEMBERS
Applicants must be faculty members in a two-year, post-secondary institution and must not have attended an AATSP conference within the past two years. Stipend recipients will represent various geographic regions.

MID-CAREER FACULTY MEMBERS
Applicants must be faculty members in a four-year, post-secondary institution and must not have attended an AATSP conference within the past two years. Stipend recipients will represent various geographic regions.

ELIGIBILITY
1. Current Member of the AATSP at the time of application and for the conference year
2. Teacher of Spanish and/or Portuguese, preK-16+

AATSP members are eligible to receive only one of the following: a summer scholarship OR a Conference Travel Stipend OR a Travel Stipend for Research Abroad.

 

The AATSP is actively looking for additional financial support to help send more teachers to conference to experience in-person professional development. 

 

RESPONSIBILITIES OF WINNERS

1. Winners must attend the 107th AATSP Annual Conference including special events.
2. Winners will be recognized during a ceremony at the conference. To pick up your award and check, you must be present at the ceremony. 

 

2023 Conference Travel Stipend Recipients

2022 Conference Travel Stipend Recipients

2021 Conference Travel Stipend Recipients

2020 Not awarded due to pandemic

2019 AATSP Scholarship and Travel Stipend Recipients

2018 AATSP Scholarship and Travel Stipend Recipients