Travel Grants and Registration Waivers available for US students, International Student, and Professionals in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC’s). Click here to download a list of countries by classification according to the World Bank. Travel grants and registration waiver applications are included when submitting Abstract submissions. Click here to start the process. 

The student travel grants are open to students enrolled in audiology, general medical, otolaryngology, public health programs, or other related professions.

The CGHH Board of Directors will rate applications based on the quality of the abstract, personal statement, transcript, and letters of recommendation.

CGHH will award up to:

  • 10 students attending universities in Massachusetts free conference registration
  • 10 students attending universities in the US for $1000 travel grants; and
  • 20 international students and professionals from LMIC’s $1500 for international travel grants. Among the 20 International travel grants, we will aim to fund 10 international students and 10 professionals from LMIC’s. In case one category has a significant number of applicants than the other, the number of awards will be proportional to the number of submissions in each category.

CGHH will waive the registration fee of all travel grant recipients.

Abstract submission is now open. Click here to create a profile and then go the Member Portal to submit your abstract.

Travel Grants will be paid to successful applicants after they have attended the Boston Conference.

Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by R13 DC022790 from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Grant Restrictions 

The Fly America Act (49 U.S.C. 40118) generally provides that foreign air travel funded by Federal government money may only be conducted on U.S. flag air carriers. A “U.S. flag air carrier” is an air carrier that holds a certificate under 49 U.S.C. 41102 but does not include a foreign air carrier operating under a permit. There are limited circumstances under which use of a foreign-flag air carrier is permissible. These circumstances are outlined below:

  1. Airline “Open Skies” Agreement. A foreign flag air carrier may be used if the transportation is provided under an air transportation agreement between the United States and a foreign government, which the Department of Transportation has determined meets the requirements of the Fly America Act. For example, in 2008, the U.S. entered into an “Open Skies” Agreement with the European Union (EU). This Agreement gives European Community airlines (airlines of Member States) the right to transport passengers and cargo on flights funded by the U.S. government, when the transportation is between a point in the United States and any point in a Member State or between any two points outside the United States.

The U.S.-EU Open Skies Agreement was amended effective June 24, 2010. GSA issued Guidance October 6, 2010. Pursuant to the amendment, federal contractors and recipients (not U.S. Government employees) need not be concerned about city-pair contract fares. However, contractors and recipients must check with the airline to ensure that the airline is covered by the U.S.-EU Open Skies agreement which may change periodically.

Additionally, pursuant to the amendment, EU airlines are no longer limited to flying passengers between points in the United States and points in the EU. Instead, EU airlines are authorized to transport passengers between points in the United States and points outside the EU if the EU airline is authorized to serve the route under the U.S.-EU Open Skies Agreement. This includes flights that originate, arrive, or stop in the European Union. For additional information, please see GSA Bulletin FTR 11-02. For information on other “open skies” agreements in which the United States has entered, refer to the Fly America Act page on GSA’s website

  1. Involuntary Rerouting. Travel on a foreign-flag carrier is permitted if a U.S.-flag air carrier involuntarily reroutes the traveler via a foreign-flag air carrier, notwithstanding the availability of alternative U.S.-flag air carrier service.
  2. Travel To and From the U.S. Use of a foreign-flag air carrier is permissible if the airport abroad is: (a) the traveler’s origin or destination airport, and use of U.S.-flag air carrier service would extend the time in a travel status by at least 24 hours more than travel by a foreign-flag air carrier; or (b) an interchange point, and use of U.S.-flag air carrier service would increase the number of aircraft changes the traveler must make outside of the U.S. by two or more, would require the traveler to wait four hours or more to make connections at that point, or would extend the time in a travel status by at least six hours more than travel by a foreign-flag air carrier.
  3. Travel Between Points Outside the U.S. Use of a foreign-flag air carrier is permissible if: (a) travel by a foreign-flag air carrier would eliminate two or more aircraft changes en route; (b) travel by a U.S.-flag air carrier would require a connecting time of four hours or more at an overseas interchange point; or (c) the travel is not part of the trip to or from the U.S., and use of a U.S.-flag air carrier would extend the time in a travel status by at least six hours more than travel by a foreign-flag air carrier.

The following highlights allowable and unallowable costs under conference grants. No costs other than those specified in this subsection as allowable, including any qualifications on their allowability, are permitted under conference grants.

Meals. When meals are justified by the applicant as an integral and necessary part of a conference (i.e., a working meal where business is transacted), grant funds may be used for such meals, provided that meal costs are not duplicated in participants’ per diem or subsistence allowances.

Not allowable.

Entertainment and Personal Expenses. Costs of amusement, diversion, social activities, ceremonials, and related incidental costs, such as bar charges, tips, personal telephone calls, and laundry charges of participants or guests, are unallowable.

Visas and Passports. Not Allowable.

For more information, please visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps/html5/section_14/14.10_allowable_and_unallowable_costs.htm