The Student Travel Awards feature a range of opportunities designed to encourage student engagement and participation in SfAA’s Annual Meeting. These awards help students share their research, learn from experienced professionals, and build meaningful connections with their peers. Each award reflects the SfAA’s commitment to supporting the next generation of scholars and practitioners. Whether addressing tourism and heritage, human rights, involuntary resettlement, or honoring the contributions of distinguished anthropologists, these awards promote student growth and professional development within the social sciences.

John Bodley Travel Award

Recognizes research on the impact of development on Indigenous peoples

Chambers Tourism & Heritage Award

Honors papers addressing tourism or heritage broadly defined

Human Rights Defender Award

Honors work where applied social science meets human rights

Michael M. Cernea Travel Award for Involuntary Resettlement

Supports research on development-caused displacement

Del Jones Memorial Travel Award

Recognizes papers that reflect Jones’s contributions or life experiences

Gil Kushner Memorial Travel Award

Supports scholarship focused on the persistence of cultural groups

Beatrice Medicine Award

Recognizes work that expands understanding of Native peoples

Edward H. & Rosamond B. Spicer Travel Award

Honors research on community

Student Endowed Award

Honors work on how applied theories or methods shape research & careers

Valene Smith Prize for Student Posters on Tourism

Showcases student posters on applied social science aspects of tourism or heritage

Student Poster Award

Recognizes outstanding student poster presentations open to all topics