Applicants must fulfill these requirements in order to be eligible for the travel award:

• Have no more than five (5) years of experience as a professional science journalist (staff and/or freelance)
• Meet EurekAlert!'s journalist-member eligibility guidelines
• Be able to obtain a visa and travel to a future AAAS Annual Meeting within the next two (2) years
• Working proficiency in English is highly recommended

2025 Requirements

In addition to the requirements listed above, applicants for this year's travel awards must be from one of the following countries:

• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Czechia
• Estonia
• Hungary
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Moldova
• Poland
• Romania
• Slovakia
• Ukraine