Student Conference Travel Award

Thanks to generous funding from the Center for Sport Management Research and Education (CSMRE) at Texas A&M University, the Collaborative for Sport Data Science (CSDS) is proud to announce a new benefit for students studying sport data science, the CSDS Student Conference Travel Award.
 
A total of $5,000 will be awarded to 10 different students ($500 each) to help offset conference travel costs and provide opportunities for students to attend and present their sport data science-related research at leading conferences during the 2026 calendar year.

Items to submit

Students must be a co-author on the conference abstract. Conferences may be located anywhere and focused on any academic field, including analytics, economics, mathematics, statistics, or sport management and/or science, as long as the student’s research is focused on sport data science.

In order to be considered, the following should be saved as a one-page pdf and submitted as an email attachment to csds@tamu.edu:

• Name of student
• Institution, major(s), and whether the student is an undergraduate or graduate student
• Conference, location, and date
• Status of abstract (Either in progress, submitted or accepted)
• Conference abstract (Usually 150-500 words, must match abstract either submitted or to be submitted to conference)
• 150-word biosketch of student

Deadlines

There are two deadlines based on when the conference is scheduled, in order to distribute awards to students when they are most needed. The deadline for conferences scheduled for January-June is February 1, 2026, while the deadline for conferences scheduled for July-December is August 1, 2026. Eligible travel must take place between January 1-December 31, 2026. Applications will be reviewed by at least two CSDS Faculty Fellows, who are listed on the CSDS website.

Final Steps

Prior to awards being distributed, awardees will be required to provide proof of conference registration and acceptance of their abstract in the conference program. Awardees must be a full-time student at the time of travel. Note that these awards are not a grant, and therefore no receipts or other documentation need to be provided. The goal of this program is to simply encourage students to present their work at leading conferences by helping to offset costs incurred by students in the course of their attendance at the conference.