travel funding

Securing NeurIPS 2026: Practical Steps for Workshop Travel Funding

Getting a paper into a NeurIPS workshop is a win, but the excitement can stall when you look at airfare. This researcher is a working professional, which rules out many student-focused funds, and while the workshop covers registration and hotel, flights fall through the cracks. That's a familiar gap. We've covered similar funding hurdles before, like in our piece on securing a NeurIPS ticket from the Global South. For now, the practical leads here matter: seek employer sponsorships, check conference-specific grants, and ask your network.