Outreach & Grants
Education and Outreach
The DFD Education & Outreach Committee coordinates a range of workshops and lunches each year. The "Fluids Education Lunch / Workshop" focuses on fluid dynamics-related education activities at K-12, college, and higher-ed levels. It typically includes a panel discussion and demonstrations related to course material, classroom experiments, technology, etc. The "Women in Fluids Luncheon" focuses on a range of topics from recruiting, retention, and professional skill building. The Education & Outreach Committee also assists in resume helping workshops at the DFD meeting for anyone interested in applying to academia or industry. A new panel was recently added consisting of prominent members in the fluid dynamics community to provide advice on applying to faculty and postdoctoral positions. The main themes or focus of these events may vary year to year.
Financial Assistance
The division makes travel subsidy grants and enabling travel grants to a small number of individuals needing financial support to attend the annual meeting.
Travel Subsidy Grant
DFD is pleased to offer a limited number of travel subsidy grants to encourage participation and attendance at the 77th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Travel subsidy grants for domestic applicants will offer up to $500 in travel cost reimbursement and $1,000 for international applicants.
Applicants will need to indicate all proposed sources and amounts of funding they intend to use for their travel expenses associated with meeting attendance.
Enabling Travel Grant
DFD is pleased to offer a limited number of enabling travel grants to enable participation and attendance at the 77th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Priority will be given to researchers who would not otherwise be able to attend the meeting, for whom the meeting comes at a timely point in their career and who have not previously attended a DFD meeting.
Enabling grants will cover the full travel costs for applicants who would otherwise be financially unable to attend the meeting. Applicants will need to provide a personal statement as well as the contact information for someone who can provide a letter of recommendation.
Nomination and Selection Process
Applicants should apply for either the travel subsidy grant or the enabling travel grant. Applications must be received by August 12, 2024 to be considered. If the applicant is presenting at the meeting, the presentation's title, author(s), and abstract should be provided within the application for either grant.
Grant recipients will be notified by email by September 16, 2024. Questions concerning the application should be directed to the APS/DFD External Affairs Committee Chair, Jeff Eldredge, jdeldre@ucla.edu.
For financial support, the Division is grateful to the National Science Foundation (Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems), and to AIP Publishing (‘Physics of Fluids—serving the fluid dynamics community since 1958’).
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Childcare and Disability Grants
Childcare Travel Grant
DFD is pleased to offer a limited number of childcare travel grants to enable participation and attendance at the 77th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Priority will be given to researchers who would not otherwise be able to attend the meeting, due to childcare-based restrictions.
Childcare grants will provide a supplement of $1,000 to applicants responsible for at least 50% of the primary care of at least one child under 12 years of age. Applicants will need to provide details of childcare needs for consideration.
Nomination and Selection Process
Applications must be received by August 12, 2024 to be considered. If the applicant is presenting at the meeting, the presentation's title, author(s), and abstract should be provided within the application.
Grant recipients will be notified by email by September 16, 2024. Questions concerning the application should be directed to the APS/DFD External Affairs Committee Chair, Jeff Eldredge, jdeldre@ucla.edu.
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Disability Grant
DFD is pleased to offer a limited number of disability travel grants to enable participation and attendance at the 77th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Priority will be given to researchers who would not otherwise be able to attend the meeting, due to assistance limitations.
Disability grants will reimburse costs required to provide necessary accessibility for applicants to attend the meeting, up to $1,000. Applicants will need to provide details of what assistance would be necessary for their attendance to be made possible and a projection of the expected associated costs.
Nomination and Selection Process
Applications must be received by August 12, 2024 to be considered. If the applicant is presenting at the meeting, the presentation's title, author(s), and abstract should be provided within the application for either grant.
Grant recipients will be notified by email by September 16, 2024. Questions concerning the application should be directed to the APS/DFD External Affairs Committee Chair, Jeff Eldredge, jdeldre@ucla.edu.
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