TAC Student Grant
At least one student grant will be offered to graduate or undergraduate (university and college) students in transportation-related disciplines to help them attend the 2025 TAC Conference & Exhibition in Québec City!
More than 100 sessions, panels and workshops will be offered on diverse and relevant topics relating to the conference theme, Building a Sustainable Transportation Legacy.
Recipient(s) will be selected by draw and contacted by August 22.
Grant recipients will receive:
- Up to four nights on-site hotel accommodation (value of ≈$1,000)
- Full conference registration (value of ≈$200)
- Round trip air transportation from a major Canadian city to the conference city (value of ≈$800)
Ideal candidates will:
- Demonstrate an ongoing interest in improving the importance of transportation to Canada’s socioeconomic well-being, as well as safe, secure, efficient, and environmentally and financially sustainable transportation services.
- Share the knowledge learned at the conference with other students.
Eligibility
Eligible candidates must be:
- Canadian citizens or permanent residents
- Enrolled at a post-secondary institution (university or college) in an academic program related to the planning, design, construction, operations, maintenance and program management of transportation infrastructure, including urban transit
- Enrolled in full-time studies and/or coop placements for at least two of three semesters (fall, winter and spring), starting at the time of the conference.
Selected recipient(s) will:
- Commit to telling fellow students about the conference
- Provide TAC with a brief report about their experience at the TAC Conference & Exhibition
In 2024, Elaheh Nasiri Amiri, a student pursuing a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of Waterloo, received the TAC Student Grant to attend the 2024 TAC Conference & Exhibition in Vancouver.
She received a full conference registration as well as free accommodation and travel to the conference.
