Travel Awards

The RAS Member Support Program is partnering with HAPTICS 2026!

The RAS Travel Grants, as part of the RAS Member Support Program, provides additional support to selected RAS member authors of accepted papers to make travel to the conference more affordable.

Thanks to the generous support of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, applications for travel support are invited, to facilitate authors of accepted papers to the conference. To be eligible, an applicant must be in one of the following two categories. Note: only one travel award is available per accepted paper.

1. Student Members of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society with accepted (long or regular) papers.

2. Members of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society with accepted (long or regular) papers, from developing countries as determined by the Developing Country Listing .

Important Dates

Application Process

Apply via the online application form .

The application deadline for support will be on February 20 and any later applications will not evaluated for travel support.

Support and Information

For additional details and Frequently Asked Questions, please see the IEEE RAS Member Support Program page .

For questions regarding travel support, please contact ras-msp@ieee.org . Please include the keywords “HAPTICS 2026 travel grant” in the subject line.