A limited number of $200 prepaid discount scholarships are available to offset costs related to full conference registration fees for faculty and staff. Upon selection, applicants will receive a discount code to apply during the ESC Conference registration payment process.

Eligibility Criteria

• Be a current UTK faculty or staff member.
• Have received an official notice of acceptance to present a poster, workshop, or session at the 2026 ESC Conference.
• Demonstrate a financial need.

This fund is intended to supplement, not replace, existing institutional resources. Eligible faculty or staff must show that they have exhausted all standard departmental or institutional allocations or that their available funds are insufficient to cover the full cost of registration.

How to Apply

Complete the brief application if you are UT faculty or staff. If you have a student or community member as a co-presenter, please direct them to access the appropriate scholarship application directly on this webpage.

A limited number of $150 prepaid discount scholarships are available to offset costs related to one-day conference registration fees for students. Upon selection, applicants will receive a discount code to apply during the ESC Conference registration payment process. Students may also elect to apply the $150 toward the full conference student registration cost of $200 and pay the difference.

Eligibility Criteria

• Be a current UTK student (part or full-time, graduate or undergraduate).
• Have received an official notice of acceptance to present a poster, workshop, or session at the 2026 ESC Conference.
• Demonstrate a financial need.

This fund is intended to supplement, not replace, existing institutional resources, with the intent of supporting students with limited to no departmental or institutional funds.

How to Apply

Complete the brief application if you are a UTK student and meet the criteria outlined above.

A limited number of $150 prepaid discount scholarships are available to offset costs related to one-day conference registration fees for community members. Upon selection, applicants will receive a discount code to apply during the ESC Conference registration payment process. Community members may also elect to apply the $150 toward the full conference student registration cost of $200 and pay the difference.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must meet one of the following:

• Have received an official notice of acceptance to present a poster, workshop, or session at the 2026 ESC Conference.

OR

• Be a community member with prior participation in one of the last three years of OCEO’s Annual Engagement & Outreach Conference.

Please note that priority will be given to presenting community members.

How to Apply

Complete the brief application if you are a community member that meets the criteria outlined above.