Purpose
OHTN Conference travel grants are intended to reduce barriers to participation and support a broad range of people to attend the conference, including people with lived and living experience of HIV, community members, students, early-career participants, frontline workers, Black and Indigenous communities, and people from rural and northern communities.
Eligibility
Applicants must live or work in Ontario. Travel grant support is available to individuals rather than institutions. Applicants may be affiliated with an organization; organizational affiliation does not automatically make an applicant ineligible.
Available support
Depending on individual need and available funding, travel grant support may include travel to and from the conference, accommodation, local transportation, childcare or dependent care, meals not provided by the conference, accessibility-related costs, and other participation-related expenses approved by OHTN.
Important:
Travel grant funding is limited. Applying does not guarantee funding. Applicants will be notified of the decision and, if approved, which expenses OHTN will cover.
Applications open: September 21, 2026
Application deadline: November 6, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. ET
Decision notifications: November 27, 2026
Acceptance deadline for approved applicants: December 4, 2026
Privacy notice
The Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN) collects the personal information in this application to assess eligibility and need, make travel grant decisions, communicate with applicants, and administer approved travel and related support. The optional equity and participation information is collected to support equitable decision-making and to understand, in aggregate, who is applying. You may skip any optional question without affecting the completeness of your application.
Application information will be accessed only by OHTN staff, members of the travel grant review committee, and service providers who need it to administer the program. OHTN will not use the information for unrelated purposes or disclose it to other parties unless required or permitted by law. Application information will be stored securely and retained only as long as required for program administration, financial accountability, and OHTN records-retention requirements. Aggregate reporting will not identify individual applicants.
Questions about this collection, or requests to access or correct your information, may be directed to the OHTN Conference Team using the contact information published with the application. Applicants may withdraw an application before a decision is made by contacting the Conference Team.