The Materials Research Society has a limited number of childcare grants available for those attending the 2025 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit. All registered attendees are eligible. Grants of up to $300 will be given on a first-come, first-served basis to attendees who are bringing young children or who incur extra expenses in leaving them at home (i.e., added hours of daycare or babysitting services). 

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Deadline: March 14, 2025

Application Guidelines

The deadline to submit an application (via email to [email protected]) is on March 14, 2025. To submit you must be a registered meeting attendee on the day you submit.

Recipients will be notified upon approval of their application, on or before March 14, 2025. After the meeting, approved applicants must send the template provided in the approval email, including the list of expenses and scans of receipts showing the extra expenses incurred, no later than April 18, 2025.  Approved grant recipients will receive a bank check within 6-8 weeks. 

Please contact Lorri Smiley ([email protected]) for additional questions. 

Expenses

Allowable Expenses: Daycare expenses at the site of the meeting. Extra daycare expenses at home incurred because the primary caregiver was attending the meeting (for example, overtime at a daycare center, cost of a sitter, etc.) A signed statement by caregiver including the total amount paid per day is required. Expenses incurred in bringing a babysitter (or family member acting as caregiver) to the meeting to care for the child.

Not allowable: Travel or other expenses related to the attendee’s participation in the meeting, including meeting registration, meals, travel to the meeting (including private automobile mileage or tolls), or other expenses the attendee would already be incurring by attending the meeting. Meals for the child, supplies, toys, and tickets to museums, amusement parks, etc. On-going home-based childcare expenses.