Travel Grant

While many attendees including people travel from different countries or regions do fund their travel by themselves without any help. There are also some people who need travel funding support due to different reasons.

This page provides travel funding information for people who need funding support to attend this event in-person.

Travel funding support options

These are a few of many ways to get help with funding your travel. You may choose one of below, or also find our other ways to raise travel funding.

• If you are an active official Ubuntu Member, and plan to contribute to this event (by giving a Talk/Workshops, run booth, getting involved as a organiser and more). Consider applying for Community Donations Applications.
  • Note: Make sure to apply at least 90 days before the event.
• UbuCon Asia Committee also provides travel grant as reimbursements. Find more details below.

These are also something you can consider when funding your travel to the event.

• If you are employed, You may ask your employer if they can fund your travel.
• If you are a student, You may ask your school, college or university if they can fund your travel.
• You can look for some foundations or institute that runs travel grant program who would like to attend conferences.

Travel grant by UbuCon Asia Committee

For those who have difficulties raising fund for travel to host city (or country) for attending UbuCon Asia, the committee provides travel grant for selected applicants.

Travel grant application is now open and you may submit one if you need funding from us. If you’re submitting application as a proposal submitter(speaker), make sure to submit by deadline of call for proposals.

Please note that since our budget is always limited, we won’t be able to approve application from everyone. We’ll be accepting in order with our own priority. So, Depending on your Ubuntu and FOSS community involvement, Your contribution on UbuCon Asia(this event), and other factors, We may approve full or partial grant or reject your application.

How to apply

Application deadline: May 10, 2026 AoE

Frequently asked questions

• I have submitted a session proposal, If my proposal gets selected do I get my travel sponsored from the committee automatically? No, If you haven’t applied for travel grant separately, then we don’t provide any travel grant for you.

• I haven’t submitted any session proposal or none of my proposal submission were selected. But during the event, one of speakers invited me to speak together. Do you now provide me travel grant? No, as you haven’t applied for travel grant in advance, We don’t provide any travel grant for you.

• I’m one of the UbuCon Asia organiers, Do i get my travel sponsored from the committee automatically? No, Organizers (including from the global team and UbuCon Asia Committee) are also subject to apply for travel grant application in order to get travel sponsored.

• I have wrote a mail(or sent a message) to UbuCon Asia Committee then asked them to sponsor my travel. Will they sponsor my travel to UbuCon Asia? No, Please make sure to follow the application process that can be found on “How to apply” section of this page. We never review your personal request or appeal through other communications.