Through a grant from the National Science Foundation to the American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society, 72 full travel awards (registration, travel, and lodging) were provided to students attending minority-serving institutions (MSIs) and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to attend PhysCon 2016 and present their research. This funding helped to ensure that PhysCon 2016 was not only the largest meeting in its history, but also the most diverse and inclusive of traditionally underrepresented groups. Recipients included the following students:

Alabama
A&M
University
Brianna Kenney
Khyana Price

California State
Polytechnic
University, Pomona
Katelyn Helmuth
Lauren Keyes
Kevin Le
Jase Nosal

California State
University, Chico
Charles Payne
Elizabeth Pham
Avi Radick
Cameron Sorensen

California State
University,
Fresno
Felise Bloodgood
Katherine Elder
Shoji Hishida
Annette Lopez

California State
University,
Sacramento
Anthony Asuega
Mark Cratty
Aleksandar Tadic
Leah Weston

California State
University,
Stanislaus
Salvador Montes

City Colleges of
Chicago
Kristine Romich

Dillard University
Wydglif Dorlus
Dava Johnson

Hampton University
Tracy Edwards
Angelina Gallego
Letrell Harris
Maurice Roots
Keith Tukes

Howard Community
College
Kathleen Hamilton

Howard University
Iman Ahmed
Sirak Fessehaye
Pawan Gaire
Naomi Haddock
Keenan Hunt-Stone
Pradip Kattel
Rishap Lamichhane
Prakash Regmi
Kishor Subedi

Lamar University
Carlos Caballero
Loyola Marymount
University (CA)
Luciano Manfredi

Morehouse College
Xavier Bonner
Jeffrey Butler
Nyles Fleming
Dakari Franklin
David Holden
Justin Johnson
Melvin Kenney III
Khensu-Ra Love El
Jared Mitchell
Samori Roberts
Umaru Waizoba

New Mexico
Institute of Mining and Technology
Jared Canright
Sebastian Hendrickx-Rodriguez
Cameron Kimber
Samuel Montgomery

Norfolk State
University
Thomas Coleman

Saint Peter's
University (NJ)
Nnamdi Ike
Edwin Rivas

Spelman College
Najma Thomas

St. Mary's
University (TX)
Iliana De La Cruz
Matthew Knodell
Kaydian Quintero
Aaron Rodriguez
Raul Rodriguez

Texas Lutheran
University
Maegan Idrogo
Jaclynn Lewis
Daniel Morales
Clifford Pack
Patricia Snow

University of
Alabama at
Birmingham
Lamario Williams

University of Texas at Arlington
Niyousha Davachi

University of Texas at San Antonio
Diego Fausett

Xavier University of
Louisiana
Ke'La Kimble