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November 23-25, 2025, Houston, Texas

Travel and hotels

Attend DFD Annual Meeting to visit scenic Houston, Texas with a convenient venue and affordable hotels.

Houston, Texas cityscape

APS DFD meeting venue

The event will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center, with official room blocks in nearby hotels.

You'll enjoy the George R. Brown Convention Center due to its easy navigation, spaces for collaboration, commitment to enhanced safety, plus many on-site food, coffee, and beverage options.

Official hotel block

APS has secured discounted housing rates for the APS DFD Meeting 2025 attendees at our headquarters hotels, the Hilton Americas Houston and the Marriott Marquis Houston.

Reservations for the special room block rates open in late July.

Explore Houston

APS looks forward to welcoming you to Houston, Texas, on November 23-25, 2025. The event will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center, with official room blocks in nearby hotels.

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International visitors

Visa applications

Plan your APS DFD Meeting travel experience with resources compiled by the APS International Affairs team.

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Attendees from less-resourced countries

We have added a new, equitable registration pricing structure for attendees living in less-resourced countries.

Find out if you qualify for reduced registration pricing

Travel and caregiver grants

APS DFD Meeting attendees can apply for a number of awards and grants to help offset the cost of meeting attendance. Students, in particular, are encouraged to apply.

Travel Subsidy Grant

APS DFD is pleased to offer a limited number of travel subsidy grants to encourage participation and attendance at the 78th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Travel subsidy grants for domestic applicants will offer up to $500 in travel cost reimbursement and $1,000 for international applicants.

Enabling Travel Grant

APS DFD is pleased to offer a limited number of enabling travel grants to enable participation and attendance at the 78th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Priority will be given to researchers who would not otherwise be able to attend the meeting, for whom the meeting comes at a timely point in their career, and who have not previously attended a DFD meeting.

Childcare Travel Grant

APS DFD is pleased to offer a limited number of childcare travel grants to enable participation and attendance at the 78th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Childcare grants will provide a supplement of $1,000 to applicants responsible for at least 50% of the primary care of at least one child under 12 years of age.

Disability Grant

APS DFD is pleased to offer a limited number of disability travel grants to enable participation and attendance at the 78th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Disability grants will reimburse costs required to provide necessary accessibility for applicants to attend the meeting, up to $1,000.

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More information

Abstract Submission

Submit your fluid dynamics research by July 25.


Sorting Categories

Choose from 40+ categories on biological fluid dynamics to vortex flows to drops, and more.

About the meeting

The APS DFD Meeting welcomes 3,500 scientists and students from around the globe.