Student Travel Grant Opportunities

 

A. INFOCOM 2007 NSF Travel Grant Opportunity for US-Based Students

 

The IEEE INFOCOM 2007 executive committee is pleased to announce the availability of Student Travel Grants, sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Applications are invited from qualified graduate students studying in accredited U.S. institutions. About sixteen awards are expected. Students will be reimbursed (based on the valid receipts) for their expenses after the conference is over. Only airfare on a US-based carrier will be reimbursed!

 

An application for a student travel award will consist of:

1.A letter from the student, including paper title if the paper has been accepted for INFOCOM 2007.

2.The student's vita.

3.A supporting letter from the student's graduate advisor.

 

The letter from the student should include:

1.A brief summary of research interests and accomplishments to date

2.A description of areas reflected in the INFOCOM 2007 program that would impact the student's research

3.A statement about why the conference attendance is important to the student.

 

The advisor's recommendation letter for the student should include:

1.Confirmation that the student is a bona fide Ph.D. or M.S. candidate in a good academic standing.

2.The suitability of the INFOCOM 2007 program material to the student's research area.

3.Ways this particular student would benefit from attendance at the conference.

4.The strengths and potential contributions of the student.

 

Applicants should upload their applications through EDAS (after login to EDAS, click on the "Travel Grants" tab). Applicants should send their application materials as a single PDF file following the instructions in the Travel Grants section on INFOCOM 2007 site.

 

Deadlines:

Application deadline:         Feb 15, 2007

Notification deadline:        Mar 1, 2007

Awardee acceptance deadline:  Mar 15, 2007

 

INFOCOM 2007 National Science Foundation (NSF) Travel Grant Committee:

1.Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University

2.Dapeng Oliver Wu, University of Florida

3.Xi Zhang, Texas A&M University

 

B. Travel Grants Sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society

 

The IEEE INFOCOM 2007 executive committee is pleased to announce the availability of Student Travel Grants, sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society. Applications are invited from qualified full-time engineering graduate students. About 8 awards are expected.

 

To qualify you must:

1.Be a valid member of the COMSOC at the time of application.

2.Live outside the Regions where this conference will take place (Regions 1~7), that is, residents and students in USA and Canada are not eligible.

3.Be an author who will present an accepted paper at this Conference.

4.Not have received a similar grant in the past 12 months.

5.Provide all of the information below.

 

An application for a travel award will consist of:

1.A letter from the student, including paper title if paper has been accepted for INFOCOM 2007.

2.The student's vita.

3.A supporting letter from the student's graduate advisor.

 

The letter from the student should include:

1.A brief summary of research interests and accomplishments to date.

2.A description of areas reflected in the INFOCOM 2007 program that would impact the student's research.

3.A statement about why the conference attendance is important to the student.

 

The advisor's recommendation letter to the committee should include:

1.Confirmation that the student is a bona fide Ph.D. or M.S. candidate in good academic standing.

2.The suitability of the INFOCOM 2007 program material to the student's research area.

3.Ways this particular student would benefit from attendance at the conference.

4.The strengths and potential contributions of the student.

 

Applicants should upload their applications through EDAS (after login to EDAS, click on the "Travel Grants" tab). Applicants should send their application materials as a single PDF file following the instructions in the Travel Grants section on INFOCOM 2007 site.

 

Due dates:

Application deadline:         Feb 15, 2007

Notification deadline:        Mar 1, 2007

Awardee acceptance deadline:  Mar 15, 2007

 

C. CONTENT Travel Grants

 

The IEEE Infocom 2007 executive committee is pleased to announce the availability of Student Travel Grants, sponsored by the EU Project CONTENT (www.ist-content.org). Applications are invited from qualified members of the research groups participating in the CONTENT project and whose institution is a CONTENT member (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya, Lancaster University, University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris 6, University of Coimbra, Delft University of Technology, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Napoli Federico II, Technical University of Darmstadt, AGH University of Science and Technology, Universiteit i Oslo). The grant consists of a lump sum of 1095 Euros. The student's institution will receive the grant amount after the conference is over. A copy of the Infocom 2007 registration receipt should be sent to: guerrero@it.uc3m.es.

 

The following groups are eligible to apply for this grant and are classified according to this ranking:

  1. Ph.D. student with paper (author or co-author)
  2. Researcher with invited presentation
  3. Ph.D. student (just attending)
  4. Researcher with paper
  5. Program Committee member
  6. Others

 

Applicants should upload the following application materials as a single PDF file through EDAS (after login to EDAS, click "Travel grants" tab):

  1. A letter from the applicant, including paper title if paper has been accepted for INFOCOM 2007
  2. The applicant's vita.
  3. A supporting letter from the student's graduate advisor (if applicable).

 

The letter from the applicant should include:

  1. A brief summary of research interests and accomplishments to date.
  2. A description of areas reflected in the INFOCOM 2007 program that would impact the student's research,
  3. A statement about why the conference attendance is important to the student.
  4. Specifying that the application is for a CONTENT travel grant.

 

The advisor's recommendation letter to the committee should include:

  1. Confirmation that the student is a bona-fide Ph.D. or M.S. candidate in good standing.
  2. The suitability of the INFOCOM 2007 program material to the student's research area.
  3. Ways this particular student would benefit from attendance at the conference.
  4. The strengths and potential contributions of the student.