IEEE Global Communications Conference
8–10 December 2020 // In-person (Taipei, Taiwan)
7-11 December 2020 // Virtual
Communications for Human and Machine Intelligence

Student Travel Grants

On a competitive basis, IEEE GLOBECOM 2020 offers a number of grants to students who have registered and co-authored an accepted peer-reviewed paper for the conference. There are two grants: NSF Student Travel Grants (only for students who are participating in-person) and ComSoc Student Grants

These grants encourage participation by students who would normally find it difficult to attend. Women, minorities, beginning graduate students, and first time GLOBECOM attendees, are especially encouraged to apply. No more than one student per institution will be supported. No postdocs, faculty, or other senior research personnel may be supported by the grant. These student travel grants will enable sharing scientific information and stimulating research interests for students in the field of communications and networking.

NSF STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS

The IEEE GLOBECOM 2020 conference is anticipated to offer a number of NSF travel grants to students on a competitive basis, subject to final approval from NSF. The travel grants help promote diversity among the conference attendees. The NSF grants are particularly for 1) women and minorities and 2) beginning graduate students and first time GLOBECOM attendees. Each NSF sponsored grant is up to US$1500 but no more than the actual travel expenses.

APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY

  • Each applicant must be a) a qualified full-time student (graduate or undergraduate) enrolled in a US-based institution or b) a US citizen enrolled in a foreign institution coming to the US conference.
  • Each applicant must be a co-author of an accepted paper in GLOBECOM 2020 (main program or workshop).
  • Each applicant must be a full-time student registered toward a Bachelor, Masters, or Ph.D. degree in computer science, engineering or related field in a college or university when submitting the application.
  • This grant particularly encourages women, minorities, beginning graduate students, and first time GLOBECOM attendees to apply.

IMPORTANT NOTE

All flights made on an NSF travel grant award must be either on a US-flag carrier or ticketed through a US-carrier (e.g. codeshare flights on international airlines). A student who is awarded a student travel grant must register, attend, and present the paper in person at the conference. Students attending the conference virtually are not eligible for the travel grant award.

During the expense reimbursement stage, the student applicant must show proof of having registered to attend GLOBECOM 2020 along with photos showing in-person participation in GLOBECOM events such as presenting papers or attending technical symposiums. Payment will be made only to grant recipients who submit an expense report with all the receipts no more than 45 days after the conference. More details will be provided to the students who are selected to receive an NSF Student Travel Grant.

HOW TO APPLY FOR NSF GRANT

An application for a travel grant should be submitted electronically by email to the Student Travel Grant Co-Chair I-Hong Hou and should include the following materials:

  1. The applicant’s up-to-date resume including citizenship (required), study level (undergraduate or graduate), and ethnicity and gender (optional, used to broaden the participation of under-represented students).
  2. A letter from the student including paper title if the paper has been accepted by IEEE GLOBECOM 2020. The letter should include the following information. (1) A brief summary of research interests and accomplishments to date (students should demonstrate a serious interest in networking, through their course work and projects). (2) A statement about why the conference attendance is important;
  3.  A recommendation letter from the student’s advisor including the following. (1) Confirmation that the student is in good academic standing. (2) The suitability of the IEEE GLOBECOM 2020 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. 5) Given that costs can be higher than the award amount per student, a plan for how the student will get the additional funds should be part of the application. Typically, an advisor’s letter supporting an application should commit to covering the cost of travel in excess of the travel grant will suffice.

When submitting the application, please state “Globecom Travel Grant Application” in the email subject line.

IMPORTANT DATES

Application Deadline: 6 November 2020
Acceptance Notification: 10 November 2020

 

IEEE COMSOC STUDENT GRANTS

On a competitive basis, IEEE GLOBECOM 2020 offers a number of ComSoc grants to students who have co-authored an accepted peer-reviewed paper for the conference.  Each IEEE sponsored grant covers the registration cost of the students.

APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY

  • Each applicant must be a Student Member or Graduate Student Member of the IEEE Communications Society at the time he/she applies for the grant;
  • Each applicant must be a co-author of an accepted paper in GLOBECOM 2019 and present it at the conference;
  • Each applicant must be a full-time student registered toward a Bachelor, Masters, or PhD degree in computer science, engineering or related field in a college or university when submitting the application;

During the expense reimbursement stage, the student applicant must show the proof of having registered and paid for GLOBECOM 2020. A student who is awarded a grant must be registered for the conference. Payment will only be made to grant recipients who submit the expense report within 45 days after the conference. More details will be provided to the students who are selected to receive a ComSoc Student Grant.

HOW TO APPLY FOR COMSOC GRANT

An application for a ComSoc grant should be submitted electronically by email to the Student Travel Grant Co-Chair Prof Jia-Chin Lin (jiachin@ieee.org). The application must include the following materials:

  1. The applicant’s up-to-date resume including citizenship, study level (undergraduate or graduate), and ethnicity and gender (optional, used to broaden the participation of under-represented students).
  2. A letter from the student including paper title if the paper has been accepted by IEEE GLOBECOM 2020. The letter should include the following information. (1) A brief summary of research interests and accomplishments to date (students should demonstrate a serious interest in networking, through their course work and projects). (2) A statement about why the conference attendance is important;
  3. A recommendation letter from the student’s advisor including the following. (1) Confirmation that the student is in good academic standing. (2) The suitability of the IEEE GLOBECOM 2020 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. an application should commit to covering the cost of travel in excess of the travel grant will suffice.

When submitting the application, please state “GLOBECOM 2020 ComSoc Grant Application” in the email subject line.

IMPORTANT DATES

Application deadline:  November 13, 2020

Acceptance notification:  November 17, 2020

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