Eligibility for Student Travel Grants
1. The student must be enrolled in a graduate program at an accredited U.S. insititution. Priority is given to student authors with accepted conference and workshop papers at ICCCN 2011.
2. The student has registered to attend ICCCN 2011 conference.
3. The student will fly with a US-based carrier. According to NSF policy, only airpare on a US-based carrier can be reimbursed.
Application Process
An application for the student travel award should contain:
* A resume or CV of the student
* A letter from the student that includes (1) The EDAS ID, title, and author list of the paper accepted by ICCCN 2011; (2) a brief summary of the student's current research interests and accomplishments; (3) a description of how ICCCN will benefit his/her research and professional development.
* A support letter from the student's advisor that (1) confirms that the student is in good academic standing; (2) why the student is in need of a travel grant, and (3) how ICCCN will benefit the student's research.
Applications should be submitted as a single PDF file through EDAS (after login to EDAS, click on the "Travel Grants" tab). Students should provide contact information of their advisors via EDAS. EDAS will contact the advisor directly with instructions for uploading the advisor letter.
Important Dates
Application Deadline: July 25, 2011
Award Notification: July 27, 2011
Please address your questions to the ICCCN'11 Student Travel Grant Chairs:
Dr. Linda Xie <Linda.Xie@uncc.edu>
Dr. Ali Begen <acbegen@gmail.com>