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Student Travel Grants
ACM NanoCom 2023 is pleased to announce the availability of several student travel grants sponsored by the US National Science Foundation (NSF). Each travel grant will cover a maximum of $1700 USD. |
Eligibility Criteria
To qualify for this travel grant, the applicant must be studying at an accredited US institution. Student recipients will be reimbursed after the
conference (based on the collected receipts). Students must book their flights from US-based carriers. All recipients of the student travel grants are required
to register by August 17, 2023 at the ACM Student Member rate or Student Non-ACM Member rate for the Whole Conference Attendance. The final award is contingent upon the
recipient showing a proof of registration.
In order to be considered for this travel grant, students DO NOT need to have a paper accepted in the conference. Preference will be given to undergraduate/graduate students who satisfy one or more of the following criteria:
- First-time participants in the conference;
- Undergraduate students or students in early stages of their graduate studies without alternate means of support;
- Students from underrepresented minority groups or minority-serving institutions that are not traditionally represented in NanoCom;
- Students who have not received NSF travel grants before.
Fractions of the award reserved for the following special categories:
- 25% of the Total Awarded Funds are reserved for first-time attendees to NanoCom who do not have a paper accepted to the conference.
Undergraduates and beginning graduate students are strongly encouraged to apply;
- 25% of the Total Awarded Funds are reserved for under-represented groups (women, minorities and people with disabilities), who do not need to have a paper accepted to the conference.
Application Procedure
An application for a student travel grant consists of the following documents:
- A request letter from the student (see below);
- The student's Curriculum Vitae;
- A recommendation letter from the student's faculty advisor;
- An estimate of the costs to attend NanoCom: airfare, hotel, conference registration, etc. It is anticipated that travel grants will at least partially cover these overall costs.
Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered.
The letter from the student should be at most one page and include the following information:
- Whether the student has an authored paper being accepted by ACM NanoCom 2023 and the paper title (this is not a requirement to be selected for the travel award, but will determine whether the applicant is in one of the special categories defined above);
- A brief summary of research interests and accomplishments to date; students should demonstrate a serious interest in networking, through their course work and projects;
- A description of areas reflected in the ACM NanoCom 2023 program that would impact the student’s research;
- A statement about why the conference attendance is important to the student.
The advisor's recommendation letter for the student should include:
- Confirmation that the student is an undergraduate/graduate student in good academic standing;
- The suitability of the ACM NanoCom 2023 program material to the student’s study/research areas;
- Ways this particular student would benefit from attendance at the conference;
- The advisor’s commitment to covering the student’s travel cost in excess of the travel grant.
Applicants should create their application as a single PDF file, following the format described above.
Please email the completed application to the NSF Student Travel Grant Coordinator
Deadlines
| Application Deadline |
August 6, 2023 at 23:59 CT |
| Notification Deadline |
August 9, 2023 |
| Awardee Acceptance Deadline |
August 16, 2023 at 23:59 CT |
