On a competitive basis, IEEE GLOBECOM 2023 offers a number of grants to students or indviduals who are financially limited. Eligible applicants must be registered and co-authored an accepted peer-reviewed paper for the conference. The grants are from: IEEE ComSoc, US National Science Foundation, Women in Communications Engineering (WICE), and IEEE Conference Travel. These grants encourage participation by students or individuals who would normally find it difficult to attend. Women, minorities, individuals from low GDP countries, beginning graduate students, and first time GLOBECOM attendees, are especially encouraged to apply. No more than one student or applicant per institution will be supported. Postdocs, faculty, or other senior research personnel may not applied for the grant. These grants will enable sharing scientific information and stimulating research interests for students in the field of communications and networking.
FORMAT OF A GRANT APPLICATION
An application for a grant should be submitted through EDAS. If you are an author of a technical paper, please go here. If you are an author of a workshop paper, please go here.
After you have logged into EDAS, select the GLOBECOM 2023 Conference Grant to which you want to apply, and then submit the application. The application must include the following materials:
- The applicant’s up-to-date resumé, including citizenship, study level (undergraduate or graduate), and ethnicity and gender (optional, used to broaden the participation of under-represented students).
- For student applicants: A letter from the student including paper title if the paper has been accepted by IEEE GLOBECOM. 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 coursework and projects). (2) A statement about why conference attendance is important.
- 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 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) the application should commit to covering the cost of travel in excess of the travel grants
CONFERENCE TRAVEL GRANTS
Conference Travel Grants (CTG) is a newly established IEEE ComSoc program which provides partial financial support for participation in IEEE ComSoc conferences.
APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for a CTG at GLOBECOM 2023, an applicant must be:
1. A a ComSoc member;
2. A GLOBECOM 2023 participant; and
3. Unable to obtain sufficient substantial funding from own institution or other sources, and forced to cover most of or all the associated expenses with own funds
Priority will be given to:
• Authors of GLOBECOM 2023 Conference Papers
• Presenters of accepted talks at GLOBECOM 2023
• Those residing in a country with a low Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita
HOW TO APPLY FOR CTG?
An application for a grant should be submitted through EDAS. If you are an author of a technical paper, please go here. If you are an author of a workshop paper, please go here.
After you have logged into EDAS, select the “GLOBECOM 2023 Conference Travel Grant” to submit the application. The application must include the following materials in a single PDF file:
1. A statement that includes the reason for the trip and an estimate of the travel costs, attests that the applicant has not obtained any other funding for the trip, and explains the applicant’s financial need for the grant
2. Short CV (1-page)
3. Country of residence and country of birth.
4. ComSoc member number.
5. Accepted paper number (if any).
Non-compliant requests will not be considered.
SELECTION PROCESS
A committee of volunteers will evaluate CTG applications. Applicants will be ranked in this order of decreasing priority:
1. GDP per capita of the country of residence/work.
2. Distance of the country of residence/work from the conference venue
3. Paper/talk review evaluation
The CTG will be paid as reibursement after the conference and only if the goal of the request is achieved
A recipient of a CTG may not receive any other ComSoc grants for the same conference.
Depending on the number of eligible candidates, each conference travel grant at IEEE GLOBECOM 2023 will have a minimum value of US$700 and a maximum value of US$1,400.
IMPORTANT DATES
Application Deadline: 15 October 2023
Notification Date: 1 November 2023
IEEE COMSOC STUDENT GRANTS
IEEE GLOBECOM 2023 offers a number of ComSoc grants to students who have co-authored an accepted peer-reviewed paper for the conference. Each IEEE-sponsored grant is up to US$1000 but no more than the actual travel expenses.
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 2023 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 to attend GLOBECOM 2023.
A student who is awarded a student grant must register, attend and present the paper at the conference. Payment will only be made to grant recipients who submit the expense report (with receipts for expenses over US$25) 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 grant should be submitted through EDAS. If you are an author of a technical paper, please go here. If you are an author of a workshop paper, please go here.
Applicants should create their application as a single PDF file, following the format described above. Once logged into EDAS, select the "GLOBECOM 2023 Student Conference Grant" to which you want to apply, and then submit the application.
IMPORTANT DATES
Application Deadline: 15 October 2023
Notification Date: 1 November 2023
NSF STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS
The IEEE GLOBECOM 2023 conference offers a number of NSF travel grants to students on a competitive basis. 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$1400 but no more than the actual travel expenses (the awarded student must attend in person, not remotely).
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 2023 (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 at the conference (the student should attend in person, not remotely). During the expense reimbursement stage, the student applicant must show proof of having registered to attend GLOBECOM 2023 along with photos showing 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 grant should be submitted through EDAS. If you are an author of a technical paper, please go here. If you are an author of a workshop paper, please go here.
Applicants should create their application as a single PDF file, following the format described above. Once logged into EDAS, select the "GLOBECOM 2023 Student Conference Grant" to which you want to apply, and then submit the application.
IMPORTANT DATES
Application Deadline: 15 October 2023
Notification Date: 1 November 2023
IEEE WICE STUDENT GRANTS
IEEE GLOBECOM 2023 offers a number of WICE grants to students who have co-authored an accepted peer-reviewed paper for the conference. Each IEEE-sponsored grant is up to US$1000 but no more than the actual travel expenses.
APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY
- Each applicant must be a Student Member or Graduate Student Member of both the IEEE Communications Society and IEEE WICE at the time he/she applies for the grant;
- To be qualified for the funding from WICE, the awardee is required to attend the WICE events at IEEE GLOBECOM 2023;
- Each applicant must be a co-author of an accepted paper in GLOBECOM 2023 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 to attend GLOBECOM 2023.
A student who is awarded a WICE student grant must register, attend and present the paper at the conference. Payment will only be made to grant recipients who submit the expense report (with receipts for expenses over US$25) within 45 days after the conference. More details will be provided to the students who are selected to receive a WICE Student Grant.
HOW TO APPLY FOR WICE GRANT
An application for a grant should be submitted through EDAS. If you are an author of a technical paper, please go here. If you are an author of a workshop paper, please go here.
Applicants should create their application as a single PDF file, following the format described above. Once logged into EDAS, select the "GLOBECOM 2023 Student Conference Grant" to which you want to apply, and then submit the application.
IMPORTANT DATES
Application Deadline: 15 October 2023
Notification Date: 1 November 2023
Please address any questions to the Student Travel Grant Chairs, Professor Jalel Ben Othman (jalel.ben-othman@univ-paris13.fr) and Professor Zhu Han (zhan2@uh.edu) with a mandatory title: “IEEE GLOBECOM 2023 STG Question: Your Last Name”.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We extend our sincere appreciations to IEEE ComSoc, US National Science Foundation, and WICE for supporting IEEE GLOBECOM 2023 student grants.
