On a competitive basis, IEEE ICC 2024 offers a number of grants to students and to individuals who are financially limited. To be eligible for a student travel grant, the applicant must be registered for the conference, a student, and a co-author of an accepted peer-reviewed paper for the conference. Additionally, a Conference Travel Grant (CTG) is available for applicants who are unable to obtain sufficient funding due to, for instance, being from a country with a low GDP. The grants are from: IEEE ComSoc, US National Science Foundation (NSF), 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 ICC attendees, are especially encouraged to apply. Postdocs, faculty, or other senior research personnel may not apply for a student grant.
CONFERENCE TRAVEL GRANTS
Conference Travel Grants (CTG) is a newly established IEEE ComSoc program that provides partial financial support for participation in IEEE ComSoc conferences.
APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for a CTG at ICC 2024, an applicant must be:
1. A ComSoc member
2. An ICC 2024 participant; and
3. Unable to obtain sufficient substantial funding from their own institution or other sources, and forced to cover most of or all the associated expenses with their own funds
Priority will be given to:
- Authors of accepted ICC 2024 Conference Papers
- Presenters of accepted talks at ICC 2024
- Those residing in a country with a low Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita
The application can be accessed in EDAS by selecting “Travel Grants” at the top of the page and then selecting “IEEE ICC’24 - Conference Travel Grants”. Alternatively, the application can be accessed directly by clicking this link.
The application will ask questions related to the eligibility criteria. A letter of recommendation is NOT required for the Conference Travel Grant.
Before submitting the application, applicants are advised to update their EDAS profiles so that it includes their current affiliation (including the location of the university they are attending) and their IEEE ComSoc membership information.
IMPORTANT DATES
Application Deadline: May 3, 2024
Acceptance Notification: May 10, 2024
IEEE COMSOC STUDENT GRANTS
IEEE ICC 2024 offers ComSoc grants to students who have co-authored an accepted peer-reviewed paper for the conference.
APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY
1. 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;
2. Each applicant must be a co-author of an accepted paper in ICC 2024 and present it at the conference;
3. 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;
4. During the expense reimbursement stage, the student applicant must show the proof of having registered to attend ICC 2024.
A student who is awarded a student grant must register, attend, and present their 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.
NSF STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS
IEEE ICC 2024 offers NSF travel grants to students on a competitive basis. The NSF travel grants help promote diversity among the conference attendees. The NSF grants especially encourages applicants that are: 1) women and minorities and 2) beginning graduate students, or (3) first-time ICC attendees. The awarded student must attend in person.
APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY
1. 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-based conference;
2. Each applicant must be a co-author of an accepted paper in ICC 2024 (main program or workshop);
3. 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;
4. This grant particularly encourages women, minorities, beginning graduate students, and first time ICC 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 ICC 2024 along with photos showing participation in ICC 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.
IEEE WICE STUDENT GRANTS
ICC 2024 offers WICE grants to students who have co-authored an accepted peer-reviewed paper for the conference and are members of ComSoc’s Women in Communications Engineering committee.
APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY
1. 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;
2. To be qualified for the funding from WICE, the awardee is required to attend the WICE events at IEEE ICC 2024;
3. Each applicant must be a co-author of an accepted paper in ICC 2024 and present it at the conference;
4. 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;
5. During the expense reimbursement stage, the student applicant must show the proof of having registered to attend ICC 2024.
A student who is awarded a WICE student grant must register, attend, and present their 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 A STUDENT GRANT
IEEE ICC 2024 is using a single application for all three grants. The application can be accessed in EDAS by selecting “Travel Grants” at the top of the page or by clicking this link.
The application will ask which of the three grants you are eligible for and would like to be considered, if you have previously attended a conference organized by ComSoc (including ICC and GLOBECOM conferences), your academic level, and number of years in your current program. The application includes a field for you to enter a short statement of interest.
A letter of recommendation is required. The letter should be from the student’s advisor or co-author, and should verify that the applicant is a student in good standing.
Before submitting the application, applicants are advised to update their EDAS profiles so that it includes their current affiliation (including the location of the university they are attending), their IEEE membership information, and their gender.
IMPORTANT DATES
Application Deadline: April 10, 2024
Acceptance Notification: May 2, 2024
PLEASE ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS TO THE STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT CHAIR WITH A MANDATORY SUBJECT HEADER: IEEE ICC 2024 STG QUESTION: <YOUR LAST NAME>.
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We extend our sincere appreciations to IEEE ComSoc, US National Science Foundation, and WICE for supporting IEEE ICC 2024 student grants.
