Student Travel Support

IEEE CIS will offer a limited number of student travel grants for presenting papers at CIBCB. Students must have both IEEE and IEEE CIS memberships (CIS is listed as an optional society membership under IEEE). Students need to apply through the Grant Application System at http://ieee-cis.org/gas/. Note a past history of the IEEE CIS travel grants can be viewed at http://ieee-cis.org/edu/travel/.

All travel grant submissions are to be entered into the Grant Application System. The system will open when paper acceptance is announced, You can always register in the system at any time. Please note that no paper application needs to be sent to the chair. Students will be required to present some documentation at the conference (please see the website for details). Only complete applications from eligible students will be accepted. Please, note that there is no need to send proof of IEEE CIS memberships as they will be verified through the membership databases.

Travel grant amounts have not been determined yet. See previous travel grant results for IEEE CIS travel grant competitions for an indication of possible travel grant amounts. The applications must made prior to the due date of May 28, 2007. Decisions are expected to be announced by June 11, 2008. If you have any questions please, email the IEEE CIS Educational Activities Committee Chair, rabielmo.a_t. ieee.org.

Developing Countries Grant Program

The IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Conference Travel Grant Program for Researchers from Developing Countries offers a very limited number of travel grants to assist higher-grade IEEE members presenting papers at IEEE CIS-sponsored conferences.

To receive a Developing Countries Grant the recipient must:

1. Be a higher-grade member of IEEE and IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (IEEE CIS is an optional society membership under IEEE) prior to submitting the travel grant application. Student Members and Graduate Student Members are not eligible for this program and should instead consider the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Outstanding Student Paper Travel Grant Program.
2. Be the author or co-author of an accepted paper in the conference and actually attend the conference and present the paper.
3. Have contributed to at least 50% of the research presented. To be confirmed in a letter detailing the contribution of all authors.
4. Be a higher-grade member at the time of the application and attest by honor-bound signature that the conference registration fee would pose an economic hardship on them such that they would be unable to attend the conference without the support of the travel grant.

Note: Only one author per paper will be awarded a travel grant from this program and a member can receive only one grant per year.

Members need to apply through the Grant Application System at http://ieee-cis.org/gas/. Those who apply need to be very specific about their circumstances and reasons for needing a grant as it will be awarded on a need basis. For instructions on how to submit documents please use this link to the IEEE CIS application page - http://ieee-cis.org/edu/travel/apply/.