Student Travel Grant

Overview

WUWNet 2007 expects to receive a limited number of travel grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The grants aim to support graduate students in U.S. academic institutions to attend the 2007 ACM International Workshop on UnderWater Networks (WUWNet'07) in Montreal , Quebec , Canada . The goal is to broaden participation in the workshop by supporting students with interests in underwater network research who would otherwise be unable to attend.

The amount of support provided to each student will be up to a maximum of $800 if they are not local (more than three hours of driving distance from the workshop site) and up to $500 otherwise. The support is intended to defray, but not necessarily to cover entirely, the costs of attending the workshop. The costs include workshop registration (at the student rate), hotel, and transportation.

The award will be will be handled via reimbursements. Each legitimate expense must be documented with an original official receipt (e.g., air ticket and hotel receipt). Further details of the reimbursement procedure will be communicated to the award recipients.

*** IMPORTANT: Following the requirements of the U.S. NSF, all applicants to this travel grant must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

Applications

When applying for the ACM WUWNet 2007 travel grant, a graduate student needs to submit his/her vita, a personal statement, and a supporting letter from the student's advisor.

The personal statement should include:

1. A brief summary of research interests and accomplishments to date;
2. A description of areas rejected in the ACM WUWNet 2007 program that would impact the student's research;
3. Why the workshop attendance is important to the student.

In addition, the student's advisor should send a letter of recommendation to the committee, that includes:

1. Confirmation that the student is a bona fide Ph.D. or M.S. candidate in good standing;
2. The suitability of the WUWNet 2007 program material to the student's research area;
3. Ways this particular student would benefit from attendance at the workshop;
4. The strengths and potential of the student.

Applications and the support letters should be emailed by the applicant and the applicant's advisor, respectively, to shengli@engr.uconn.edu with subject line "WUWNet Student Travel Grant Application" or "WUWNet Student Travel Grant Support Letter". ASCII format is strongly preferred, although PDF format is acceptable.

The travel grant committee is composed of Prof. Brian Levine (UMass, Amherst) and Prof. Shengli Zhou ( Univ. of Connecticut ).

Important Dates

Submission deadline: August 20, 2007

Notification of award: August 27, 2007