Call for Travel Grant Applicants

We are proud to announce that IMC 2024 will support conference attendance with travel grants.

Important Dates

Please note that late applications will not be considered.

Submission deadlineWednesday August 14th, 2024 at 11:59PM AoE (UTC-12)
Notification of acceptanceFriday August 23rd, 2024 at 11:59PM AoE (UTC-12)

Travel Grants

The purpose of this program is to encourage participation at the conference by funding the travel cost for applicants who would otherwise be unable to attend.

Eligibility: Applicants must be preferably in their early career and with limited startup fund (applicants who are at most five years of full-time, full-level [non-postdoc] post-PhD employment will be given higher priority), and may be graduate students or postdocs.

Selection criteria: The statement/letter and advisor letter(s) weigh strongly in selecting applicants for an IMC travel grant. Generally, travel grants are awarded to PhD students/early career researchers pursuing research in areas of interest to IMC.

Prioritization order:

  1. Applicants from under-represented groups or institutions. Additionally, grants are spread across institutions, and the historical tendency is to not award more than one travel grant per institution.
  2. Applicants who are authors of rejected IMC papers.
  3. Applicants who have not received a prior IMC travel grant.
  4. Applicants who are authors of accepted IMC posters.
  5. Applicants in early stages of their Ph.D. studies without alternate means of support
  6. Applicants who are co-authors of accepted papers and will not be speaking at the conference.

The factors above represent our rough prioritization. We also take into account extenuating circumstances that are discussed in statements and letters.

Funding level: The expectation is that a travel grant will significantly offset air fare, shared hotel accommodation, and registration. It may not fully cover these expenses, however, since our desire is to maximize participation. Thus, we strongly encourage applicants to seek alternative top-up funding.

Note for presenting authors: We generally expect presenting authors to be sponsored by their institution, and will generally not consider authors for travel grants. If, however, you would struggle to attend IMC without a travel grant because your institution cannot sponsor your travel, please have your advisor provide details in their letter.

How to Apply

Your application must include the following and must be based on the following template:

Additional Information

Please pay attention to the following details about the travel grant application and reimbursement process:

Contacts

Please contact the travel grant chairs for any question or comment:

Alex Gamero (UC Davis)

Lucianna Kiffer (IMDEA Networks Insitute).