NSF Travel Grant for Supporting RTAS Attendance


The conference committee has obtained an NSF travel grant in order to support graduate student and junior faculty participation in the RTAS 2001.  This grant will partially or fully fund the travel costs of individuals who would otherwise be unable to attend the conference.

Applications due: NO LATER than    April 26, 2001

Who should apply

Any graduate student, junior faculty, or junior researchers in good standing, regardless of nationality may apply.  The decisions will be based as much as possible on both what the individual may get from the conference and may bring to the conference.  Up to a maximum of $1000 will be awarded to each individual.  While any one may apply for this travel support, the selection process will give preference to the first-time attendees who are graduate students, junior faculty, or junior researchers without sufficient international travel funding.
The recipients of the travel grant must register as full-fee paid (i.e., not as student) attendees.

How to apply

Applications and supporting letters should be emailed to Professor Wei Zhao at zhao@cs.tamu.edu  and cc to  mosse@cs.pitt.edu, as soon as possible, but no later than April 26, 2001.  Award announcement will be made around May 1, 2001. 

Applications should include

  1.  A letter from the applicant. The letter should indicate why attending RTAS 2001 would be useful for his or her research or career.  Indicate the type of paper (if any) she or he will present at RTAS 2001 regular, WIP, workshop, and/or any other roles she or he may play.  Indicate if this is the first time she or he attends this conference.  Indicate your home institution.
  2. Airfare, i.e., the price of round-trip, "tourist class" airfare in US dollars from the applicant's city to Taipei (where the conference will be held).
  3. A letter from the student's advisor (only for student applicants), that is, a letter of recommendation to this travel support program, indicating why the advisor believes the student would benefit from attending RTAS 2001 and confirming the student's contribution to the advisor's research program.  The advisor should clarify whether other sources of funding are available.