STUDENT TRAVEL SUPPORT
PROGRAM
Program Details
The Student Travel Support
of 2008 MSC is meant to enable promising students to attend the
conference, present their papers and become more integrated into
their scientific community. IEEE Control System Society funds will
be used to cover student (or regular, in rare cases)
registration. Depending on the number of applications, modest levels
of additional support might be available.
Eligibility
and Requirements
In order to be eligible,
applicants
-
must
be an author or co-author of (at least) one paper accepted for
presentation at 2008 MSC;
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must
present at least one of the accepted papers;
-
must
be a student member of both IEEE and CSS at the time of the
application.
Eligible Applicants may apply for the Student Travel Support program
or for the Travel Support program for the Developing Countries, but
NOT for both programs simultaneously.
Application
Procedures
To apply, students
must download the Student Travel Support Application Form (click
here to download), fill it in, convert it into the PDF format,
and upload it through PaperPlaza.
Please follow the following two steps when in PaperPlaza.
Step 1: select "Submit a
contribution to 2008 MSC"
Step 2: select "First
Submissions: Student Travel Form"
In the form, the Student
Applicant will be requested to provide the following
information:
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Name
(Last Name, First Name, and possibly Middle
Initial)
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IEEE
(and Control System Society) membership number and years of
membership
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E-mail
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Institutional Address
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Advisor's Name
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Advisor's
Phone/Fax/E-mail
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Session/Title of the Paper to be
presented (please provide the paper number and the code that
identifies the day and the session in which the paper is
scheduled)
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Additional papers (if
any)
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History of prior support from similar
support programs
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Type
of registration needed (regular/student)
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Amount
of additional support requested, if any (actual support will
depend on the number of applicants and funds available) by
specifying the individual items on the budget that make up for the
final amount requested
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A
paragraph of justification for the request of financial
support, particularly if regular registration is requested.
To complete the application
procedure, the Student’s Advisor must contact via e-mail Professor
Faryar Jabbari, Chair of Student Activities Committee of the IEEE
Control Systems Society (fjabbari@uci.edu), and provide
him with the following information:
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Certification that the applicant is
currently enrolled as a student and is planning to attend and
present a paper at the MSC 2008.
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Short
message of support of the Student’s
application.
A student application not
accompanied by the Advisor’s support letter will not be considered
for support.
Deadlines and
award Notification
(dates
possibly subject to changes – please, check later
on)
|
April 15 |
decision letters about papers submitted to 2008 MSC are
sent out |
|
April 25 |
deadline for applying for the Student
Travel Support |
|
May 5 |
decision messages about travel support recipients are
expected to be sent out. The recipients of the travel support
will be classified in the Paperplaza database as “student TS
registrant” or as "regular TS
registrant"
|
|
May 15 |
deadline for completing the on-line registration and
uploading the final version of the
manuscript |
The Chair of Student
Activities Committee can provide an official letter confirming the
receipt of the award, if required.
If additional support,
beyond registration, is awarded, original receipts will be needed
for reimbursement. Details and procedures regarding
reimbursement will be distributed, if needed.
Conditions of
the Award
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The
award is not transferable
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The award recipient will participate
in, and present, at least one paper at the conference
