Travel Grant Awards
Previous Travel Grant Awards: Travel Grant Awards-Dietrich
Once per academic year, ISP students are eligible to apply for the ISP Student Travel Grant. This grant provides between $750 and $1000 in travel support, based on need, and is to be used for AI related conferences for which the student has had a paper or poster accepted. To apply, please provide the following items to the ISP administrator and director at least one month before the conference:
- Name and date of the conference
- A copy of the acceptance letter from the conference of the paper or poster
- A recommendation letter (e-mail is okay) from your advisor stating that he or she approves your participation in the conference
The ISP director will review your application.
If you are approved for travel funds, you will receive a letter stating the amount of funding you will be awarded. You will be reimbursed after you return from your conference trip. When you return from your trip, make sure you give that letter to the person who does the travel and business expense report so that they can send it to the ISP to have our account number and the director's signature added.
Supplemental Travel Grant Awards
If ISP has enough funding beyond our guaranteed budget, the ISP would be willing to consider student petitions for additional travel. Potential funding activities include:
- participation in mentoring types of events such as conference doctoral consortiums, CRA grad cohorts, etc.,
- and being a first author on multiple papers in a given year.
To apply for a supplemental travel grant please follow the directions above. The ISP director will review your application. If you are approved for travel funds, you will receive a letter stating the amount of funding you will be awarded.
Three other awards available to ISP students (indeed to all SCI graduate students) are listed below. You are encouraged to apply for all of these for which you are eligible. All three of these awards require that you apply after your travel is completed.