Students in the Intelligent Systems Program (ISP) are eligible to apply for up to $500 in travel support to AI-related conferences to which they have had papers or posters accepted. Each student is eligible to receive a travel grant only once per academic year. To apply, please provide the following items to Keena at least one month before 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 trip. When you return from your conference 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 Intelligent Systems Program to have our account number and the Director's signature added.
Three other awards available to ISP students (indeed to all CAS 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.
All CAS graduate students are eligible for an FAS-GSO grant of up to $100 to attend a conference. Priority is given to students who are presenting papers or posters. However, please note that this grant is competitive, and that they award is not automatic. Only a limited number of awards are available each term. Application forms are available online, through your representative, and in 5141 Sennott Square.
Up to $300 is available for a student who has presented a paper or poster at a conference. This is available twice in a student's graduate career, once upon completion of 18 credits, and a second time after completion of Ph.D. Comprehensive exams. Original receipts must be produced, including the airline receipt, where applicable. Proof of participation (copy of program) is required. Reimbursement is not made for food or per diem. Application forms are available online, through departmental graduate secretaries, and in 5141 Sennott Square.
Available to all graduate students. This award is $100 for travel within North America, and $200 for international travel, for students who present papers or posters, or the equivalent. The amounts for students not presenting are listed on the form. Application forms and instructions are availabe online.