2. Travel Grants for Students and Researchers from Developing Countries
The requirements for students are:
- Membership of IEEE (join IEEE here)
- Membership of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (join IEEE CIS here). Note that IEEE CIS is listed as an optional society membership under IEEE).
- Be the author or co-author of an accepted paper in the conference, actually attend the conference and present the paper.
- A “Proof of University Attendance” on university letterhead certifying that the student carries at least 50% of a normal full-time academic program as a registered undergraduate or graduate student in a regular course of study.
- A “Recommendation Letter” from the student’s supervising professor on university letterhead that the student is the major contributor to the paper and approximately what was the student’s contribution in percent to the paper. Please include for each paper, the ID number as given by the conference organizers. In the event that the student is the sole author of the paper, no letter is needed.
- A hand-signed scanned form (in PDF) for US government purposes:
- If you are a USA resident, please fill out a W9 form
- If you are not a USA resident, please fill a W8 form
The requirements for professionals from developing countries to apply are:
- Be a higher-grade member of IEEE and IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (join IEEE CIS here).
- Be the author or co-author of an accepted paper in the conference, actually attend the conference and present the paper.
- A “Contribution Letter” confirming that you have contributed to at least 50% of the research presented.
- A “Funding Justification Letter” attesting by an honor-bound signature that the conference registration fee would pose an economic hardship on the applicant, such that they would be unable to attend the conference without the support of the travel grant.
- A hand-signed scanned form (in PDF) for US government purposes:
- If you are a USA resident, please fill out a W9 form
- If you are not a USA resident, please fill a W8 form