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<p class="MsoNormal">THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MOBILE DATA MANAGEMENT (IEEE MDM 2015)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> (http://mdmconferences.org/mdm2015/student_travel_grant.html)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The IEEE MDM 2015 conference (http://mdmconferences.org/mdm2015/) is pleased to announce the availability of student travel grants from the
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<p class="MsoNormal">U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for U.S.-based students. Each travel grant will cover up to $1,000 USD towards conference-travel
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<p class="MsoNormal">related costs. The amount of support provided to each student is to cover the student’s conference registration fee (early registration only),
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<p class="MsoNormal">economy airfare from a U.S. carrier, and logging for up to four nights (June 15, 2015 to June 18, 2015). Recipients of the grants will be
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<p class="MsoNormal">reimbursed after the conference for their conference-travel related expenses with valid receipts. We especially encourage female students
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<p class="MsoNormal">and other under-represented students in the field of Computer Science to apply. In addition, special consideration will be given to exceptional undergraduate students.
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<p class="MsoNormal">* ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- The applicant must be a student enrolled at a U.S. University.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- The recipient must register and attend the whole conference.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The funding will be used for student conference travel-related support only.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">* GRANT COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Le Gruenwald (University of Oklahoma)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Konstantinos Pelechrinis (University of Pittsburgh)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Vasilis Tsotras (University of California, Riverside)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">* APPLICATION PROCESS<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To apply, you must send an e-mail to mdm2015grants@gmail.com with a single PDF document containing the following materials:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Your CV or resume (containing your full name and e-mail address, current address and contact phone number, current GPA in your coursework, and list of
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<p class="MsoNormal">research contributions such as publications). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- A letter indicating why you believe you will benefit from attending MDM 2015. This letter should also
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<p class="MsoNormal">include a brief summary of your research interests, accomplishments to date and describe areas reflected in the MDM 2015 program that would
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<p class="MsoNormal">impact your research.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- A budget outlining your estimated expenses to attend the conference. The budget can include: (i) student early registration
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<p class="MsoNormal">fee for the conference, (ii) lowest cost domestic roundtrip airfare (U.S. carrier only), and (iii) hotel costs at the conference site for Monday June 15, 2015
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<p class="MsoNormal">through Thursday June 18, 2015. The travel grant is expected to partially cover these expenses of up to $1,000 USD. You must provide valid receipts for all
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<p class="MsoNormal">these expenses within one week after the conference in order to get reimbursements.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- A recommendation letter from your advisor. This letter should also <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">mention the additional travel resources that will be provided to you for attending MDM 2015.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">* DEADLINES<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Application submission : March 27, 2015<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Decisions/Notifications: April 8, 2015<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Acceptance by recipient: April 15, 2015 (conference registration must be completed)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">* POST-CONFERENCE REPORT<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Within one week after the conference, the recipients of the travel grants will need to submit a short report that summarizes how he/she
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<p class="MsoNormal">benefited from the NSF travel support, what he/she learned from the conference, and how this impacted his/her career goals.
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<p class="MsoNormal">For any questions please contact Prof. Gruenwald (ggruenwald@ou.edu) and Prof. Pelechrinis (kpele@pitt.edu)<o:p></o:p></p>
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