DICTA 2024 Travel Grants/Scholarships

Objectives

To encourage young researchers to join the conference, the DICTA 2024 conference committee has decided to offer some travel grants and registration fee waiver scholarships, thanks to our sponsors. The travel grants will reimburse partial or full travel expenses, provided that the participant presents their paper in person at the conference venue. The scholarships will waive partial or full registration costs, provided the paper is accepted for presentation at DICTA 2024.

Eligibility Criteria:

  1. You have submitted a FULL Paper to DICTA 2024 for review
  2. For the IEEE WA section-sponsored grants/scholarships, you need to be an IEEE Student Member. You may apply online to be a member (click here)
  3. For the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) WA chapter-sponsored grants/scholarships, in addition to being an IEEE Student Member, you need to be an SPS Student Member as well. The fees are very minimal. You may apply online to be a member (click here)
  4. For APRS and Curtin-sponsored grants/scholarships, it is recommended (but not necessary) that you become an IEEE/APRS Student Member. If you have attended DICTA 2023 you are already an APRS member. Otherwise, you may like to apply for the membership online (click here)

Number of the Awards:

Multiple

Value of the Grants/Scholarships:

Will vary from 200-900 Australian dollars based on the need/merit of the applicant (e.g. your financial situation, cost of the journey, review score of your paper etc)

How to Apply:

Complete the online form (click on “APPLY NOW” button below) and email the following documents combined in a single pdf file to afaq.shah@ecu.edu.au with cc to contact@dictaconference.org and the subject line “DICTA2024: Application for Travel Grants/Scholarship-your paper ID number:

  1. Your CV (maximum 3 pages)
  2. Recommendation letter from Supervisor/Head of school
  3. Travel quote (compulsory for travel grant applications, optional for scholarship applications)

Important Dates:

Application Opens: July 9, 2024

Deadline for Submission of the Application: Aug 20, 2024

Notification of the Outcome: Aug 31, 2024

Sponsors

  1. Australian Pattern Recognition Society (APRS)
  2. IEEE SPS WA Chapter
  3. Curtin University
  4. IEEE WA Section
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