Student Travel Grant

The IEEE MASS 2025 conference is pleased to announce the availability of the following two types of student travel grant (STG):

  1. Travel grants sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society (CompSoc)
  2. Travel grants for US-based students sponsored by U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)

Eligibility Criteria

Following the application guidelines below, a student may apply for one or both of the categories for which he/she is eligible. The eligibility criteria for each category are:

  1. These student travel grants are sponsored by the IEEE CompSoc. To qualify, a student must (i) be a valid Student Member of the CompSoc at the time of application; (ii) be a full-time student registered toward a Bachelor, Master, or Ph.D. degree in engineering or related field in a college or university when submitting the application; (iii) applicant may not receive more than one IEEE CompSoc STG in any 12-month period. Priorities are given to those who have an accepted paper (including demo/poster/workshop paper) by MASS 2025.

  2. These student travel grants are sponsored by the U.S. NSF. To qualify, a student must be a full-time student at US institutions. Priorities are given to those who are first-time attendees to MASS and/or have an accepted paper (including demo/poster/workshop paper) by MASS 2025 . Student recipients will be reimbursed (based on valid receipts) after the conference (detailed instructions will be provided for students supported by this type of STG).
The preference will be given to students who have registered the main conference by the registration deadline. All recipients of the student travel grants are required to register the main conference by the awardee acceptance deadline, at any Full Conference Author or Attendee Registration rate. The final award is contingent upon the recipient showing a proof of registration (detailed instructions will be provided for reimbursement).

Application Procedure

An application for a student travel grant will consist of the following documents, and incomplete applications will not be considered.

  1. A request letter from the student (see below).
  2. The student's Curriculum Vitae.
  3. A recommendation letter from the student's research advisor (signed by the advisor, see below).
  4. An estimate of the following costs of attending MASS: airfare, hotel, and conference registration. It is anticipated that travel grants will partially cover these overall costs.

The letter from the student should be at most one page, and include the following information:

  1. The type(s) of student travel grant (A and/or B) that the student is applying for.
  2. Whether the student is a first-time attendee and whether the student has an authored paper being accepted by MASS 2025 and the paper title (if available)
  3. A brief summary of research interests and accomplishments to date; students should demonstrate a serious interest in networking, through their course work and projects.
  4. A description of areas reflected in the MASS 2025 program that would impact the student’s research.
  5. A statement about why the conference attendance is important to the student.
  6. Whether and when the student has received U.S. NSF or IEEE CompSoc travel grants before.

The advisor's recommendation letter for the student should include:

  1. Confirmation that student is a bona fide full-time graduate or undergraduate student in good academic standing at the given institution.
  2. The suitability of the MASS 2025 program material to the student’s research area.
  3. Ways this particular student would benefit from attendance at the conference.
  4. The strengths and potential contributions of the student.
  5. The advisor’s commitment to covering the student’s travel cost in excess of the travel grant.

Applicants should create their application as a single PDF file (including the advisor’s letter signed by the advisor), following the format described above. Please submit your application at the link below by the application deadline.

Application link: https://shorturl.at/VKsng

Deadlines

  • Application Deadline: August 22, 2025 at 23:59 EST
  • Notification Deadline: August 29, 2025 at 23:59 EST
  • Awardee Acceptance Deadline: September 5, 2025 at 23:59 EST

If you have any further question, please contact the student travel grant chair at xgong02@gmail.com.