Student Travel Grants

The organizers of the DSN conference announce the availability of student travel grants to partially offset the cost of students planning to attend DSN-2019 in Portland, June 24 – June 27, 2019.

We anticipate awarding grants to both U.S. and international students, thanks to the generous support from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), IEEE and IFIP organizing the conference series, as well as our industry sponsors.

To be eligible, the applicant must be enrolled in a degree program at the time of DSN-2019. The student authors of accepted papers in any of the conference tracks are especially welcome to apply. Level of participation, such as authoring a regular main track paper or presenting work in progress at the Student Forum and Fast Abstract sessions, will be used as a priority criterion in awarding the grants. Students from under-represented groups, those attending the conference for the first time, and the undergraduate students are also encouraged to apply.

To apply, include, at the front of your submission, in this order:

• Your name, university name, and preferred contact e-mail address
• Your postal address, and telephone number
• Your current student status and degree program (BS / MS / MS+PhD / PhD)
• Your thesis advisor’s/supervisor’s name
• Your paper title and category (main track, workshop, student forum, fast abstracts) – if any

Then, continue with a write-up not exceeding 500 words stating your student status and summarizing your current research related to dependable and secure computing, what you hope to learn by attending the conference, and how you expect it to affect your future research directions. Ability to summarize is a quality of a good researcher, therefore too long a statement will be to the applicant’s disadvantage.

Faculty advisors of the graduate student applicants must provide a written statement regarding availability (or lack thereof) of travel funds for the students from NSF and other funding sources and commit to covering the cost of travel in excess of the travel grant.

Application submission is via e-mail, preferably as a PDF attachment, to the following address: [email protected].

Applications must be received no later than May 31, 2019.

Questions or comments about Student Travel Grants submission/selection should be directed to the committee at: [email protected]

Contact us for any general doubt at: [email protected]