Travel Awards

We have two forms of travel support available, as described below.

1: Travel Support for Students

We have obtained grant funding that will provide a number of registration and travel scholarships for students, to help them attend the conference. These awards will cover registration costs for local students. For non-local students, the award will cover up to $800 for registration, travel, and lodging expenses.

To apply for reimbursement, students must send an email to Patrick Roos (roos@cs.umd.edu).

The email should include the following:

  1. Confirmation that the student is planning to attend SBP12
  2. Confirmation that the student wants to apply for the bursary
  3. A simple letter of support by a faculty member confirming the applicant's student status
  4. A short paragraph outlining why the student has need for the bursary

The awards will be allocated on the basis of student need and available funding.



2: Travel Support to Promote Diversity at SBP12 (for students and non-students)

Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will provide a limited travel support (registration, travel, hotel) for the purpose of increasing diversity at SBP 2012. Support will be available to participants from underrepresented groups (racial minority, females, or participants from the social sciences, economic or managerial sciences, or biomedical research fields) to help them attend the conference and contribute to the disciplinary diversity. These awards will cover registration costs for local students. For non-local students, the award will cover up to $800 for registration, travel, and lodging expenses. These awards are available to students, post-docs, and non-students who belong to one or more of the underrepresented groups indicated.

To apply for consideration, please send an email to Don Adjeroh (don@csee.wvu.edu).

The email should include the following:

  1. Confirmation that you are planning to attend SBP12
  2. Confirmation that you wish to apply for the travel support
  3. An indication of the under-represented category/categories to which you belong (Categories include Gender, Race or ethnic origin, area of study (different from STEM disciplines) )
  4. A short paragraph outlining your need for the travel support
  5. (For student applicants and post-docs only) A simple letter of support by a faculty member who knows you, confirming that you belong to the minority category that you specified.

The awards will be allocated on the basis of individual's need and available funding.