Apply for Travel Support

  • IEEE RAS Travel Support
    • IEEE RAS Travel Support for Student Member Authors
    • IEEE RAS Travel Support for Non-Student Member Authors
  • NSF Student Travel Support
  • Application Procedure
  • Reimbursement Procedure

IEEE RAS Travel Support for Student Member Authors

PRIORITY GIVEN TO PRESENTING STUDENT AUTHORS

Application Deadline: March 30, 2014

IEEE provides travel support for IEEE RAS student member authors. In order to be granted travel support, students are obliged to submit an official application. The student’s travel expense will be partially supported, depending on the number of applicants and available amount of funding.

If travel support is granted, the student will have to report at the conference site, showing his/her passport and flight tickets to receive travel support. The student must certify that the part of the travel expenses covered by the received support is not otherwise covered by university, foundation or industry funds. The request must be submitted through PaperPlaza. Follow the “Submit a Contribution to ICRA2014″ link from PaperPlaza, then the link “Submit” for “RAS Student Travel Support Application” using the RAS Student Travel Support Form.

IEEE RAS Travel Support for Non-Student Member Authors

PRIORITY GIVEN TO PRESENTING AUTHORS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Application Deadline: March 30, 2014

IEEE provides travel support for IEEE RAS non-student member authors of ICRA 2014, whereas priority is given to authors from developing countries (https://www.iawp.org/joiniawp/countrylist.htm). In order to be granted travel support, authors are obliged to submit an official application.

If travel support is granted, the author will have to report at the conference site, showing his/her passport and flight tickets to receive travel support. The author must certify that the part of the travel expenses covered by the received support is not otherwise covered by university, foundation or industry funds. The request must be submitted through PaperPlaza. Follow the “Submit a Contribution to ICRA 2014″ link from PaperPlaza, then the link “Submit” for “RAS Non-Student Travel Support Application” using the RAS Non-Student Travel Support Form.

NSF Student Travel Support

PRIORITY GIVEN TO PRESENTING STUDENT AUTHORS

Application Deadline: March 30, 2014

We anticipate travel grant support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for US PhD students ONLY who plan to attend and present their work at ICRA 2014. The grant will cover partial registration fee and partial airfare for coach/economy class ticket purchased on a US flag carrier ONLY.

If travel support is granted, the student will have to report at the conference site, showing his/her passport and flight tickets to receive travel support. The student must certify that the part of the travel expenses covered by the received support is not otherwise covered by university, foundation or industry funds. The request must be submitted through PaperPlaza. Follow the “Submit a Contribution to ICRA 2014″ link from PaperPlaza, then the link “Submit” for “NSF Student Travel Support Application” using the NSF Student Travel Support Form. Please input "Travel Supports for (your paper title)" at Title of the paper.

Application Procedure

  1. Fill the form and sign it
  2. Scan the form in pdf format
  3. Submit it to PaperPlaza

Reimbursement Procedure

For RAS Travel Support (Student and Non-student)

  • You must be an RAS member to be eligible for the reimbursement.
  • Download the archive “ICRA2014 RAS Travel-Support.rar” containing the following files
    1.  “Expense Report Form.xlsx”
    2.  “W8 form.docx” for non-US citizens
    3.  “W9 form.docx” for US citizens
    4.  “Wire Transfer Form ICRA2014.docx”
  • Return the filled and signed forms together with a copy of the conference registration receipt and all original receipts of flight ticket, and hotel invoice, etc. to

Weihua Sheng
202 Engineering South
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA
Tel: 405-7447590

For NSF Travel Support

  • Air ticket must be purchased from a US flag carrier.
  • Download the file “NSF Travel Support” and follow the instructions.

For Additional NSF Travel Support


For Travel Support questions, please contact Travel Awards Chairs: Dr. Heping Chen at heping.chen@txstate.edu or Dr. Uche Wejinya at uwejinya@uark.edu


Direct Link to PaperPlaza: https://ras.papercept.net/

Technical Support at PaperPlaza: ras@papercept.net

(Updated on May 13, 2014)