Please note that the budget for the student travel awards is pending approval.

A limited number of student travel awards might be available to support US-based students to attend WoWMoM 2009.

Selection Criteria and Process

• The amount will be used for student travel-related expenses such as airfare, hotel, etc.

• The recipients of the travel awards must be US-based students only, that is, PhD. students attending universities in the US (not necessarily US citizens or permanent residents).

• Special efforts will be made to award student participants who are underrepresented minorities (i.e., African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Native Pacific Islanders) and/or women, coming from diverse institutions.

• Some priority may be given to student authors with accepted papers in WoWMoM 2009 who may not otherwise be able to attend due to budgetary constraints.

• All student travel awardees are required to register for the conference.

Application Process

An application for a travel award will consist of the student's vita, a letter from the student, and a letter from the student's advisor.

The letter from the student should include:

• a brief summary of research interests and accomplishments to date;

• a description of areas reflected in the WoWMoM 2009 program that would impact the student's research; and

• why the conference attendance is important to the student.

In addition, the student's advisor should send a letter of recommendation to the com¬mittee, including:

• confirmation that the student is a Ph.D. candidate in good standing;

• the suitability of the WoWMoM program material to the student's research area;

• ways this particular student would benefit from attendance at the conference;

• the strengths and potential contributions of the student; and • availability of funds from other sources.

Timeline:

All applications must be sent to Mainak Chatterjee (mainak [AT] eecs [DOT] ucf [DOT] edu) and Yonghe Liu (yonghe [AT] cse [DOT] uta [DOT] edu) by April 30, 2009. Notifications will be sent by May 3, 2009. Recipients will be required to accept the award by May 7, 2009.