IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications
15–17 November 2023 // Panama City, Panama

Grants

We currently have two (2) grants available for LatinCom 2023: Comsoc Grant and ComSoc Student Grant. Please see the details of each one below. If you have questions, please contact the Grant Chairs at the bottom of this page. 


CONFERENCE GRANTS

The IEEE ComSoc Conference Grants (CTG) are a newly established IEEE ComSoc grants program, which aims at providing partial financial support for participation in IEEE ComSoc conferences. The requirements for eligibility to the CTG are:

  • Applicant must be a ComSoc member
  • He/she must be a conference participant
  • Unable to obtain sufficient substantial funding from  own institution or other sources, and forced to cover most of or all the associated expenses with own funds

Priority will be given to:

  • Authors of the Specific Conference Papers
  • Presenters of accepted talks
  • Those residing in a country with a low Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita

A committee of volunteers will be appointed for each selected event to  gather and evaluate requests for support, based on the following agreed rules:

The candidate will make a request for financial support by giving the reason for the trip and with detailed estimation of costs, and why he/she cannot obtain such funding. The candidate will indicate his/her financial shortcomings.

Click on the form button below to start the application. Documents to be provided:

1. short CV
2. country of residence and country of birth
3. ComSoc member number
4. accepted paper number (if any)

Any non-compliant request will not be considered. Ranking of the candidates will be done in this order of descending priority:

1) GDP per capita of the country of residence/work

2) distance of the country of residence/work from the conference venue

3) paper/talk review evaluation

CTG will be paid as reibursement after the confernce and only if the goal of the request is achieved. A recipient of CTG cannot accumulate any other ComSoc Grants for the specific conference.

NON-DISCRIMINATION

IEEE is committed to the principle that all persons shall have equal access to programs, facilities, services, and employment without regard to personal characteristics not related to ability, performance, or qualifications as determined by IEEE policy and/or applicable laws.

For more information on the IEEE policy visit here.

IMPORTANT DATES

Application Deadline: October 7, 2023

Notification Date: October 16, 2023

LatinCom 2023 Grant Application Form

 


STUDENT GRANTS

15th Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM 2023) offers a limited number of student grants (STG), in US Dollars, to those who have registered and co-authored an accepted paper in 15th Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM 2023), on a competitive basis. Each award is subject to travel reimbursement.

Priority will be given to:

  • Authors of the Specific Conference Papers
  • Presenters of accepted talks

APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY

  1. The student applicant must be a student member of the IEEE Communications Society (not just a student member of IEEE).
  2. The student applicant must be a full-time student registered toward a Bachelor’s, Masters’, or PhD degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field in a college or university when submitting their applications.
  3. During the expense reimbursement stage, the student applicant must show proof of having registered to attend the 15th Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM 2023) conference.

A student who is awarded a student grant must register, attend, and present the paper at the conference. Payment will only be made to grant recipients who submit the expense report (with receipts) within 45 days after the conference. More details will be provided to the students who are selected to receive a ComSoc Student Travel Grant award.

We encourage participation from underrepresented groups and diverse institutions across all geographical regions. Women, minorities, beginning graduate students, and first-time conference attendees, are especially encouraged to apply.

HOW TO APPLY

Click on the form button below to start the application. Please have the following materials ready:

  • IEEE ComSoc Student Membership Number. Applicants must be current Student Members of the IEEE Communications Society (not just IEEE student members) at the time they apply for the grant.
  • Student’s up-to-date CV / Resume. This document should include citizenship and study level (undergraduate or graduate); the document may include ethnicity and gender (optional, used to broaden the participation of under-represented students).
  • Advisor Supporting Letter. This is a reference letter from the student’s advisor. We ask that the advisor confirms that the student has full-time status and is in good academic standing at the given institution.
  • Student Statement Letter. A half to one-page letter from the student should include the following information: (1) A brief summary of research interests and accomplishments to date (students should demonstrate a serious interest in networking, through their coursework and projects). (2) A statement on the purpose of attending the conference.
  • Conference Registration Confirmation Number. Applicants must register to attend the conference. Have your registration confirmation ready. To view the registration page, click here.   
  • Estimate of Costs. 

NON-DISCRIMINATION

IEEE is committed to the principle that all persons shall have equal access to programs, facilities, services, and employment without regard to personal characteristics not related to ability, performance, or qualifications as determined by IEEE policy and/or applicable laws.

For more information on the IEEE policy visit here.

IMPORTANT DATES

Application Deadline: October 7, 2023

Notification Date: October 16, 2023

 

LatinCom 2023 Student Grant Application Form

 


IEEE STG Contacts

Please address any questions to the Travel Grant Chairs with a mandatory title: 15th Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM 2023) Question: Your Last Name”.

Aris Castillo at (aris.castillo@utp.ac.pa)

Edwin Collado (edwin.collado@ieee.org)

Carlos Gutiérrez (cagutierrez@ieee.org)

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