Best Paper Award

A Best Paper Award will be conferred to the authors based on the quality of the paper and its presentation. The award is given out at the closing ceremony of the conference.

IFIP Student Travel Grants

Eligibility Criteria

Under this programme, only students from an IFIP member country may apply for travel grants.

The final award is contingent upon the receipt showing a proof of registration, by emailing the receipt of registration to the student travel grant chairs.

Award Amount

Since IFIP Networking 2020 will be held as a virtual conference, grants will cover only registration fees, up to a maximum of € 350 per grant.

Application Deadline: June 15th, 2020.

Application Procedure

Applications for grants will be evaluated by a committee consisting of the TC6 chair and the chairs of the TC6 working groups 6.2, 6.3 and 6.8. Grants will be awarded based on the evaluating committee’s assessment of the applicants’ genuine financial needs, the potential benefit to his/her education, research, and career, and the potential benefit to the conference. The committee may favour those who are (co-)authors of accepted papers to avoid “no shows,” and may decide to make only one award per university.

To apply for an IFIP grant, please fill in the IFIP STG Request form and provide a letter with a short description of yourself such as name, institution, program and why you are interested to attend the conference. Also indicate whether you are an author of an accepted paper. The application (STG Request Form and letter) should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and the email subject should be “IFIP STG for IFIP Networking 2020”.

US National Science Foundation (NSF) Travel Grant

Eligibility Criteria

To qualify, a student must be a student at a US institution (high school, undergrad or grad students). There is no requirment to have a paper in the conference.

The final award is contingent upon the receipt showing a proof of registration, by emailing the receipt of registration to the student travel grant chairs.

Award Amount

Since IFIP Networking 2020 will be held as a virtual conference, grants will cover only registration fees, up to a maximum of US$ 500.00.

Application DeadlineJune 15th, 2020.

Application Procedure

Students applying for a NSF student travel grant should send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and the email subject should be “NSF STG for IFIP Networking 2020”. You should provide a short description of yourself such as name, institution, program and why you are interested to attend the conference.