Travel grant and Awards

    Best Paper Award

    The IFIP TC6 will sponsor one Best Paper Award (€ 500) which 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
    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

    Two grants will be awarded, each one up to a maximum of € 750.

    Application Deadline: May 9th, 2023.
    Award Amount
    Two grants will be awarded, each one up to a maximum of € 750.
    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 walter.cerroni at unibo.it and the email subject should be “IFIP STG for IFIP Networking 2023”.

    NSF Student Travel Grants

    Eligibility Criteria
    The National Science Foundation (NSF) has provided support for US-based graduate students to attend the IFIP NETWORKING 2023 conference. Interested students must submit an application to be considered.

    To receive reimbursement after the conference, awardees must:

    1. check-in with assigned mentor at the conference
    2. prepare a testimonial (more info on this with award notification)
    3. provide original receipts for all legitimate expenses