Travel Grants
The Section for Artificial Intelligence (FBKI) awards a limited number of travel grants to PhD students and other researchers who are FBKI members and intend to participate in a major AI related conference.
The grants are meant to be supplemental to other funding and must be used to cover travel costs and/or registration fees. Submissions are not subject to any deadline and can be made at any time.
Eligibility Rules
The purpose of the travel grants is to enable young scientists (e.g., doctoral students, advanced master's students, postdocs) who need financial support to attend a major AI conference. We expect applicants for the travel grant to already have basic knowledge in this field, so that participation in the conference will help to expand their existing knowledge and improve their personal network within the AI community.
To be eligible to apply, applicants must be members of the FBKI. Travel grants can only be awarded once per person and once per institution per year. A strict requirement is that the applicant must present an accepted paper at the conference or be accepted into the conference's doctoral colloquium. Participation in workshops is generally not supported. The conference should be a high-level international AI conference, an AAAI symposium, or similar.
Recipients of travel grants are expected to mention the funding in their presentation and/or poster.
Application Procedure
Applications should include the following:
- A short cover letter (maximum one page) explaining why the applicant would like to attend the conference.
- A brief CV, including a list of publications.
- A letter of support from the applicant's supervisor (maximum one page).The letter of recommendation should include a statement that all additional funds required to attend the conference will be made available
- the conference notification letter an overview of the travel budget (conference fee, estimated travel and accommodation costs)
The application should be submitted as a single PDF file containing all documents within two weeks of the conference announcement. Applications must be sent to the contact email address. The application will be reviewed by a small committee of the FBKI board, who will assess the eligibility of the application, the benefits of attending the conference for the applicant, and the available funds.