2024 CASS Student Travel Grants & Pre-Doc Grants

Student Travel Grants - 2024 Round One

The IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) offers Student Travel Support to enable the recipients to present their research work at CASS Flagship Conferences. Learn more about the CASS Student Travel Grants, here. Funding is given via reimbursement.

Important Dates:
Submission deadline: 15 December 2023 

Student Travel Grant Nomination Form

Selection Criteria:

• Student(s) receiving these grants must have had their papers selected for presentation at the CASS flagship conference(s) they plan to attend or have attended.
  • In the case the grant is for attending a conference occurring after the grant application deadline, a faculty member must confirm that the nominee:
  • is an undergraduate or graduate student and
  • is an IEEE CASS student member.
• In the case of reimbursement for attending a conference that occurred before the application deadline, it is sufficient to confirm that the nominee:
  • was an undergraduate or graduate student at the time of the conference, and
  • is an IEEE CASS member and
  • was an IEEE CASS student member at the time of the conference.
• The nominee must furnish written proof that the paper was accepted at the conference (e.g. email notification from the Technical Program Committee).
• The nominee must state in the application that he/she will attend or has attended the conference to present the paper.    

Read the full grant description on the CASS website, here. 

CASS 2024 Flagship Conferences:

• LASCAS 2024 - IEEE Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems
• AICAS  2024- IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems
• ISCAS 2024 - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
• NEWCAS 2024 - IEEE Interregional NEWCAS Conference
• MWSCAS 2024 - IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
• APCCAS 2024 - IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems
• ISICAS  2024 - IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems 
• BioCAS 2024 - IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference
• ICECS 2024 - IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems

Pre-Doctoral Grants - 2024 Round One

The IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) offers up to ten Pre-Doctoral Grants annually to recognize young members enrolled in a Ph.D. program in a field related to the Circuits and Systems Society Field of Interest to facilitate mobility to conduct interdisciplinary research at another research department.

Important Dates: 
Submission deadline: 15 December 2023

Up to 10 grants are given annually. Each recipient receives a full grant amount of $2,500 and a certificate. Grants will only be given if a suitable awardee is identified. The recipient will receive compensation of up to USD $1,000 for travel to a CASS flagship conference to receive the award.

Pre-Doctoral Grant Nomination Form

Eligibility:

• A CAS Society Member for at least two years and is enrolled in a Ph.D. program related to the field of interest of CAS
• Nominees must provide an endorsement of a university/college faculty member who is a member of IEEE CASS
• Nominees must provide an endorsement from a CASS member host
• Nominees who expect to graduate less than one year after the application deadline are not eligible
• The grant is to be used for research purposes only

Basis for Judging:

• Past performance
• The expected outcome of the research program and how it advances the state-of-the-art
• Significance of research
• Involvement in the CAS Society research topic, past publications, volunteer experience, etc.