Call for Applications: 2018 Graduate Student Research Grants, Funding Opportunity from IEEE CIS

March 2nd, 2018 Daniela Lopez de Luise

 Please forward to interested students this funding opportunity, the application deadline is 15 March 2018.

The IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) funds scholarships for deserving undergraduate, graduate and PhD students who need financial support to carry out their research during an academic break period. Any student with a meritorious project is invited to apply. 

Details can be seen as follows or more information can be seen from http://cis.ieee.org/graduate-student-research-grants.html 
Best regards,
Bing
2018 Graduate Student Research Grants

The IEEE Computational Intelligence Society is inviting applications for a competition for additional funding opportunity for 2018.
The IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) funds scholarships for deserving undergraduate, graduate and PhD students who need financial support to carry out their research during an academic break period. Any student with a meritorious project is invited to apply, but scholarships will be granted only to applicants who are student members of the IEEE CIS and students at the time the scholarship is awarded.
The primary intent of these scholarships is to cover the expenses related to a visit to another university, institute or research agency for collaboration with an identified researcher in the field of interest of the applicant. In certain cases, the scholarship may also be used to cover expenses related to support the student at their home institution for intensive work on a particular project, if – due to extenuating circumstances – such work cannot be continued as scheduled during the regular academic semester.
Funds cannot be used for stipend, salary, conference travel or buying computers or other equipment. Funds can be used to cover travel expenses as well as certain living expenses (such as housing).
The field of interest of applicants is open, but should be connected with identifiable component of the CIS (neural networks, fuzzy systems, or evolutionary computation).
The amount of a CIS scholarship varies from $1,000 to $4,000. We expect to award 3-5 scholarships every year. The number of scholarships dependents on the budget approved by CIS ADCOM. Renewals and continuations for a second year support will be considered only if the justification for such a request is sufficiently compelling.
To apply for a CIS scholarship, interested applicants should submit a proposal to the CIS Graduate Student Research Grants Sub-Committee. Your proposal, to be submitted as a single PDF file, should state the general purpose of your request, and should including the following:
  1. cover page with the applicant's address, student status, IEEE number, expected graduation date, host institution (if applicable).
  2. detailed explanation of the research to be conducted with the support from the scholarship (10pt font, 3 page maximum)
  3. references related to the proposed research (10pt font, 1 page maximum)
  4. a timeline of tasks required to complete research goals
  5. a fully explanatory and detailed budget with individual line items along with the justification of the requested item and amount (1 page maximum). If the work is to be conducted at home institution, an explanation why additional funds are needed to continue the work during the break, and why the work cannot be done during the academic semester, or simply cannot continue as normally progressing during the academic semester (additional 1 page maximum).
  6. your resume (1 page maximum). Please provide your IEEE member number
  7. 2 reference letters supporting your application (including letters from sponsoring professors, if applicable). These must be included with your application and are not to be received individually
Information in the file must follow the above presentation order.
Only if requested by the referee, reference letters can also be sent directly to the Graduate Student Research Grants Sub-Committee Chair (Dr Bing Xue: Bing.Xue@ecs.vuw.ac.nz) in order to submit them without the intermediary of the student. Such letters will then not be viewable by the student.
All applications MUST BE RECEIVED no later than the deadline via email to the Graduate Student Research Grants Sub-Committee Chair (Dr Bing Xue: Bing.Xue@ecs.vuw.ac.nz).
Evaluation and selection will be based on:
  1. Merit of the proposed research
  2. Originality of the research
  3. Qualification and past performance of the applicant
  4. Supporting references
  5. Reasonableness of budget
After the end of the sponsored project:
  1. Student's research sponsor needs to provide a certification to the sub-committee chair stating that the student has performed satisfactory research work as proposed and has met the goals set forth in the proposal.
  2. Upon certification by the student's research sponsor, the student will receive funds as reimbursements for his/her expenses.
  3. Final technical report in the format of a major CIS conference publication are due on December 1 of the award year.
Note the following dates:
Deadline for submission of applications: March 15, 2018
Notification of Acceptance: April 15, 2018
Work must be completed and funds must be spent by: November 30, 2018
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