ANRW Travel Grants

The IRTF are pleased to provide travel grants to support attendance at the ANRW and aim to provide support for as many student attendees as possible. ANRW travel grants are available to students currently enrolled in Bachelor, Masters or PhD programs at any university. In addition, IRTF Diversity Travel Grants are also available to support attendance at the IETF-117 meeting, including the ANRW.

ANRW travel grant awards are meant to partially cover the cost of attending and participating in the workshop. ANRW travel grants will directly pay the costs of accommodation and the workshop registration fee, and the applicant will be able to claim to reimburse the cost of economy air or rail fares. The exact number of awards will depend on the availability of funds and will be determined as funding amounts are finalized.

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline	12 19 May 2023 (11:59pm AoE)
Paper notification deadline	5 June 2023
Camera-ready paper deadline	30 June 2023
Registration opens	8 May 2023
Travel grants application deadline	15 22 May 2023
Travel grants notification deadline	22 29 May 2023
ANRW ’23 workshop	24 July 2023

Applications submitted before the deadline will be proceeded on a rolling basis as they are received.

Selection Criteria

The following criteria will be used in the selection process:

• Preference will be given to applicants that do not present a paper at the workshop. The rationale is that the participation costs for a presenting author should be covered by their home institution.
• Evidence of a serious interest in applied networking, as demonstrated by coursework and/or project experience, is required. Advanced students close to graduation will also be given priority, when possible, in order to aid their job search.
• We strongly encourage participation of women and under-represented minorities.
• After giving priority to the above criteria, (co-)authors of papers may be considered, but will be given lower priority. The rationale is to support people that contribute to the workshop but could not attend otherwise, e.g., due to budget or other constraints. The applicant should explain why it is impossible to support them from other sources.

Where and How to Apply

All application materials (applicant’s info, CV, and letters) should be submitted by email. We will acknowledge receipt of applications. If you do not receive an acknowledgement by the end of the next working day (Mon-Fri, UK time), please contact the IRTF chair. Note that the IRTF email server will sometimes send confirmation requests before accepting your email, and that these requests may be misdirected into your spam folder.

The applicant should email:

• an application letter
• an up-to-date CV

as PDF documents.

The applicant’s faculty advisor should email:

• a support letter

as a PDF document.

The applicant’s letter should be clearly divided in the following sections:

• an explicit identification of the applicant’s university and country of study (e.g., URL to the department’s home page, etc.)
• an explicit identification of the applicant’s faculty advisor
• a brief summary of research interests and plans for future research
• why the workshop attendance is important to the applicant’s research
• a cost estimate of the trip, including the cost of economy air or rail fare, hotel (identify the source of any price quote)
• any additional information the applicant feels is relevant to support their case

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The advisor’s letter should be clearly divided in the following sections:

• verification of the applicant’s good standing in the institution
• explain why the applicant would benefit from attending the workshop and how he/she could contribute to the workshop
• explain the current funding status and why the applicant is in need of the travel grant

The faculty advisor should personally email the support letter to the steering committee, in order to keep the contents of their letter confidential.

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We are grateful to Akamai and Comcast for their support for ANRW travel grants.