IJCAI-09 Travel Grants Program

International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence [IJCAI], in collaboration with the AI Journal, is pleased to announce the continuation of its Travel Grants Program for students, junior scientists and scientists attending IJCAI-09 to be held in Pasadena, California, USA, during July 11-17, 2009.

Application Procedure

Due to limited availability of funds for the IJCAI Travel Grants Program, applicants, especially students, should first approach their local AI society for support before applying to IJCAI. Applicants should submit the IJCAI-09 Travel Grant Application Form (and accompanying documents) via email attachment (preferred) or by fax to AAAI at ijcai09-grants@aaai.org or +1-650-321-4457, no later than 20th April 2009. A decision will be notified by 30th April 2009.

In addition to contact information, the application should include:

• the status of the applicant (student, junior faculty, etc.) with evidence of existing interest and expertise in AI
• type of planned participation in the IJCAI-09 program (accepted technical session or workshop paper, etc.)
• an estimate of attendance costs
• the results of approaching the local AI Society for support
• whether any other sources of support are available to the applicant
• a case for support that includes reasons why IJCAI should make the grant to the applicant and
• a letter of support (for students only) from the applicant's advisor/head of department.

A post-conference report and receipts totaling the grant amount will be required after the conference in order to receive the grant. In the event that travel grant applications exceed available funds, preference will be given to students who have an accepted technical paper, and then to students who are actively participating in the conference in some way. Applications should be submitted electronically to ijcai09-grants@aaai.org.

Only if electronic transfer of material is not possible, please send hardcopy materials to:

IJCAI-09 Travel Grants Program

c/o AAAI

445 Burgess Dr.

Menlo Park, CA 94025

USA

Tel: +1 650 328 3123, Fax +1 650 321 4457

Email: ijcai09-grants@aaai.org

Application Forms

More detailed information and application forms are available here.

Sponsorship

IJCAI-09 Travel Grants Program is sponsored in full by the IJCAI Organization

and its Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ) Division.

This year, the program is administered by the AAAI.