KAIST Diversity Student Travel Awards

The School of Computing at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology will award three student travel awards to underrepresented graduate students for ICST 2018. The award will be exemption from the student registration fee (roughly equivalent to 780 USD).

Eligibility Requirements

  1. Applicants must be enrolled in a related PhD or Master’s programme.
  2. Applicants from groups underrepresented in computer science will be considered with higher priorities: this include gender, ethnicity, and disabilities.
  3. Applicants must attend ICST 2018.

It is not required that applicants present their papers at ICST 2018 to receive these grants. However, in the application email, please do state your participation (i.e. papers in the research/industry track or presentations at the PhD symposium) at ICST 2018.

Application Process

To be considered for a travel award, please submit the following material via email to shin.yoo@kaist.ac.kr by 1st of March.

  • Applicant’s full name, address, affiliation, and contact details.
  • An academic vita or résumé.
  • A short description (in the email body) describing your research and how you would benefit from attending ICST 2018.

Notification

Successful applicants will be notified by 6th of March via email. Once notified, the recipients should confirm whether they accept the award within a week.