Student Travel Support to PAC24

The IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) is offering support to African student authors, providing a maximum of $1,000 each to attend the Power Africa Conference.

The grant covers conference fees, travel reimbursement, accommodation, and on-ground support. Selected students will be responsible for booking their travel to Johannesburg, South Africa, but will be reimbursed using the IEEE Concur platform after the conference.

Eligibility:

  • Be a currently enrolled undergraduate or postgraduate student.
  • Hold a valid, active IEEE student membership with the IAS specialty society membership.
  • Be an African citizen.
  • Have an accepted paper for the Power Africa Conference (Paper ID required).
  • Demonstrate financial need by providing documentation confirming the absence of support from a faculty advisor or other sources.
  • Be able to actively participate as an author, speaker, panelist, or tutorial instructor during the conference.

To apply for this opportunity, click here or copy and paste the link into your browser: https://forms.gle/1sdXmToU5VbWeiFP7

Application Deadline:  August 30th, 2024, 12 PM GMT (Bold)

Announcement: Week of September 2nd, 2024

Selection and Evaluation:

  • Fulfillment of eligibility criteria.
  • Uniqueness of the application.
  • Submission of complete supporting documents.

Please note:
The information provided in this form will be used solely for consideration by the organizing committee in awarding support.

For inquiries: email a.aliyu@ieee.org. or srikanthpillai@ieee.org

We encourage you to apply!