IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Travel Grants

Apply for the IEEE Travel Grant from the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS)

IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) is pleased to offer the following types of Travel grants to the IEEE CIS members who are interested to present their papers in-person at SWC 2025:

• IEEE CIS Conference Travel Grant for Students: This program offers a limited number of grants to assist IEEE CIS Student Members to travel to attend IEEE CIS conferences and present their papers.
• IEEE CIS Conference Travel Grant for Researchers from Developing Countries: This program offers a limited number of travel grants to assist IEEE CIS Members of any grade higher than Student to travel to attend IEEE CIS conferences and present their papers.
• IEEE CIS "Industry Early Career" Travel Grant: This program offers a limited number of travel grants to assist IEEE-CIS Members working in industry, who are within 2 years of their graduation, to travel to attend IEEE CIS conferences and present their papers.
• IEEE CIS "Conference Participation and Travel Grant”: This program offers a limited number of grants to support non-lead Student Authors and Non-Author Students attending IEEE CIS conferences. This grant waives student early registration fee.

The grant will be in the form of digital reimbursement of a fixed amount after the in-person participation in the conference as a registered attendee. The approved amount will be typically USD $600 for intra-continental (within North America) participants, and USD $1,200 for inter-continental (outside North America) participants.

Instructions

For full instructions on how to apply and the application submission link, please visit IEEE CIS Conference Participation and Travel Grants page: https://cis.ieee.org/activities/membership-activities/travel-grants

For any queries regarding the grants, please contact the CIS travel grants subcommittee chair: Dr. Yi Mei (yi.mei@ecs.vuw.ac.nz).

The applications can be submitted after the paper notifications have been sent, up to the deadline of June 16, 2025. The outcomes will be communicated by June 30, 2025.

How to become an IEEE CIS member?

• Become an IEEE member – full details at https://www.ieee.org/membership-catalog/productdetail/showProductDetailPage.html?product=MEMIEEE500
• Become an IEEE CIS member – full details at https://www.ieee.org/membership-catalog/productdetail/showProductDetailPage.html?product=MEMCIS011