Student Travel Grant

Eligibility Criteria

The IEEE MOST 2026 conference is pleased to announce the availability of student travel grant awards supported by the James and Patricia Anderson College of Engineering at Wayne State University and the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on the Internet (IEEE-CS TCI).

Travel grant awards are open only to students based in the United States. To be eligible, a student must be enrolled at an accredited U.S. institution, be registered for IEEE MOST 2026, and attend the conference in person.

Student recipients will be reimbursed up to $400 for their expenses (registration, airfare, and hotel) after the conference. Note: This specific reimbursement amount (up to $400) will be based on the submission of valid receipts and is contingent upon the total amount available in the grant fund.


Note

  • All flights made on a travel grant award must be either on a US-flag carrier or ticketed through a US carrier.
  • The reimbursement limit may be adjusted based on the award budget and applicant location.

Students with accepted papers will have priority to receive the scholarship. Postdoctoral researchers are not eligible for this scholarship.

All recipients of the student travel grant awards are required to register for the conference main program at the full registration rate or student registration rate. The final award is contingent upon the recipient showing proof of registration.


The Application

To apply, please register for the conference first and complete the application form, which will collect the following items:

  1. The student’s information.
  2. A cost estimation of attending MOST.
  3. The student’s CV.
  4. A request letter from the student (see details below).
  5. A recommendation letter from the student's advisor (see details below). The recommendation letter can also be directly emailed by the advisor to the Student Travel Grant Chair at sidi@wm.edu.

The request letter from the student should be at most one page and include the following information:

  1. When applicable, the title(s) of the main program/workshop/Ph.D. forum/demo/poster paper(s) accepted for the current edition of MOST.
  2. A brief summary of research interests and accomplishments to date.
  3. A description of areas reflected in the program of the current MOST edition that would impact the student's research and a statement about why conference attendance is important.

The advisor's recommendation letter should include:

  1. Confirmation that the student is a full-time student in good academic standing.
  2. Ways the student would benefit from attending the conference.
  3. The strengths and potential contributions of the student.
  4. A commitment to covering expenses not covered by the travel grant.

Deadlines

  • Application Deadline: April 10, 2026, at 23:59 EST
  • Notification Deadline: April 12, 2026
  • Awardee Acceptance Deadline: April 15, 2026

Recipient Notification

Awardees will receive an email notification from the conference. Award recipients need to confirm acceptance of the award before the award acceptance deadline. The presentation of the award will be made in the form of after-conference reimbursement.


Additional Notes

Please save all the original receipts. You will need to upload them later for reimbursement processing.