On a competitive basis, IEEE ICC 2025 offers a number of grants to students or individuals who are financially limited. Eligible applicants must be registered and co-authored an accepted peer-reviewed paper for the conference. The grants are from IEEE ComSoc, the US National Science Foundation, Women in Communications Engineering (WICE), and IEEE Conference Travel. These grants encourage participation by students or individuals who would normally find it difficult to attend. Women, minorities, individuals from low GDP countries, beginning graduate students, and first time ICC attendees, are especially encouraged to apply. No more than one student or applicant per institution will be supported. Postdocs, faculty, or other senior research personnel may not apply for the grant. These grants will enable sharing scientific information and stimulating research interests for students in the field of communications and networking.
FORMAT OF A GRANT APPLICATION
An application for a grant should be submitted through EDAS. If you are an author of a technical paper, please go to EDAS. If you are an author of a workshop paper, please go to EDAS.
After you have logged into EDAS, select the ICC 2025 Conference Grant to which you want to apply, and then submit the application. The application must include the following materials:
- The applicant’s up-to-date resumé, including citizenship, study level (undergraduate or graduate), and ethnicity and gender (optional, used to broaden the participation of under-represented students).
- For student applicants: A letter from the student including paper title if the paper has been accepted by IEEE ICC. The letter should include the following information. (1) A brief summary of research interests and accomplishments to date (students should demonstrate a serious interest in networking, through their coursework and projects). (2) A statement about why conference attendance is important.
- A recommendation letter from the student’s advisor including the following: (1) confirmation that the student is in good academic standing; (2) the suitability of the IEEE ICC program material to the student’s research area; (3) ways this particular student would benefit from attendance at the conference; (4) the strengths and potential contributions of the student; (5) the application should commit to covering the cost of travel in excess of the travel grants.
For questions or issues, please get in touch with EDAS Help.
CONFERENCE TRAVEL GRANTS
Conference Travel Grants (CTG) is a newly established IEEE ComSoc program which provides partial financial support for participation in IEEE ComSoc conferences.
APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for a CTG at ICC 2025, an applicant must be:
1. A ComSoc member;
2. A ICC 2025 participant; and
3. Unable to obtain sufficient substantial funding from own institution or other sources, and forced to cover most of or all the associated expenses with own funds
Priority will be given to:
• Authors of ICC 2025 Conference Papers
• Presenters of accepted talks at ICC 2025
• Those residing in a country with a low Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita
HOW TO APPLY FOR CTG? An application for a grant should be submitted through EDAS. If you are an author of a technical paper, please go to EDAS (Coming Soon). If you are an author of a workshop paper, please go to EDAS.
After you have logged into EDAS, select the “ICC 2025 Conference Travel Grant” to submit the application. The application must include the following materials in a single PDF file:
1. A statement that includes the reason for the trip and an estimate of the travel costs, attests that the applicant has not obtained any other funding for the trip, and explains the applicant’s financial need for the grant
2. Short CV (1-page)
3. Country of residence and country of birth.
4. ComSoc member number.
5. Accepted paper number (if any).
Non-compliant requests will not be considered.
SELECTION PROCESS
A committee of volunteers will evaluate CTG applications. Applicants will be ranked in this order of decreasing priority:
1. GDP per capita of the country of residence/work.
2. Distance of the country of residence/work from the conference venue
3. Paper/talk review evaluation
The CTG will be paid as reimbursement after the conference and only if the goal of the request is achieved
A recipient of a CTG may not receive any other ComSoc grants for the same conference.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Application Deadline: 04 April 2025
Extended Deadline: 10 April 2025
Notification Date: 05 May 2025
IEEE COMSOC STUDENT GRANTS
IEEE ICC 2025 offers a number of ComSoc grants to students who have co-authored an accepted peer-reviewed paper for the conference.
APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY
- Each applicant must be a Student Member or Graduate Student Member of the IEEE Communications Society at the time he/she applies for the grant;
- Each applicant must be a co-author of an accepted paper in ICC 2025 and present it at the conference;
- Each applicant must be a full-time student registered toward a Bachelor, Masters, or PhD degree in computer science, engineering or related field in a college or university when submitting the application;
- During the expense reimbursement stage, the student applicant must show the proof of having registered to attend ICC 2025.
A student who is awarded a student grant must register, attend and present the paper at the conference. Payment will only be made to grant recipients who submit the expense report (with receipts for expenses over US$25) within 45 days after the conference. More details will be provided to the students who are selected to receive a ComSoc Student Grant.
HOW TO APPLY FOR COMSOC GRANT
An application for a grant should be submitted through EDAS. If you are an author of a technical paper, please go to EDAS. If you are an author of a workshop paper, please go to EDAS.
Applicants should create their application as a single PDF file, following the format described above. Once logged into EDAS, select the "ICC 2025 Student Conference Grant" to which you want to apply, and then submit the application.
IMPORTANT DATES
Application Deadline: 04 April 2025
Extended Deadline: 10 April 2025
Notification Date: 05 May 2025
IEEE WICE STUDENT GRANTS
IEEE ICC 2025 offers a number of WICE grants to students who have co-authored an accepted peer-reviewed paper for the conference.
APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY
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The applicant must be a Student Member or Graduate Student Member of both the IEEE Communications Society and IEEE WICE at the time of application.
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The applicant must be a full-time student enrolled in a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD program in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
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The grant covers up to $1000 in travel expenses (but no more than the actual travel cost), and up to $300 for virtual attendance (registration only).
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Attendance at WICE events during the conference is required for awardees.
A student who is awarded a WICE student grant must register, attend and present the paper at the conference. Payment will only be made to grant recipients who submit the expense report (with receipts for expenses over US$25) within 45 days after the conference. More details will be provided to the students who are selected to receive a WICE Student Grant.
HOW TO APPLY FOR WICE GRANT
An application for a grant should be submitted through EDAS. If you are an author of a technical paper, please go to EDAS. If you are an author of a workshop paper, please go to EDAS.
Applicants should create their application as a single PDF file, following the format described above. Once logged into EDAS, select the "ICC 2025 Student Conference Grant" to which you want to apply, and then submit the application.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Application Deadline: 04 April 2025
Extended Deadline: 10 April 2025
Notification Date: 05 May 2025
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
IEEE is committed to the principle that all persons shall have equal access to programs, facilities, services, and employment without regard to personal characteristics not related to ability, performance, or qualifications as determined by IEEE policy and/or applicable laws. For more information on the IEEE policy visit www.ieee.org/nondiscrimination.
Please address any questions to the Student Travel Grant Chairs, Damla Turgut; Rolland Vida; and Chad Assi with a mandatory title: “IEEE ICC 2025 STG Question: Your Last Name”.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We extend our sincere appreciations to IEEE ComSoc, and WICE for supporting IEEE ICC 2025 student grants.
