2017 ISGT-LA Student Travel Award

The 2017 ISGT-LA seeks interested IEEE PES Student Members to submit applications to the 2017 ISGT-LA Student Travel Award. The deadline for application submission is June 15 th, 2017.

Purpose: The 2017 ISGT-LA Student Travel Award has been founded to help students defray the cost of travelling to and attending the 2017 Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference which will be held in Quito, Ecuador, September 20-22 in 2017, http://ieee-isgt-latam.org/.

The Grant: The 2017 ISGT-LA Student Travel Award covers:

Students from Quito – Ecuador: Early bird student conference registration (full conference, technical

sessions only, $150 for undergraduate students or $250 for graduate students).

Students from provinces of Ecuador: Early bird student conference registration (full conference, technical

sessions only, $150 for undergraduate students or $250 for graduate students).

Allowance limited to $150 Foreign Students:

Early bird student conference registration (full conference, technical sessions only, $150 for undergraduate students or $250 for graduate students).

Allowance limited to $150 Travel expenses limited to $400

The grant is managed by the 2017 ISGT-LA LOC.

All reimbursements are posterior! The travel, allowance and registration fee will be processed with standard financial forms (Expense Report/ Wire Transfer Request Form) by the 2017 ISGT-LA LOC during the Conference. The travel expenses include items such as airfare, taxi, bus, visa etc. The conference excursions and tutorials are not reimbursed.

Receipts are required for reimbursement. Advance payment will not be provided. This is great opportunity to network with others in your field of interest, and to get to

better know the IEEE, the PES, and what our community has to offer to students.

Eligibility:The 2017 ISGT-LA Student Travel Award grants are available to undergraduate and graduate students.

Application:See at the bottom.

Evaluation and Notification: Preference will be given to undergraduate student grade members and outstanding

student chapter officers, as well as the student representatives of the winner chapters of the outstanding chapter award, the chapter web contest and the most happening chapter contest.

The applications will be evaluated by an ad-hoc committee, consisting of the LOC members, by July 15th, 2017.

An e-mail notifications will be sent to the applicants by the Conference Chair by July 31th, 2017.

With questions please contact: pes.ecuador@ieee.org, subject: 2017 ISGT-LA Student Travel Award

2017 ISGT-LA STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD APPLICATION FORM

The fully completed form should be forwarded to pes.ecuador@ieee.org; Subject: Application 2017 ISGT-LA Student Travel Award

and concurrently in copy tofabian.perez@epn.edu.ec

Main conditions for providing a subsidy:- PES membership, student grade and SB PES Chapter members and active volunteers are

preferred- Submitted and approved paper- One author per paper will be supported, exception requests a serious explanatory

statement

APPLICANT’S Last name(s): First name(s):Email address:University / Occupation:Student status (undergraduate, graduate): SB PES Chapter membership in:

PES Membership dataMember since: IEEE Membership No.:Membership grade: (Regular member, Undergraduate Student Member, Graduate Student Member, Young Professional): IEEE function(s): Short description of IEEE volunteer activity:

CONFERENCE

Name:Venue, date:Paper data, authors, title:Please provide the paper acceptance confirmation.

EXPENSES in US$:

PassportVisaRegistration feeTravelAccommodationTravelTotal expenses

OTHER SUBSIDIES in US$:

Have you requested subsidy from your university / work place Yes, Amount received / No, Why not?Have you requested subsidy from the IEEE Voluntary Contribution Fund? (search word VCF in the websites of the Regional Committees)

Yes, Amount received / No, Why not?Have you requested subsidy from your IEEE Region / Section / Chapter / Student Branch ? Yes, Amount received / No, Why not?Subsidy received from other(s): Yes, Amount received (provide name of Institution) / No, Why not?Total subsidy received, US$:

BUDGET BALANCE in US$:

Difference of total expenses and total subsidy receivedOwn contributionRequested amount from the 2017 ISGT-LA Student Travel Award Program

DATE of submitting the application: