<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt"><b>Important Dates</b></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">Application Submission Deadline: 12th of February 2021 (23:59 UTC-12)</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">Notification: 26th of February 2021 (23:59 UTC-12)</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt"><b>Student Travel Support</b></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">We are delighted to announce funding for the AAMAS 2021 student</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">scholarship applications (previously called travel support). This will</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">enable the virtual registration fees to be waived to successful applicants.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">To be eligible you must be registered as a full-time student at a higher education</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">institution (e.g. University).</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">In allocating awards, we will prioritise to students who are listed as</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">authors of a paper accepted for AAMAS 2021 (i.e., full paper or extended</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">abstract at the main conference). Scholarships will then be allocated to</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">students who had a paper accepted at an affiliated workshop or the</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">Doctoral Consortium. Funding permitting, we will also try and support</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">students who do not have a paper accepted but come from underrepresented</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">populations.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">Please note that attending the conference is a requirement for being</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11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:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">also asked to participate in the Doctoral Consortium (DC) either as a</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">presenter or as an attendee, with no obligation to have a paper accepted</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">at the DC. US applicants are also asked to write a short report on your</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">attendance at AAMAS.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">Please submit your application by the 12th of February 2021 (11:59pm,</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">UTC-12) via the link above. We will notify you of your application</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">decision by the 26th of February 2021 (11:59pm, UTC-12).</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">If your application is successful, you will receive a code that you can</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">then use upon registration as a conference fee waiver.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">Note: please, do wait to register for the conference until our</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">notification as we will not be able to payments that have already been</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">made.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">For any question, feel free to contact us at</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt"><a href="mailto:aamas2021scholarships@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">aamas2021scholarships@googlegroups.com</a></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">The AAMAS 2021 Scholarship Chairs:</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hau Chan (University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States)</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">Wojciech Jamroga (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11pt">Paolo Turrini (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)</span></p><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div></div></div>