<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.2in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="text-align:start"> *** Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP ***</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.2in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(59,59,59)">The 21st International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2023) to be held in Atlanta. USA from March 13-17,2023 is delighted to support competitive student travel grants to attend IEEE PerCom 2023 Conference and co-located events (e.g., Workshops, Ph.D. Forum, WiP, Poster, and Demo sessions).</span><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.2in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(59,59,59)">The funding for student travel grant is provided by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) – </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.percom.org/node/www.nsf.gov" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,113,179)">www.nsf.gov</span></a></span><span style="color:rgb(59,59,59)">. <b>This funding is available only for full time students attending colleges and universities in the US</b>. Underrepresented minority and women students from diverse US institutions are particularly encouraged to apply. Although student authors may be given priority for travel awards, exceptional undergraduate research students (e.g., NSF REU students), MS research students, PhD and beginning post-doctoral researchers may also be considered. To be eligible, US based students (referred to as “you”) must apply via EDAS no later than <b>Monday, January 23, 2023</b>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.2in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(59,59,59)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">To apply for travel support, please do the following:</font></span></p><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.2in;color:rgb(59,59,59);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Obtain a letter from your advisor/professor confirming that:</font></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.2in;color:rgb(59,59,59);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">You are currently a full-time research student in good standing and working in areas related to pervasive computing</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.2in;color:rgb(59,59,59);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">You will be attending the entire IEEE PerCom conference and associated events.</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.2in;color:rgb(59,59,59);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The remainder of your travel support will be covered (indicate how).</font></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.2in;color:rgb(59,59,59);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Write a personal statement describing your research interests and accomplishments to date, how you wish to benefit from attending PerCom 2023. Indicate your full-time student status (B.S., M.S., Ph.D. or postdoc), and the location you will be traveling from.</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.2in;color:rgb(59,59,59);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Upload the above documents, along with your two-page CV, on <span style="color:black"><a href="http://edas.info/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,113,179)">EDAS</span></a></span> as part of the “<b>PerCom 2023 NSF supported travel grant for US students</b>”. (<i><a href="https://edas.info/G.php?g=719" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Direct EDAS link</a></i>)</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.2in;color:rgb(59,59,59);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Provide the demographic information using the Google Form link at EDAS.</font></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.2in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(59,59,59)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Please note that IEEE PerCom conference may not be able to reimburse for all of your travel expenses due to limited budget. Eligible expenses include advance student registration fee, hotel, and/or transportation (flight, bus or train). Expenses that are not eligible for reimbursement include regular or on-site registration, taxi and meals. Student travel grants are available in the form of reimbursements that are sent only after the completion of the conference and receipt of all required documentation and receipts. The reimbursement amount will be based on the number of awards made and distance traveled.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.2in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(59,59,59)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">For any questions, please contact the Student Travel Award Committee.</font></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Nirmalya Roy, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Chair</font></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Rosa I. Arriaga, Georgia Institute of Technology</font></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">WenZhan Song, University of Georgia</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.2in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(94,94,94);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.2in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(59,59,59)">Important Dates:</span></b><span style="color:rgb(59,59,59)"></span></font></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(59,59,59);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>January 23, 2023:</b> Complete Application Deadline (via EDAS)</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(59,59,59);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>February 6, 2023:</b> Award Decisions Made</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(59,59,59);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b style="">March 13-17, 2023:</b> IEEE PerCom Conference and Affiliated Events</font></li></ul><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div>