AAMAS-2008 Student Scholarships

NEW! Information about the reimbursement procedures is available here

Q&A

The AAMAS-08 organisers are delighted to announce a student scholarship program. The purpose of this program is to provide financial support for students with accepted papers at AAMAS-08, to enable them to travel to the conference. In the following we outline who is eligible for support and how to apply.

Am I eligible for support?

To be eligible for the scheme you must:

• be registered as a full-time student at a higher education institute (e.g. a University);
• be explicitly listed as an author of a paper accepted for AAMAS-08 (full, short, or workshop)

Our emphasis is on helping students who are first authors of full papers accepted for the main conference. Though lower in priority, to the extent that funds allow, we also hope to potentially provide support for student authors of short papers, or of workshop papers. We particuarly encourage student scholarship applications from underrepresented regions.

I am an author, but not a student - Can I get travel support?

No - sorry. We have limited funds, and students are our highest funding priority.

I meet the eligibility criteria - How do I apply?

Please follow this link [closed] and complete the web-based application form [closed]. You will need to provide your participation details for AAMAS-08 as well as a pdf with a (scanned) letter certifying that you are indeed registered as a full time student. This letter should carry the letterhead of your institution, and must be signed by your supervisor/ thesis advisor. Email applications will not be accepted. The deadline for submitting AAMAS-08 student scholarship applications is

February 27, 2008

What happens after that?

We will contact all applicants to let them know the outcome as soon as possible. (It would be helpful if you did not send any emails asking about the state of your application, as this just clogs up email in trays and slows the process down!). If an award is made, the final reimbursement request should bear the signature of this advisor.

Who is funded and for what amount?

We will first check eligibility. We anticipate different levels of funding based on geographic location (distance to conference venue, underrepresented regions), level of participation, etc. Our emphasis is on helping students who are first authors of full papers accepted for the main conference. Though lower in priority, to the extent that funds allow, we also hope to potentially provide support for student authors of short papers, or of workshop papers.

Contact:

Paul Scerri
Carnegie Mellon University
USA

Email: pscerri@cs.cmu.edu