Subject: [AUDITORY] WASPAA 2025 Call for Financial Support From: Amy Hung <biboamybibo@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:06:29 -0300--000000000000c41fbe0631a24009 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear all, [Apologies for cross-posting] We are pleased to share with the community the call for financial support for the 2025 IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA-25), to be held at Granlibakken Tahoe resort near Lak= e Tahoe, in Tahoe City, CA., October 12th to October 15th, 2025. This year, following the efforts of the WASPAA 2023 organizers, we plan to make strong efforts to promote diversity and inclusivity at WASPAA, allocating a large amount of funding towards grants for students and young professional community members. We offer financial aid, including travel grants, registration waivers, diversity/inclusion grants, and child care support. See information below for eligibility. Although applications will be open in July, we want to share this with the community now to encourage submissions from students and young professionals. Please help us spread the word. Looking forward to seeing many applications! Shoichi Koyama (NII) and Yun-Ning (Amy) Hung (Music.AI), WASPAA 2025 Diversity and Inclusion Chairs Jonathan Le Roux (MERL) and Timo Gerkmann (University of Hamburg), WASPAA 2025 General Co-Chairs ----------------- WASPAA 2025 Call for Financial Support We are continuing our commitment to promote diversity and inclusivity at WASPAA and are offering substantial support for grants to our students and young professional community members at WASPAA 2025. Our funding is in partnership with the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) and SPS Student and Young Professionals (SYP) Fund. We also acknowledge the generous support of our Gold and Silver sponsors. If you have not submitted to WASPAA in the past due to financial constraints, please see below. Important Dates - April 30, 2025: Full paper submission deadline (abstract due a week before). - July 2, 2025: Paper acceptance notification. - July 2, 2025: Financial support grant application open. - July 16, 2025: Demo submission deadline. - July 16, 2025: Camera-ready papers deadline. - July 23, 2025: Demo acceptance notification. - July 26, 2025: Financial support grant submission deadline - August 9, 2025: Notification of financial support grants - August 17, 2025: Early registration deadline for authors - August 18, 2025: Registration open to the public - October 12-15, 2025: Workshop. All the deadlines above are the end of the calendar day (23:59), in AoE time zone (UTC-12:00). Forms of Support We are offering various forms of financial support, in the form of travel grants, registration waivers, diversity & inclusion grants, and child care grants. To be eligible for any of these grants, applicants should be the first author of the paper, and be a student author or young professional (SYP), meaning that they are either enrolled in a degree-granting academic program in the 2023-2024 and/or 2024-2025 academic year(s); or they are young professionals that finished their first degree (undergraduate degree) at most 15 years ago. Participants can apply to more than one grant and accumulate awards as long as they are eligible. See the eligibility criteria below. Registration waivers Any first author of an accepted paper or demo can apply to a registration waiver award as long as they are a student author for a young professional according to the criteria explained above. Waivers will be granted based on availability of funds and merit. Travel grants These grants are available for first authors of an accepted paper or demo who are student authors or young professionals according to the criteria explained above. The grants consist of awards of US$500 when traveling within the same continent, and up to US$1000 when travel between continents is involved. These grants are towards covering the travel expenses upon presentation of receipts. The grants are awarded based on the quality of the submission, the degree of financial need, the applicant=E2=80=99s newne= ss to the community, and the applicant=E2=80=99s geographical diversity. Diversity & Inclusion Grants Additional support is available to those authors that are students or young professionals identifying as women, Black, African, African-American or an ethnic/racial minority (of the author=E2=80=99s region); authors coming fro= m low- or middle-income countries <https://www.ieee.org/membership/join/emember-countries.html>, authors identifying as LGBTQIA, and unaffiliated researchers. These grants consist of awards of US$500 up to US$1000 towards covering expenses related to the conference upon presentation of receipts. See further details on eligibility below. Child Care Grants There are a limited number of child care grants (US$200-US$500) upon presentation of receipts for authors who are bringing small children to the workshop or who incur on extra expenses for in-home child care while attending the conference. Child care grants will be awarded prioritizing mother-authors, and those who express financial need. To be eligible for this grant applicants should be student authors or young professionals as specified in the criteria above. Procedure Grant applications will open on July 2, and close on July 26, of 2025. Please apply for grants using this google form: TBA. We request grant applicants to wait until the grant application decision (Aug. 9, 2025) before registering for the conference. You will be considered for all the grants that you applied and qualify for, based on the information you provide in the application. All grant applications shall be processed with utmost confidentiality by only a few organizing members including Diversity and Inclusion Chairs, Awards Chair, and General Co-Chairs. Any information provided on the application shall only be used for assessment of grant eligibility and not for any other purpose. Questions? Email: grants@xxxxxxxx --000000000000c41fbe0631a24009 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><span id=3D"gmail-docs-internal-guid-ef12527c-7fff-d1c3-59= 48-433fb6996cb5"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;m= argin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-seri= f;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal= ;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-ali= gn:baseline">Dear all,</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.= 656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fa= mily:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-va= riant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates= :normal;vertical-align:baseline">[Apologies for cross-posting]</span></p><b= r><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0p= t"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0= ,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-e= ast-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We= are pleased to share with the community the call for financial support for= the 2025 IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and A= coustics (WASPAA-25), to be held at </span><span style=3D"font-size:10.5pt;= font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent= ;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal= ;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Granlibakken Tahoe= </span><span style=3D"font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:= rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-va= riant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:basel= ine"> resort near </span><span style=3D"font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto= ,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;f= ont-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alte= rnates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Lake Tahoe</span><span style=3D"font= -size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-colo= r:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;fo= nt-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, in Tahoe City, CA.<= /span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(= 0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-varian= t-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"= >, </span><span style=3D"font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;col= or:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-num= eric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;v= ertical-align:baseline">October 12th to October 15th, 2025</span><span styl= e=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgroun= d-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:nor= mal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p><br= ><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt= "><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,= 0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-ea= st-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thi= s year, following the efforts of the WASPAA 2023 organizers, we plan to mak= e strong efforts to promote diversity and inclusivity at WASPAA, allocating= a large amount of funding towards grants for students and young profession= al community members. We offer financial aid, including travel grants, regi= stration waivers, diversity/inclusion grants, and child care support. See i= nformation below for eligibility. Although applications will be open in Jul= y, we want to share this with the community now to encourage submissions fr= om students and young professionals.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"= line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-siz= e:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:trans= parent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-vari= ant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Please help us spread the wo= rd.</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;marg= in-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;c= olor:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;fo= nt-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:= baseline">Looking forward to seeing many applications!</span></p><br><p dir= =3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span = style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);backg= round-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian= :normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Shoichi Koy= ama (NII) and Yun-Ning (Amy) Hung (Music.AI), WASPAA 2025 Diversity and Inc= lusion Chairs</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-to= p:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sa= ns-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric= :normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;verti= cal-align:baseline">Jonathan Le Roux (MERL) and Timo Gerkmann (University o= f Hamburg), WASPAA 2025 General Co-Chairs</span></p><br><br><p dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D= "font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-co= lor:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;= font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">-----------------</= span></p><br><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;m= argin-bottom:2pt"><span style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:"Helvetica= Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-w= eight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-v= ariant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">WASPAA 2025 Call for Fina= ncial Support</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margi= n-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Robo= to,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-eas= t-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We a= re continuing our commitment to </span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-f= amily:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-n= umeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal= ;vertical-align:baseline">promote</span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-co= lor:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;= font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> diversity and incl= usivity at WASPAA and are </span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:= Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant= -east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">= offering substantial support for grants to our students and young professio= nal community members at WASPAA 2025. Our funding is</span><span style=3D"f= ont-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0= ,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant= -east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">= in partnership with the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) and SPS Stude= nt and Young Professionals (SYP) Fund. We also acknowledge the generous sup= port of our Gold and Silver sponsors.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D= "line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-si= ze:10pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric= :normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;verti= cal-align:baseline">If you have not submitted to WASPAA in the past due to = financial constraints, please see below.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style= =3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font= -size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,= 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal= ;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-ali= gn:baseline">Important Dates</span></p><ul style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-b= ottom:0px"><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;fon= t-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-= color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:norma= l;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><= p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" r= ole=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;background-color:transpa= rent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-varian= t-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">April 30, 2025: Full paper sub= mission deadline (abstract due a week before).</span></p></li><li dir=3D"lt= r" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica= Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-v= ariant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternate= s:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"l= ine-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role=3D"presentation"><sp= an style=3D"font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeri= c:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vert= ical-align:baseline">July 2, 2025: Paper acceptance notification.</span></p= ></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-fam= ily:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color= :transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;fon= t-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir= =3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role= =3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;background-color:transparen= t;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-a= lternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Ju= ly 2, 2025: Financial support grant application open.</span></p></li><li di= r=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:"He= lvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent= ;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-al= ternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" sty= le=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role=3D"presentati= on"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant= -numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:norm= al;vertical-align:baseline">July 16, 2025: Demo submission deadline.</span>= </p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-co= lor:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;= font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p = dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" rol= e=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;background-color:transpare= nt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-= alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">July 16, 2025: Camera-ready pape= rs deadline.</span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;f= ont-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0= ,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant= -east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;w= hite-space:pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;mar= gin-bottom:0pt" role=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;backgro= und-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:n= ormal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">July 23, 2025= : Demo acceptance notification.</span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"lis= t-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",san= s-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:= normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertic= al-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38= ;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"fon= t-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-v= ariant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-lin= e:underline;vertical-align:baseline">July 26, 2025: Financial support grant= submission deadline=C2=A0</span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-sty= le-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-ser= if;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:norma= l;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-al= ign:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;marg= in-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-siz= e:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-varian= t-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:und= erline;vertical-align:baseline">August 9, 2025: Notification of financial s= upport grants</span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;= font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(= 0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-varian= t-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;= white-space:pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;ma= rgin-bottom:0pt" role=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;backgr= ound-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:= normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">August 17, 2= 025: Early registration deadline for authors</span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr"= style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica N= eue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-var= iant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:= normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"lin= e-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role=3D"presentation"><span= style=3D"font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:= normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertic= al-align:baseline">August 18, 2025: Registration open to the public</span><= /p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-f= amily:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-col= or:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;f= ont-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p d= ir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role= =3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;background-color:transparen= t;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-a= lternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">October 12-15, 2025: Workshop.</s= pan></p></li></ul><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;= margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetic= a Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-= variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternat= es:normal;vertical-align:baseline">All the deadlines above are the end of t= he calendar day (23:59), in AoE time zone (UTC-12:00).</span></p><br><p dir= =3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span= style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;= color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-= numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:norma= l;vertical-align:baseline">Forms of Support</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style= =3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font= -size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,= 0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-ea= st-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We = are offering various forms of financial support, in the form of travel gran= ts, registration waivers, diversity & inclusion</span><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,= 0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:norm= al;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-a= lign:baseline"> </span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helv= etica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;f= ont-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alte= rnates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">grants, and child care grants. To be= eligible for any of these grants, applicants should be the first author of= the paper, and be a student author or young professional (SYP), meaning th= at they are either enrolled in a degree-granting academic program in the 20= 23-2024 and/or 2024-2025 academic year(s); or they are young professionals = that finished their first degree (undergraduate degree) at most 15 years ag= o.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;m= argin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica= Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-v= ariant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternate= s:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Participants can apply to more than one g= rant and accumulate awards as long as they are eligible. See the eligibilit= y criteria below.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:= "Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:tra= nsparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asia= n:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Registrati= on waivers</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0= pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helve= tica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;fo= nt-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alter= nates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Any first author of an accepted paper= or demo can apply to a registration waiver award as long as they are a stu= dent author for a young professional according to the criteria explained ab= ove. Waivers will be granted based on availability of funds and merit.=C2= =A0</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;= margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetic= a Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-= weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-= variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Travel grants</span></p>= <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"= ><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-= serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:no= rmal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical= -align:baseline">These grants are available for first authors of an accepte= d paper or demo who are student authors or young professionals according to= the criteria explained above. The grants consist of awards of US$500 when = traveling within the same continent, and up to US$1000 when travel between = continents is involved. These grants are towards covering the travel expens= es upon presentation of receipts. The grants are awarded based on the quali= ty of the submission, the degree of financial need, the applicant=E2=80=99s= newness to the community, and the applicant=E2=80=99s geographical diversi= ty.=C2=A0</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-to= p:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:"He= lvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent= ;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal= ;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Diversity & In= clusion Grants</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-t= op:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:"H= elvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparen= t;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-a= lternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Additional support is available t= o those authors that are students or young professionals identifying as wom= en, Black, African, African-American or an ethnic/racial minority (of the a= uthor=E2=80=99s region); authors coming from</span><a href=3D"https://www.i= eee.org/membership/join/emember-countries.html" style=3D"text-decoration-li= ne:none"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue&quo= t;,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-nu= meric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;= vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:= "Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:tra= nsparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-va= riant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:basel= ine">low- or middle-income countries</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:10p= t;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgr= ound-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:= normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, authors id= entifying as LGBTQIA, and unaffiliated researchers. These grants consist of= awards of US$500 up to US$1000 towards covering expenses related to the co= nference upon presentation of receipts. See further details on eligibility = below.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0= pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helve= tica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;fo= nt-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;fo= nt-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Child Care Grants</sp= an></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bott= om:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"= ;,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-num= eric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;v= ertical-align:baseline">There are a limited number of child care grants (US= $200-US$500) upon presentation of receipts for authors who are bringing sma= ll children to the workshop or who incur on extra expenses for in-home chil= d care while attending the conference. Child care grants will be awarded pr= ioritizing mother-authors, and those who express financial need. To be elig= ible for this grant applicants should be student authors or young professio= nals as specified in the criteria above.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style= =3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font= -size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,= 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal= ;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-ali= gn:baseline">Procedure</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;= margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family= :"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:tr= ansparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-v= ariant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Grant applications will o= pen on July 2, and close on July 26, of 2025. Please apply for grants using= this google form: </span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:"H= elvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparen= t;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:norma= l;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">TBA</span><span s= tyle=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;co= lor:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;fon= t-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:b= aseline">. </span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica= Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-w= eight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-v= ariant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We request grant applican= ts to wait until the grant application decision (Aug. 9, 2025) before regis= tering for the conference.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-heigh= t:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;fon= t-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-= color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:norma= l;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">You will be consi= dered for all the grants that you applied and qualify for, based on the inf= ormation you provide in the application. All grant applications shall be pr= ocessed with utmost confidentiality by only a few organizing members includ= ing Diversity and Inclusion Chairs, Awards Chair, and General Co-Chairs. An= y information provided on the application shall only be used for assessment= of grant eligibility and not for any other purpose.=C2=A0</span></p><br><p= dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><= span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-se= rif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-vari= ant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:n= ormal;vertical-align:baseline">Questions?</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D= "line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-si= ze:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);= background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-= asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Email:= <a href=3D"mailto:grants@xxxxxxxx">grants@xxxxxxxx</a></span></p></spa= n><br class=3D"gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div> --000000000000c41fbe0631a24009--