Information about grants for ECAI

The EurAI Travel Award scheme provides funding for students and early career researchers wishing to attend the ECAI conference. These awards are intended to partially cover travel and accommodation expenses and registration fees.

The next ECAI, for which you can apply for a Travel Award, is ECAI 2024.

The purpose of the Travel Award is to support applicants who have limited or no access to other funding for supporting their travel. Applicants must be members of a EurAI member society. Recipients of the ECAI Travel Award must include an acknowledgement to EurAI in all presentations or posters presented at the conference or any of its satellite events (if applicable). The award can only be used to support your attendance at ECAI. By accepting the award, you are confirming that you have participated in the conference and that your total expenses (including travel, accommodation and registration fee) equal or exceed the value of the award.

Application process

Applications for the Travel Award should be submitted as a single zip file containing the following documents in PDF format:

• A brief statement from the applicant (up to 500 words) outlining how they have contributed to the field of AI and how they will benefit from attending the event.
• Details of any papers that will be presented at the conference and/or its satellite events (including copies of the papers).
• If the applicant is a student, a signed letter from the applicant's supervisor certifying their status (e.g., Ph.D. student) and why the support of EurAI is needed (e.g., there are no such grants available to the student). If the applicant is not a student, a signed letter explaining why the support of EurAI is needed.
• Proof of membership in a EurAI member society.

Applicants for travel grants to ECAI 2024 should send their applications to Prof. Manolis Koubarakis.

The deadline for applications for the ECAI 2024 travel grants is July 21, 2024. Notifications will be sent out by July 31, 2024.

Selection criteria

In the likely case that the total amount requested exceeds the available budget, applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• Whether the applicant is the (first) author of a paper to be presented at the conference, or (with lower priority) to any of the satellite events.
• The career stage of the applicant, where students will be given priority over postdoctoral researchers and faculty.
• The extent to which other funding is available to the applicant.

Payment of the award

In the case of a successful application, proof of participation in the event will need to be provided. As a result, the Travel Award will only be paid after ECAI has taken place.