Dear IEEE UK and Ireland Signal Processing Chapter members,

If you are a "practicing engineer" (see definition below), you are looking for financial support to help you travel to attend ICASSP 2024 in person, and you do NOT have an accepted paper at ICASSP 2024, the IEEE UK and Ireland Signal Processing Chapter may be able to nominate you for an IEEE SPS Travel Grant for Practicing Engineers.

If you would like to be considered, please read on below, and send the information requested below to me, Mark Plumbley (m.plumbley@surrey.ac.uk) by **20 February 2024**.

We will consider applications received by the deadline, and select up to two to go forward as the nominations from the Chapter.

Best wishes,

Mark Plumbley

Chair, IEEE UK and Ireland Signal Processing Society Chapter

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IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) Travel Grants for Practicing Engineers: ICASSP 2024

https://signalprocessingsociety.org/events/sps-travel-grants#enggrant

The IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) will provide limited support for SPS Chapters each to send up to two members to ICASSP 2024 (https://2024.ieeeicassp.org/), 14-19 April 2024. Travel grant support for selected individuals will be up to US$1,000 for travel within the same continent or up to US$2,000 for travel between continents to the conference. 

To be eligible to be considered, you must (a) be an active SPS member in good standing, (b) be a current practicing engineer (see below), (c) must physically attend the in-person conference, and (d) must NOT have an accepted paper at ICASSP.

A "practicing engineer" must fall in one of the following categories: 

 * Industry (including small and medium enterprises)

 * Industrial research and development

 * Self-employed

 * Consultant

 * Unemployed young professionals unaffiliated with universities

Applicants who are academics or students at universities will not be considered. Practicing engineers who have accepted papers at ICASSP will also not be considered.

Applicants who are selected to receive the grant are expected to (a) physically attend the in-person conference and (b) complete one of the following actions in acceptance of the travel grant funds:

* Write a short article about the conference for the Society’s newsletter

* Write a summary of one of the sessions for the conference website/newsletter

* Give a summary talk at a local Chapter meeting and report back to the Society about this

If you would like to apply to be nominated, please send the information below to the Chapter Chair, Mark Plumbley (m.plumbley@surrey.ac.uk) by **20 February 2024**

The Chapter will consider applications received by the deadline, and select up to two to go forward as the nominations from the Chapter.  Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

The Signal Processing Society will then review the nominations from all SPS Chapters, including the UK and Ireland Section SPS Chapter, and determine whether travel support will be awarded. Only a limited number of grants will be awarded, and on a highly competitive basis. There is no guarantee that a Chapter's nomination will be selected.

For additional information on the scheme, see https://signalprocessingsociety.org/events/sps-travel-grants#enggrant

Information to send in your application:

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 (1) Your Name

 (2) Your Email Address

 (3) Your IEEE Member Number

 (4) Confirmation that you are an SPS member

 (5) Do you have an accepted paper at the conference (yes/no)

    [If "yes", you are not eligible for this scheme, sorry]

 (6) Your "Practicing Engineer" Category - One of: 

     (a) Industry (including small and medium enterprises)

     (b) Industrial research and development

     (c) Self-employed

     (d) Consultant

     (e) Unemployed Young Professional unaffiliated with universities

     (f) Other: [Explain]

 (7) Which industry are you practicing within? (Or, give your affiliation)

 (8) Have you previously received a SPS Practicing Engineer Travel Grant? (yes/no)

    If "yes", for which conference and what year?

(9) Reason for Nomination - please explain why you consider that you should be nominated to receive a Practicing Engineer Travel Grant.

(10) Provide a brief biography

(11) How likely is it that you will attend the conference if provided with this travel grant?

  (Please explain)

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