Thanks to the NSF (United States National Science Foundation), the Technical Committee on Intelligent Informatics (TCII) of the IEEE Computer Society and IBM Research, ICDM 2010 is able to offer several student travel grants.

Below there is information on eligibility and application requirements for each of these grants.

The required documentation should be sent by email, no later than 5pm Hawaii time , October 23, 2010, to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with subject line: “ICDM 2010 student travel grant application” in ASCII (highly preferable), or PDF format. Late submissions or documents in other formats will not be accepted.

What is covered

The maximum amount of support provided to each grantee will be set by the committee, and it is intended to partially cover the grantee's lodging and registration. Travel may or may not be partially covered depending on the total availability of funds and the number of awards to be given.

See below for a description of the different student travel grants that are available.

1. NSF Sponsored Student Travel Grants

The purpose of the NSF sponsored student travel grants, with a total budget of US$22,500, is to encourage graduate student participation at the conference by partially funding the costs of the students. Applications for NSF sponsored grants are accepted only from students at degree granting institutions throughout the USA.

All students are encouraged to apply, whether or not they have a paper accepted by the conference. Other criteria will include evidence of a serious interest in data mining research, as demonstrated by coursework and project experience. ICDM encourages participation of women and under-represented minorities, as well as participation of students from under-represented institutions.

NSF grantees should pay the registration fee and travel expenses in advance, and then the Grant will reimburse some of these expenses. We will provide specific contact information to grantees.

2.   IEEE TCII Sponsored Student Travel Grants

The IEEE TCII provides a budget of US$9,000 for ICDM to support additional student travel awards this year. All students from all countries are eligible to apply.

IEEE TCII grantees should pay the registration fee and travel expenses in advance, and then the Grant will reimburse some of these expenses by presenting their tax invoices (or receipts). IEEE TCII grantees should contact the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) by November 5, 2010 to arrange for their reimbursements. No reimbursement after the conference will be possible.

3.   IBM Research Sponsored Student Travel Grants

Thanks to the IBM Research's sponsorship, with a budget of US$2,000, ICDM is able to offer additional student travel awards. All students from all countries are eligible to submit applications.

Similar to IEEE TCII grantees, IBM Research grantees should pay the registration fee and travel expenses in advance, and then the Grant will reimburse some of these expenses by presenting their tax invoices (or receipts). IBM Research grantees should contact the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) by November 5, 2010 to arrange for their reimbursements. No reimbursement after the conference will be possible.

How to apply for a sponsored student travel grant

A student will have to submit an application that includes:

• (i) a cv, that shows the institution the applicant is studying/working at,
• (ii) a letter by the applicant that includes the following:
  1. a brief statement of the applicant’s research interest and current accomplishments, and their future research plans,
  2. a description of how the grant will help them with their research plans,
  3. any information that the student feels relevant for supporting their application, including title of the paper and names and affiliations of the co-authors if the student is an author,
• (iii) a recommendation letter from the student’s advisor supporting the application, that:
  1. confirms that the applicant was a student in good standing at the time the paper was submitted to ICDM and when the applicant comes to attend the conference,
  2. describes how the applicant will benefit from attending ICDM, and
  3. explains why the student is in need of the travel grant.

The documents should be in ASCII (highly recommended) or PDF format. All applications using other formats will be rejected.