Mentoring ● Cluster 2025
Important Dates
- 1st Poster deadline - June 15, 2025
- Travel award deadline - July 7, 2025
- Student program deadline - August 4, 2025
If you are planning to submit a poster and apply for the travel award, please make sure to submit by June 15 (the first poster submission deadline). This will increase your chances of being successful.
Student Mentoring Program
The Student Mentoring Program at IEEE Cluster 2025 is a program for graduate and undergraduate students to help them in building their scientific career as efficiently as possible. The program is available to students attending as participants and presenters. The scientific presentations and interactions with conference attendees help them develop their technical skills. The Student Mentoring Program complements and extends this development by fostering the integration of the students into the Cluster scientific community, advising them to plan their professional career in academia or industry, improving their scientific communication skills, and providing them with the right entry points for efficient professional networking.
Applying to the Mentoring Program
The Student Mentoring Program is not just another publication venue. All interested students can apply through a simple process, by providing a short description of why they want to participate in the conference, the id(s) of any works submitted to the conference or associated workshops, the name of their advisor, and their CV. The students awarded either of the travel grants will be enrolled automatically, other student participants should apply by August 4.
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Student travel awards - for students at U.S. institutions
Thanks to the National Science Foundation, several travel awards will be available for students enrolled in U.S. institutions (at the time of the conference) and participating in the Student Program at the IEEE Cluster 2025 conference. Notice of travel awards will be made prior to the conference. The travel awards will be distributed post-conference in the form of reimbursements against actual flights, registration, and lodging expenses submitted by the student. Both graduate and undergraduate students can apply.
To apply, a student has to submit a two-page applicant statement; the student’s advisor has to submit a statement of support. The application statement should include a short bio sketch; current research interests; a plan for future research and career; objectives and motivation for participating in the student mentoring program; a statement on agreeing to provide a testimonial statement on the benefits of the U.S. travel award after the conference trip; a statement on purchasing flights on US-flag carriers for the award, and a brief description of any work presented at Cluster (if the student is a co-author of a peer-reviewed poster or paper at the conference or a paper at a workshop). The advisor statement shall verify the applicant’s full-time student status and confirm the support of the remaining travel fund needed for the applicant’s participation, along with the length of time the student has been mentored.
The awardee of NSF travel grant has to purchase flights on US-flag carriers to receive the award (or any portion of the award). Each award will be up to $1200 for the travel expenses and/or the registration fee.
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Student travel awards - for students at U.K. institutions
The goal of this travel grant is to allow UK-based students who do not have contributions in the conference to still experience all of its offerings. Therefore, only UK students who do not have accepted submissions (paper or poster) are eligible for the IEEE travel award. The award includes the registration fee and up to £300 for travel expenses. Notice of travel awards will be made prior to the conference.
The application statement should include a short bio sketch; current research interests; a plan for future research and career; objectives and motivation for participating in the student mentoring program. In the case of many applications, we will conduct a selection process under the advice of the technical program committee of the conference. The travel awards will be distributed post-conference in the form of reimbursements against actual travel and accommodation expenses submitted by the student. Both graduate and undergraduate students can apply.
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Student Program Co-Chairs:
- Weronika Filinger, EPCC
- Nico Bombace, AMD
Student Funding Liaison:
- Weikuan Yu, Florida State University, USA