Travel Grants
The IRTF is pleased to be able to provide a limited number of travel grants and other financial support to attend research group meetings and workshops. The following types of support are available:
- Diversity travel grants
- Applied Networking Research Workshop travel grants
- Support to attend co-located IRTF and IETF meetings
Diversity Travel Grants
We are pleased to offer a number of Diversity Travel Grants to support early-career academics and PhD students from under-represented groups to attend the IRTF meetings co-located with the IETF 109 Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, in November 2020 (provisional, depending on the health situation with COVID-19).
The selection criteria for IRTF Diversity Grants will prioritize people who:
- Are from a demographic that is under-represented in the IRTF;
- Are PhD students or early-career academics (PhD students should have completed at least one year of full-time study in their PhD programme; early-career academics should be within their first four years of paid post-PhD employment at a University);
- Can demonstrate engagement with research of relevance to the Internet Congestion Control Research Group and to congestion control in IETF Transport Protocol standards (TCP, QUIC, etc.); and
- Potentially have supplemental interest in Network Measurement or Path-aware Networking.
Interested applicants should submit an application letter and up-to-date CV as PDF documents. The application letter should be clearly state the following information:
- the name of the applicant, their University, and whether they are a PhD student or early-career researcher;
- a link to their personal or departmental webpage;
- a summary of research interests and plans for future research;
- an statement of why the attendance at the IRTF is important to the applicant’s research and how they will contribute to the research group meeting;
- a cost estimate of the trip, including the cost of economy air or rail fare, hotel (identify the source of any price quote); and
- any additional information the applicant feels is relevant to support their case.
If the applicant is a PhD student, their adviser must also send a letter of support verifying the applicant’s good standing in the institution, and confirming that they have completed at least one year of full-time (or equivalent part-time) PhD study.
Applicants will be reviewed by a selection committee comprising:
| Colin Perkins | University of Glasgow |
| Theresa Enghardt | Netflix |
| Jana Iyengar | Fastly |
| Mirja Kühlewind | Ericsson |
Important dates:
| Diversity grants application deadline | September 21, 2020 (provisional) |
| Diversity grants notification deadline | September 28, 2020 (provisional) |
| IETF Meeting at IETF 109 in Bangkok | November 14-20, 2020 |
IRTF diversity travel grants for IETF 109 are sponsored by: 
Applied Networking Research Workshop Travel Grants
The ACM/IRTF Applied Networking Research Workshop (ANRW) is an annual academic workshop that provides a forum for researchers, vendors, network operators, and the Internet standards community to present and discuss emerging results in applied networking research, and to find inspiration from topics and open problems discussed at the IETF.
A number of travel grants are available for students to attend the ANRW each year. The requirements, application process, and deadline vary slightly each year, so please see the ANRW webpage for details of the current workshop and its travel grant programme.
Support to attend co-located IRTF and IETF meetings
Many IRTF Research Groups meet co-located with IETF standards meetings. Registration for these meetings is handled by the IETF, and a single registration permits attendance at the IETF working groups and at any co-located IRTF research group meetings. The IETF offers a substantial discount on the registration fee for full-time students, and a discounted pass for one day attendance.
Details are provided on the IETF Registration Page.
The IRTF has a limited number of complementary one day passes available to cover registration costs for those who would not otherwise be able to attend an IRTF research group meeting co-located with the IETF. Contact the IRTF chair for details, explaining why you need such a pass, and stating what research group(s) you wish to attend, at what meeting, and what contribution you will make to the group.