IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) is pleased to offer the following types of Travel grants to the IEEE CIS members who are interested in presenting their papers in-person at the IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 2026 (CIBCB 2026):
- IEEE CIS Conference Travel Grant for Students: This program offers a limited number of grants to assist IEEE CIS Student Members to travel to attend IEEE CIS conferences and present their papers.
- IEEE CIS Conference Travel Grant for Researchers from Developing Countries: This program offers a limited number of travel grants to assist IEEE CIS Members of any grade higher than Student to travel to attend IEEE CIS conferences and present their papers.
- IEEE CIS Travel Grant for Young Professionals: The IEEE CIS Travel Grant for Young Professionals offers a limited number of grants to assist IEEE CIS members who are young professionals and early-career researchers from both academic and industry presenting papers at IEEE CIS conferences with financial sponsorship.
- IEEE CIS Participation Grant for Students: This program offers a limited number of grants to support non-lead Student Authors and Non-Author Students attending IEEE CIS conferences. This grant waives/provides discount for the student early registration fee.
The grant will be in the form of digital reimbursement of a fixed amount after the in-person participation in the conference as a registered attendee. The approved amount will be typically USD $600 for intra-continental (within Europe) participants, and USD $1,200 for inter-continental (outside Europe) participants. For full instructions on how to apply and the application submission link, please visit IEEE CIS Conference Participation and Travel Grants page. The applications can be submitted after the paper acceptance notifications have been sent (application deadline: June 5, 2026). The outcomes will be communicated by June 20, 2026.
For any queries regarding the grants, please contact the CIS travel grants subcommittee chair: Dr. Sutasinee Thovuttikul.
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