Raj Mittra Travel Grant || IEEE AP-S/URSI 2026 || Detroit, Michigan, USA || 12

Raj Mittra Travel Grant (RMTG) has been established to support and encourage participation in the International IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium by providing travel funds to individuals exhibiting high aptitude or potential for research and who might otherwise be unable to attend.

Interested applicants are encouraged to apply after carefully reviewing the following information to ensure their eligibility and ability to comply with application requirements and deadlines.

Eligibility

Candidates need not be members of IEEE/AP-S, but they must have a contribution accepted for presentation at the 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation. Details of conference submissions can be found at https://2026.apsursi.org/papers.php. The awardee must personally present his/her contribution at a regular AP-S session organized at the Symposium.

Awards

One grant of US$1,000 is available to one individual exhibiting high aptitude or potential for research in areas of traditional interest to AP-S. The symposium registration fee and banquet ticket for the awardee will be covered by the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. Since the award presentation is made at the meeting, the awardee must make his/her arrangement to cover travel expenses to the meeting to receive the award.

Application & Schedule

Submit your Application Online Click here due by March 15, 2026 23:59 (UTC+08:00). An applicant must provide two reference letters, a statement of need for travel support, and a letter of endorsement from the applicant's institution indicating institution's willingness to supplement his/her travel expenses. In case, it is not provided by applicant's institution, a self-statement indicating the source of the required additional funding to supplement his/her travel expenses is to be submitted.

For any help, a candidate may contact RMTG@ieeeaps.org

Selection

The Awardee is selected by the RMTG Committee, and an awardee's selection is primarily based on the candidate's potential or demonstrated aptitude for research. The awardee must also have his/her paper accepted for presentation at the meeting. Successful RMTG candidates will be notified of his/her selection as soon as possible upon completion of the selection process.