Student and Early Career Travel Grants

Thanks to the generous support of SIGHPC and SIGARCH, ICS26 is pleased to offer both student travel grants and early-career travel grants. The specific requirements for each program are outlined below.

In addition to the main paper and workshop tracks, ICS26 will feature a dedicated poster session for students and early-career researchers. We encourage applicants to submit a contribution to ICS26 and will give preference to those who do so; however, submission is not a requirement for receiving a travel grant.

We are also organizing an optional conference mentorship program, which participants may select during registration.

Applications are due by April 15, 2026, with notifications sent by April 30, 2026.

Application Process

The application form will be made available on this page soon. During the application process, applicants will be asked to provide the following:

• Personal information
• Letter of support from an advisor or head of department (for students) or a supervising authority (for early-career applicants)
• A simple budget plan, including estimated travel and accommodation costs, as well as an explanation of how you intend to cover any expenses not covered by the travel grant
• A brief statement describing why you wish to attend ICS26 and how receiving a travel grant would benefit your professional development
• Proof of eligibility, such as enrollment verification or documentation confirming early-career status, as well as confirmation of active membership in the relevant ACM Special Interest Group .

SIGHPC Travel Grants

SIGHPC is generously supporting travel grants for four undergraduate or graduate students and early-career professionals to attend ICS26.

• Applicants traveling within Europe may receive up to USD 800.
• Applicants traveling from outside Europe may receive up to USD 1600.

Eligibility

Students

• Undergraduate or graduate students enrolled at an accredited university in any country
• Members of SIGHPC

Early-Career Professionals

• Working in the field of high-performance computing in any country
• Members of SIGHPC
• Fewer than 7 years of full-time experience in the field

SIGARCH Student Travel Grants

SIGARCH is generously sponsoring additional student travel grants.

Eligibility

• Member of SIGARCH
• Applicants must be enrolled at an accredited university.
• The total available funding will be divided among several recipients, based on a budget proposal submitted by each student.
• We aim to align the typical grant amount with the SIGHPC travel grant levels.

General Information

Reimbursement

Travel grants will be provided after the conference in the form of reimbursements for actual travel and accommodation expenses, based on submitted receipts.

Limitations

• Due to current restrictions, we are unfortunately unable to award travel grants to applicants from countries listed under U.S. OFAC sanctions programs https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-programs-and-country-information.
• Conference registration fees cannot be included in the travel budget.
• Only direct travel to and from the conference may be reimbursed.
• Only hotel costs covering conference dates may be included.

Membership

Active membership in the relevant ACM Special Interest Group is required in order to receive a travel grant. Please refer to the links below for membership benefits and student membership application forms.

SIGARCH

• Membership benefits: https://www.acm.org/special-interest-groups/sigs/sigarch

Student membership application:

https://services.acm.org/public/qj/gensigqj/gensigqj_control.cfm?promo=PWEBTOP&form_type=SIG&offering=402&sigstu=SIG_STUD&byp=1

SIGHPC

• Membership benefits: https://www.sighpc.org/about/member-benefits

Student membership application:

https://services.acm.org/public/qj/gensigqj/gensigqj_control.cfm?promo=QJSIG&form_type=SIG&offering=056&sigstu=SIG_STUD&byp=1