ICALT 2026 Student Awards

Applying for IEEE TCLT Student Award to Attend ICALT 2026 In-Person

IEEE TCLT aims to achieving greater Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and embedding EDI into the culture of TCLT community; for instance, its Web of Science ESCI indexed, Open Access and no article processing charge Bulletin of TCLT (https://tc.computer.org/tclt/bulletin/) has an Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) section and a Report from Developing Countries section (see https://tc.computer.org/tclt/author-guidelines/).

Therefore, we sponsor in-person participation, including registration fee plus air fair or accommodation up to $x,xxx USD for x students.

GUIDELINES

1. Student authors of papers accepted in ICALT 2026 are eligible to apply. A registration receipt must be presented in the application.
2. The applicant must join one of the following TCLT social media (please provide evidence):
   • Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ieeetclt)
   • LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ieeetclt/)
3. Preference will be given to student authors whose affiliations (NOT their nationality) belong to underrepresented group countries of ICALT 2026 (i.e., countries that have equal or less than six authors submitting their paper to ICALT 2026, including co-authorship:
   • Algeria
   • Ecuador
   • Namibia
   • Romania
   • Serbia
   • Sweden
   • Austria
   • Canada
   • Estonia
   • Norway
   • Iran
   • Italy
   • Philippines
   • Portugal
   • South Korea
   • Switzerland
   • Macao
   • Australia
4. Preference will be given to first authors of full papers and DC (Doctoral Consortium) papers.
5. Preference will be given to undergraduate students, doctoral, and master students.
6. Preference will be given to IEEE student member who are also IEEE Computer Society and IEEE TCLT members
   • TCLT membership is free, see https://tc.computer.org/tclt/join-and-participate/
7. Preference will be given to participants who support a 3-minute introductory video regarding their research (see application form).
8. Awarded students will be able to have reimbursement for their author registration fee for in-person or online participation — the award is after-event reimbursement so the student award winner author still needs to make their own registration and payment online by the author registration deadline.
9. There are only limited student awards available.
10. Students who have been awarded the grant MUST register and attend the conference — if the student doesn’t attend the conference and introduce themselves to TCLT chair, then they may no longer be eligible to receive the award.

HOW TO APPLY

• Applicants are requested to fill the form at TBA to apply for the award.
• A proof of student affiliation to the academic institution (e.g., photo/scan of valid student card or a letter from advisor/guide) will have to be uploaded on Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive and have an accessible sharing link for filling the form.
• A proof of registration (e.g., the registration receipt sent from the ICALT 2026 registration system) will have to be uploaded on Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive and have an accessible sharing link for filling the form.

NB: Incomplete applications, applications not officially submitted, and applications with no proof of student affiliation to an academic institution will NOT be considered!

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: TBA

NOTIFICATION
The selected applicants will be notified via email by TBA, with the email address provided during the application submission process.