{"id":1633,"date":"2026-09-16T04:35:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T04:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigact.org\/tcsforall\/?page_id=1633"},"modified":"2026-10-15T22:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T22:41:02","slug":"travel-scholarship-for-focs-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigact.org\/tcsforall\/focs-2026-events\/travel-scholarship-for-focs-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Scholarship for FOCS 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NEW!<\/strong> We offer travel scholarships to attend FOCS 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TCS for All Travel Scholarships are intended for researchers at the beginning of their careers. This scholarship is being made available for all students in TCS. This scholarship is open to both US and international students. Preference will be given to students at the beginning of their studies. If we have sufficient funding, we will give awards to more senior students and possibly even postdocs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To apply, you will need to fill out the following form by\u00a0<strong>October 22, 2026<\/strong>\u00a0(11:59 pm PDT) in which you provide basic information about yourself, an estimate of your expenses, and a brief statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/9h6TwLNN2t14saCn9\">Apply for a travel grant here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, you will need to have your advisor (or department head or other faculty mentor if you do not yet have an advisor) send a letter of support to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tcswomen@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tcswomen@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0by <strong>October 22, 2026.<\/strong> Your advisor\u2019s letter should also describe the availability of other travel funds.\u00a0 Note for advisors: Specifics about alternative funding are very helpful.\u00a0 Statements like &#8220;funding is tight&#8221; are not very helpful. This letter should be sent with the subject line \u201csupport letter for [your name]\u201d. This is very important. Your application is not complete without this letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late applications will not be accepted. You will be notified about your status by October 24th, which is before the FOCS early registration deadline and hotel cut-off deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notes: Receipts will be required for all travel awards, and reimbursements will be made after the conference. Food or visa expenses will not be reimbursed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ufeff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW! We offer travel scholarships to attend FOCS 2026. TCS for All Travel Scholarships are intended for researchers at the beginning of their careers. This scholarship is being made available for all students in TCS. This scholarship is open to both US and international students. Preference will be given to students at the beginning of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sigact.org\/tcsforall\/focs-2026-events\/travel-scholarship-for-focs-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Travel Scholarship for FOCS 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1630,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1633","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaR09L-ql","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigact.org\/tcsforall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigact.org\/tcsforall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigact.org\/tcsforall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigact.org\/tcsforall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigact.org\/tcsforall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1633"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sigact.org\/tcsforall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1653,"href":"https:\/\/sigact.org\/tcsforall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1633\/revisions\/1653"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigact.org\/tcsforall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigact.org\/tcsforall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}