Reminder – deadline for diversity grant applications, to attend IETF 113, is tomorrow, 25 January 2022.
Colin > On 13 Jan 2022, at 20:35, Colin Perkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > We are pleased to offer a number of Diversity Travel Grants to support > early-career academics and PhD students from under-represented groups to > attend the IRTF meetings co-located with the IETF-113 meeting. This is > planned to take place as a hybrid meeting with an in-person component in > Vienna, Austria, in March 2022 (provisional, depending on the health > situation with COVID-19; see COVID-related requirements > <https://www.ietf.org/how/meetings/113/covid-related-requirements/>). > > The selection criteria for IRTF Diversity Grants will prioritise people who: > > Are from a demographic that is under-represented in the IRTF; > Are PhD students or early-career academics (PhD students should have > completed at least one year of full-time study in their PhD programme; > early-career academics should be within their first four years of paid > post-PhD employment at a University); > Can demonstrate engagement with research of relevance to the IRTF (work with > a focus on congestion control, transport protocols, network measurement or > path-aware networking is especially encouraged, but we will consider work of > relevance to all areas of IRTF). > > Interested applicants should submit an application letter and up-to-date CV > as PDF documents, following the instructions at https://irtf.org/travelgrants > <https://irtf.org/travelgrants>, and due by 25 January 2022. IRTF diversity > travel grants for IETF 113 are supported by Netflix and Comcast. > > Support for remote attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic: The focus of the > diversity travel grants is on in-person attendance at IRTF meetings > co-located with the IETF, since we believe this offers the best opportunity > to connect with the community. During the COVID-19 pandemic, however, we will > also consider applications to offset reasonable costs incurred to support > remote attendance (e.g., childcare, travel to a local meeting hub, etc.) > where such would encourage diversity of participation. Such applications > should be submitted following the process for diversity travel grants > outlined above. We are grateful to Comcast for this support. > > Fee waivers for remote attendance are available under a separate programme > <https://www.ietf.org/how/meetings/113/>. > > Colin Perkins > IRTF Chair
