Please consider circulating the information below regarding financial support for students attending QIP 2019 in your departments, and forwarding it to students planning to attend QIP 2019. This information is also available on our website (http://jila.colorado.edu/qip2019/students.html).

Please also have a look at the options for accommodation at http://jila.colorado.edu/qip2019/local.html#accommodation that we've organized, and don't hesitate to contact me with any questions.

With best wishes,

Felix Leditzky (on behalf of the local organizing committee for QIP 2019)

Financial support for students attending QIP 2019, Jan 14-18, 2019, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

Please read on for information on how to apply as a US-based student or as an international student.

US-based students

QIP 2019 gratefully acknowledges travel support from NSF (grant CCF-1840547), which will partially support the costs of traveling to and attending QIP 2019 in Boulder, Colorado, USA for US-based students with substantial need. Grants will range up to approximately US $700, although the exact amount awarded may vary depending on the number and needs of successful applicants.

To apply for funding, please fill out the online application form by Monday, November 12, 2018 (midnight, AoE timezone), according to the following instructions:

In the form you will be asked to submit the following:

• A brief two-sentence justification of need regarding funding.
• A very brief resume indicating current position, highest degree attained, prior publications, and how it connects to QIP.
• A statement declaring gender and membership in an underrepresented group, if applicable.
• A plan for securing additional funds to attend QIP 2019.
• A supporting statement sent directly by the student’s referee (e.g., advisor) to xwu@cs.umd.edu, which should confirm the student’s eligibility and commitment to the additional funding (if applicable) to support the student’s attendance of QIP. This supporting statement should be received by AoE, November 12, 2018 to make the application complete.

Preference will be given to applicants falling into one of the following categories:

• Authors/co-authors of accepted papers at QIP 2019 who otherwise do not have the financial means to attend the conference.
• Student applications which demonstrate a strong case for the benefits of their attending QIP 2019.
• Participants from institutions typically not represented at QIP.
• Applicants without previous NSF travel support from this type of QIP travel grant.

As an effort to diversify participants of QIP 2019, we reserve up to 20% of the awards to applicants from underrepresented groups.

Applicants to receive the award will be selected by a committee comprised of:

• Xiaodi Wu (University of Maryland, College Park)
• Felix Leditzky (University of Colorado, Boulder; local organizer)
• Graeme Smith (University of Colorado, Boulder; chair of QIP steering committee and local organizer)

Important notes to applicants:

• To be eligible, applicants must be based in the US, as per NSF policy.
• Only flights on US carriers can be reimbursed.
• Reimbursement for accommodation will be based on the expectation of shared accommodation.
• The travel committee will communicate decisions on what applications are supported by November 16, 2018.

International students

The local organizing committee reserved a portion of the conference budget to support international students attending QIP. To apply for funding, please send an email to qip2019students@gmail.com by Monday, November 12, 2018 (midnight, AoE timezone) with the following information:

• A brief two-sentence justification of need regarding funding.
• A very brief resume indicating current position, highest degree attained, and prior publications, and how it connects to QIP.
• A statement declaring gender and membership in an underrepresented group, if applicable.
• Other sources of funding to support attending the conference, or a plan on how to secure them.
• Contact information of supervisor, advisor, or another referee.

Preference will be given to applicants falling into one of the following categories:

• Authors/co-authors of accepted papers at QIP 2019 who otherwise do not have the financial means to attend the conference.
• Participants from underrepresented groups.
• Participants from institutions typically not represented at QIP.

Applicants to receive the award will be selected by a committee comprised of:

• Omar Fawzi (École normale supérieure de Lyon)
• Laura Mančinska (QMATH, University of Copenhagen)
• Michael Walter (QuSoft & University of Amsterdam)

Decisions on what applications can be supported will be communicated by Monday, November 19, 2018.