Conference Participation Award - 2023
The Doctoral Students Association’s (DSA) Conference Participation Funding Opportunity (CPFO) is a DSA initiative with the support of the RIT Graduate School.
This initiative is intended to provide financial support to RIT doctoral students, with an accepted conference paper or poster, to be included in the proceedings of a conference, or an invitation to deliver a paper or poster presentation during a conference.
The funds will be available for use up to the end of the academic year 2022-2023. The students are strongly encouraged to submit their application package to the appropriate reviewing cycle.
Please reach out to ritdsa@rit.edu if you have questions or require information not included in these guidelines.
Funding amount:
Up to US $200 per doctoral student used towards conference registration fees and/or additional/side workshops fees will be reimbursed to the student upon delivery of valid receipts. The total amount of funds to be disbursed each year will vary according to DSA’s approved budget and external donations.
Important dates: (Academic year 2022-23)
*All dates and times are on Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Winter Deadline
Application period opens: Wednesday, February 1, 2023,11:59 pm
Application submission deadline: Monday, February 20, 2023,11:59 pm
Evaluation and Selection Process: February 21,2023 - March 5,2023
Notification to the recipients: Monday, March 6, 2023
Spring Deadline
Application period opens: Monday, April 3, 2023, 11:59 pm
Application submission deadline: Sunday, April 30, 2023, 11:59 pm
Evaluation and Selection Process: May 1 - May 13, 2023
Notification to the recipients: Monday, May 15, 2023
Summer Deadline
Application period opens: Monday, July 3, 2023, 11:59 pm
Application submission deadline: Monday, July 31, 2023, 11:59 pm
Evaluation and Selection Process: August 1 - August 15, 2023
Notification to the recipients: Thursday, August 17, 2023
Resources
Guidelines for Preparing an Application Package: The following link provides access to the guidelines for preparing a DSA-CFPO application package ---> Open Guidelines
Application form template link: DSA CPFO 2022-2023 Application Form Template. Complete each question of this application form as instructed and save it in PDF format. The application form must be in PDF format, no longer than three (3) letter sized (8.5” x 11”) pages.
Previous awardees
2021-2022 Academic Year
jade myers
So, I was finally able to present at the conference I got the funding from DSA for last semester (the conference was delayed due to COVID). Dr Cormier (who is on my PhD committee) also attended and snapped a picture of me while I was doing my talk and I remembered you guys wanted a photo. I am also including a few other pictures of my experience. As many of you know, my research is in using 3D printable lattice structures to improve prosthetic devices. I was able to attend some of the World Adaptive Surfing Championships with several of the other speakers at the conference which happened concurrently. Not only did I get to see some amazing people using some technologically-advanced prosthetic devices as they competed, it gave us a wonderful opportunity to build great connections with others who work in the field. I even got to see a snow goose with a new prosthetic leg learning to swim! At the conference, I also made a connection with a person who works at the Office of Veterans Affairs. I have already been contacted by them since the conference, and they have made an email introduction of me to several of their colleagues at the VA working in a related area of research. I expect that this new relationship will only grow and could lead to some very interesting future collaboration that I am beyond excited for, and the funding from the RIT DSA helped allow me the opportunity to be there. Thanks DSA!
- Conference: 2022 United States International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics Pacific Rim Conference
- Date: January 9-12, 2022
- Paper/Presentation Title: Leveraging 3D Technologies and Density-Graded Lattice Structures to Improve Low-Cost Upper Limb Prosthetic Sockets
Sriparvathi Shaji Bhattathiri
“My paper … deals with improving the performance of automated fork trucks … The conference will help me to extend the paper … overcome its drawbacks, and improve it using the feedback gathered throughout the conference.”
- Conference: 2021 Winter Simulation Conference
- Date: December 13-17, 2022
- Paper/Presentation Title: A Traffic Avoidance Path Planning Method For Autonomous Vehicles In A Warehouse Environment
