Student Travel Grant

The 15th ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (ACM CODASPY 2025) encourages students to participate in the conference (and its co-located events) by partially subsidizing their travel costs up to a maximum of $1000. These student travel grants are supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF).


Eligibility and Selection Process

Support is available for selected undergraduate or graduate students from U.S. universities. The selection process will give preference to students without sufficient travel funding.


How to Apply

Students must fill out the student grant application and provide the following attachments needed in their application:

  • Most up-to-date CV
  • Brief personal statement summarizing research interests, accomplishments to date, and an explanation of how they can benefit from attending ACM CODASPY 2025.
  • Letter of support from the student’s research adviser that explicitly addresses the following 3 points:
    • Confirm that the student is in good academic standing
    • State the availability (or lack thereof) of travel funds for the student from NSF and/or other Federal funding agencies; and
    • State whether they will be able to cover any additional cost of travel in excess of the travel award.

Important Dates

  • Application Due: April. 11, 2025
  • Notification: April. 18, 2025

Applications submitted outside of the submission period are not guaranteed to be considered.


Travel Grant Requirements and Payment

Student travel grant awardees are expected to actively participate in the conference including a co-located workshops as well as mentoring sessions. All grant awardees are required to check-in and check-out each day of the conference, and be involved in sessions. The travel grants will be in the form of reimbursement. The awardees will be provided the instructions to submit the required forms and receipts for processing the reimbursement after the conference.

Any questions about the travel grants should be sent to the Student Travel Chair, Dr. Maanak Gupta.