Student Travel Grant

The 16th ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (ACM CODASPY 2026) encourages students to participate in the conference (and its co-located events) by partially subsidizing their travel costs up to a maximum of $1500. Travel support is available to a limited number of students attending CODASPY 2026. This award was generously provided by ACM SIGSAC. We aim to help cover a portion of the costs of airfare, lodging, and conference registration for students who would otherwise be unable to attend. Awardees will be selected based on merit and financial need. Award amounts may vary based on need and to increase the number of students in attendance.


Eligibility and Selection Process

Support is available for selected undergraduate or graduate students from all over the world1. The selection process will give preference to students without sufficient travel funding.

1 ACM is an American NGO so it is bound by US laws, therefore sanctioned individuals or individuals from sanctioned countries are not eligible for financial support: https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/acm-publications-policy-on-trade-sanctions


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 2026.
  • 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
    • State whether they will be able to cover any additional cost of travel in excess of the travel award

Important Dates

  • Application Due: April. 20, 2026
  • Notification: April. 27, 2026

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. 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.

If the applicant would like to have the registration fee covered by the grant, they need to indicate that in their application and not register for the conference until the grant recipients are announced. We can not reimburse the registration fee, but we can provide a Discount Code within the awarded amount.

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