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The IEEE Neural Networks Council (NNC) will fund scholarships for deserving graduate students who need financial support for their research during a summer period. Any student with a meritorious project is invited to apply, but scholarships will be granted only to applicants who are student members of the IEEE at the time of the grant. Each scholarship may cover expenses connected with, but not limited to:

1. summer support at their home institution for intensive work on a particular project;
2. a visit to another university, institute or research agency for collaboration with an identified researcher in the field of interest of the applicant; or
3. other expenses (such as software) that are justifiable and relevant to the research being conducted.

The field of interest of applicants is open, but should be connected with identifiable component of the NNC (neural networks, fuzzy systems, or evolutionary computation). The amount of an NNC scholarship varies from $1,000 to $4,000. We expect to award 3-5 scholarships every year. The number of scholarships is dependent on budget approval by NNC ADCOM. Renewals and continuations for a second year of summer support will be considered only if the justification for such a request is sufficiently compelling.

To apply for an NNC scholarship, interested applicants should submit a proposals to the chair of the NNC Education Committee:

Slawo Wesolkowski
Systems Design Engineering
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ont. N2L 3G1
Canada
Attn: IEEE NNC Student Summer Research Program
email: s.wesolkowski@ieee.org

1. detailed explanation of the research to be conducted with the support from the scholarship (10pt font, 3 page maximum)
2. references related to research (10pt font, 1 page maximum)
3. a timeline of tasks required to complete research goals
4. a fully explanatory budget (1 page maximum)
5. your resume (1 page maximum)
6. 2 reference letters supporting your application (including letters from sponsoring professors, if applicable) These must be included with you application and are not to be received individually
7. your student IEEE membership number

The deadline for applications is January 31 of each calendar year. All applications MUST BE RECEIVED no later than this date. Decisions of the Education Committee, which will work with the NNC VP for Technical Activities, will be announced on or before April 30. Research grant recipients are required to submit a progress report and a final report to the NNC Education Committee Chair.

Evaluation and selection will be based on:

1. Merit of the research to be supported
2. Originality of the research
3. Qualification and past performance
4. Supporting references
5. Reasonableness of budget

Please mail all information to:

Slawo Wesolkowski
Systems Design Engineering
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ont. N2L 3G1
Canada
Attn: IEEE NNC Student Summer Research Program

(Please do not fax documents)

On behalf of the IEEE Neural Networks Council, I want to extend my congratulations to all of you. The NNC is certain this Summer Research Program is a great investment in the future of computational intelligence. I regret that we are not able to support all of those who applied this time. I would like to thank all of you for applying to the program, and encourage those who did not succeed this time to apply for future NNC opportunities.

Sincerely,
Slawo Wesolkowski
Education Activities Chair