IMS Awards

Laha Travel Award

With funds from a generous bequest by the late Professor Radha Govind Laha, IMS has established the Laha Awards to provide funds for travel to present a paper at the IMS Annual Meeting.

Purpose

To fund travel to present a paper at the next IMS Annual Meeting. 

Eligibility

First priority to students, second priority to New Researchers within 2 years of Ph.D. degree at the date of the meeting.  Applicants must be members of IMS, though joining at the time of application is allowed.

Student membership is free (see Student Membership for details) and New Researchers also qualify for substantially reduced rates.  To become a member, please see Membership Applications.

Amount

Grants per award provided to Laha awardees have been typically around US$500. The actual amount of an award depends on the travel distance to the IMS statistical meeting. Grants will be reimbursed against receipts and may be combined with other sources of funding.

Application Contents

Send the following via email to erg@imstat.org include subject line LAHA TRAVEL AWARD: <last name of applicant>. Items can be sent as pdf, ps or plain text attachments

1. cover letter with contact information (including email address)

2. title, abstract, a brief 1-2 page summary of the paper to be presented, and one copy of the full paper or a link to a web site where the paper appears.

3. For students: please include a letter signed by the advisor attesting to the fact that the student is a degree candidate. For new researchers, please include the month and year of your graduation in the cover letter.

4. 2 letters of recommendation. Letters should be sent directly by recommender to erg@imstat.org using LAHA TRAVEL AWARD: <last name of applicant> in the subject line.

If electronic submission is not possible, please send items to:

Laha Travel Award Application
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
3163 Somerset Dr
Shaker Heights OH 44122

Deadline

All applications must be received by February 1.

Additional Information

Applications will be reviewed by the IMS Committee on Travel Awards, and applicants will be notified in late April. It is expected that at least 8 awards will be made. The paper must be the work must be that of the student (or new researcher), although it may be have been done in collaboration with an advisor or others.

All applicants must submit their paper to the meeting directly. This travel grant award application and the meeting abstract submission are separate.