We will provide travel support to selected graduate students, including a limited number of students from international institutions, to attend this conference. The amount of support provided to each student will be up to a maximum of $800 if the student is local (less than two hours driving distance from the conference site) and up to $1200 otherwise. Each award will help cover the costs related to student’s travel (economy airfare up to $500) if non-local, lodging for up to three nights ($100 per night), meals, and conference registration fee. The travel support is made possible by grants from the US National Science Foundation and industrial sponsors.

Applications for the travel award should be received electronically in PDF format by Prof. Haiyun Luo (haiyun@cs.uiuc.edu) by Thursday, August 10, 2006. Please make sure that you receive an email confirmation of your submission. An application will consist of the student's vita, a letter from the student, and a letter from the student's advisor.

The letter from the student should include:

1. A brief summary of research interests and accomplishments to date
2. A description of areas reflected in the MobiCom 2006 program that would impact the student’s research
3. Importance of attending the conference to the student’s research activities

1. Confirmation that the student is a Ph.D. candidate in good standing
2. The suitability of MobiCom 2006 program to the students research area
3. Ways in which attending the conference would benefit the particular student
4. The strengths and potential contributions of the student.

The applications will be reviewed by the committee chaired by Prof. Haiyun Luo (UIUC), and with Prof John Silvester (USC) and Dr Giovanni Pau (UCLA Comp Science Dept) as Committee Members.