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Systems Travel Award
Application deadline: 31 March 2026
Winner announcement: 31 May 2026
–Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students; –Plans to attend an international conference in 2026 (oral presentation or poster).
List of Documents for Application:
–Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted; –Curriculum Vitae and list of publications; –Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words); –Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Joe Gregory
University of Arizona, USA
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Ben Clegg
Chairman
Aston University, UK
Dr. Jones Peter
OCAD University, Canada
Prof. Dr. Ed Pohl
University of Arkansas, USA
Dr. Jinzhi Lu
Beihang University, China
Winner
Manuel Gil-Martín
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. William T. Scherer
Chairman
University of Virginia
Dr. Zhou He
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof. Dr. Ed Pohl
University of Arkansas
Prof. Dr. Brian Sauser
University of North Texas
Winner
Gianmarco Bressanelli
Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
Award Committee
Dr. William T. Scherer
Chairman
University of Virginia
Prof. Dr. Fernando De La Prieta
University of Salamanca
Prof. Brian Sauser
University of North Texas
Dr. Oz Sahin
Prof. Yannis Marinakis
Technical University of Crete, School of Production Engineering and Management
Prof. Dr. Colette Rolland
University Paris1 Pantheon Sorbonne
Winner
Peng Xu
Virginia Tech, USA
Winner
Erin Kenzie
Portland State University, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Robert Y. Cavana
Victoria University of Wellington
Prof. Vladimír Bureš
University of Hradec Kralove
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