The IEEE MTT-S Education Committee has approved the implementation of a Region 9 Graduate Student Sponsorship to encourage the participation of graduate students from Latin America in LAMC 2026. This sponsorship provides partial financial support to attend LAMC 2026 and is available exclusively to graduate students who are officially enrolled in a master's or doctoral program at a university or research institute located in Latin America and are also MTT-S members.

Selection Criteria

The Selection Committee of the 2026 Region 9 Graduate Student Initiative will evaluate eligible applications according to the following priority criteria:

1. Graduate student who is the first author of a LAMC paper accepted for oral presentation.

2. Graduate student who is the first author of a LAMC paper accepted for a poster presentation.

3. Graduate student who is a co-author of a LAMC paper accepted for oral presentation.

4. Graduate student who is a co-author of a LAMC paper accepted for a poster presentation.

5. Graduate student who is just attending LAMC.

For applications under categories 1–4, applicants must provide the corresponding paper or poster information in the designated fields of the application form. If category 5 is selected, no paper or poster information is required.

Conditions for Reimbursement

All sponsored students will be required to submit a one-page report after the conference describing the most interesting technical or professional aspects they learned during LAMC 2026, as well as their overall impressions and comments about the conference.

The amount of financial support will be determined individually for each selected candidate. The expected support is approximately US$700 per student, although the final amount may be higher depending on the total number of applications received.

Reimbursement will be provided upon submission of the corresponding receipts for eligible expenses incurred during the conference period, including one additional day before and one additional day after the conference (December 8–12, 2026). Reimbursements will be processed after the conference and are expected to be completed approximately one month after the sponsored student submits an expense report through the IEEE Concur.

How to Apply

To apply for the Region 9 Graduate Student Sponsorship, please complete the application form below and submit it by email in PDF format to the Evaluation Committee Chair, Prof. Ezequiel Marranghelli (ezequiel.marranghelli@ing.unlp.edu.ar), with a copy to the LAMC 2026 General Chair, Prof. Ramón López La Valle (lopezlavalle@ing.unlp.edu.ar), no later than October 30, 2026.