Win up to $2,000 in Scholarship Funds to Attend Building Simulation 2019 in Rome

 

IBPSA-USA is pleased to offer up to five scholarships for students and young professionals to attend the IBPSA Building Simulation Conference in Rome Italy, September 2-4, 2019. Funding is provided by the U.S Department of Energy. Find conference information at http://buildingsimulation2019.org/

Eligibility

• Only open to IBPSA-USA members. Not a member? Sign-up here.

• Recipients must be either

  • a student at a university in the USA during the fall term 2017, or

  • a practicing professional in the energy modeling field, who has graduated from a USA university in 2016 or later.

What’s Covered

• Conference registration.

• Shared hotel room costs for the duration of the conference. Recipients will share rooms.

• Travel allowance for airfare and ground transportation to the conference.

• Note that up to $2,000 can be reimbursed for the costs outlined above only.

How to Apply

• Fill out our online application form.

• You will be asked to provide:

  • Title of your conference presentation or paper (if applicable)

  • A letter describing your background and motivation for attending the conference (up to one page)

  • Contact information for a faculty sponsor or employer

How Applications Will Be Evaluated

• Students will receive priority

• Applicants presenting at the conference will receive priority

• Compelling letters will receive priority

• Earlier application submissions will receive priority

• Faculty sponsors or employers may be contacted to confirm eligibility

• Submission of a short video presentation of your paper topic to The Next Big Ideas site will receive priority.

What Happens if You Receive an Award

• Reimbursements will be made after the conference following submission of an expense claim form (available here: https://goo.gl/Vibvp0). Receipts are required. Advance payment will be considered in cases of hardship.

• Reimbursements will be in the form of a check in US dollars.

Timing

• June 7, 2019 – Applications due by 5pm PST.

• June 21, 2019 – Awards announced

Questions

• Contact Mike Wilson, Executive Director IBPSA-USA, [email protected]