The European Control Association (EUCA) through the Student Travel Support Program enables promising students to attend the European Control Conference (ECC) and present their papers, through support covering the conference registration and in some cases the subsistence. The total budget for ECC25 is €20000.

To be eligible for either program, an applicant must

•  be an author or co-author of (at least) one paper accepted for presentation at the ECC;
•  present at least one of the accepted papers in-person;
•  be a student (PhD, Master or Bachelor student) at a scientific institution.

In case the number of applicants exceeds the budget, additional criteria will be used to make a selection among the applicants. These additional criteria, in decreasing order of importance, prefer applicants who

• have not benefited from this scheme in the last two years.
• will present more than one paper at the conference.
• are the first author of the accepted paper.
• have low income and travel cost cannot be covered by other sources.

In addition, the selection committee may decide to limit support where more than one presenter from the same institution would otherwise be offered support to attend the same conference.

Final decisions will be made by a selection committee chosen by the conference organizers.

The level of support per student covers the student registration and/or 3-4 hotel nights at a hotel of the organizers’ choice. The registration as well as the conference hotel (if covered) will be paid directly by the organizers. Travel to the conference location is not covered. Read more on https://euca-ecc.org/student-travel-support/

Application procedure

To apply, students must send to the ECC25 secretariat via email, the following:

1. The EUCA Student Support Application Form (EUCA-StudentSupportApplicationForm).
2. Scanned confirmation that the applicant is enrolled as a student.
3. Signed letter from an academic supervisor/co-author supporting the application form, and confirming that the student is a main contributor to the paper (with what percentage), and the student’s financial need.

Please submit the supporting documents via email to the ECC25 secretariat with Subject “EUCA Student Travel Support Application”, no later than Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 23:59 EEST (GMT+3).

Decision messages about student support will be sent out on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

IMPORTANT: if you apply for support from the Student Support Program, DO NOT register to the conference until you have received your decision message.