Call for SC24 Travel Grant Applications by the NHR Alliance and WHPC

Logo and lettering of the SC24 conference with a picture of Atlanta under a blue sky in the background.

This year’s SC24 Conference takes place from November 17 to November 20 in Atlanta, GA, USA. The NHR Alliance together with Women in HPC (WHPC) now offers travel grants each worth up to € 2,500. In order to qualify for the travel grant, applicants must be SC24 participants and affiliated with a German university. You do not need to provide any accepted contributions to the conference program. 

To apply for the travel grant, you need to fill in the form we linked below. There, you have to enter a brief explanation why you’d want to attend SC24 and what you hope to gain from it for your career and your research focuses. Send the finished form together with a short CV and a reference letter to scholarship@nhr-verein.de. The deadline for applications is Sept. 30, 2024. We wish you much success!

The form, together with a summary of the most important information, can be found here:  NHRWHPC_SC24 Travel grant application form.pdf

This awarding is wants to provide more diversity in the field of supercomputing sciences by encouraging early-career researchers and by giving more interested participants access to the conference who might not otherwise have the means to do so. The travel grant is a great opportunity to participate in an important conference that that can drive your research and your academic network forward.

At SC24 you can connect with professionals in your field, gain insights into the latest trends in HPC as well as cutting-edge technologies, and become part of the global Women in HPC (WHPC) network. Women in HPC (WHPC) is an international community supporting the increase of female researchers and specialists in the field of supercomputing and spreading awareness for diversity in this sector.