Stipends

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Microsoft, we will be able to offer stipends to some participants to help partially offset the costs of attending PETS 2009.

The deadline for the first round of stipends is June 22, 2009. We will award a second round of stipends after the hotel information has been finalized. The deadline for the second round is July 2, 2009.

To apply for a stipend, send email to pets2009-stipend@petsymposium.org with a subject line of "PETS-2009 stipend application" including the following information:

• Name, affiliation, and contact info.
• Whether you are a full-time student.
• How much of a stipend it would take for you to attend PETS.
  (Please don't simply add up all your costs and tell us that number --- rather, think about how much you need to make this more in line with a reasonable nearby conference, etc. The more you ask for, the less likely you are to get it. We're much more likely to cover just registration than registration+hotel+airfare.)
• A brief (10 lines or less) description of why you deserve this money.
  (This could be papers you have written that influenced the field or were in the PETS series; other work you have done that would add value to the symposium or the field; a statement from your advisor about why we would benefit from having you here, or why you would benefit from being here; a summary of why you are excited about privacy; etc.)
• Whether there is anybody else who could possibly pay for it.
  (Stipends are not meant to replace funding from your company, university, etc. They are meant for people who have no other funding source but who would still benefit from and be useful to the symposium.)

There is no guarantee that we will have enough money to fund all applicants. We plan to spend the money in a way that best advances the field of privacy enhancing technologies, through a combination of encouraging new blood as well as experienced researchers.

We will consider all stipend proposals received by June 22 on equal footing. Since some may be waiting for hotel information, we will have a second round of stipends due by July 2. After that, applications will be considered on a first-come first-served basis if we have any money left over.