Travel: NSF Student Travel Grant for 2026 IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS26)

This award supports student travel for undergraduate and graduate students to attend the 69th IEEE (International) Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Cincinnati, on Aug. 9-12, 2026. The MWCAS is a premier international conference in the field of circuits and systems. Other than tutorials, keynote and plenary lectures by leading experts in the field, the conference will be attended by academic and industry researchers and students to present their recent work both in lecture sessions and poster sessions. The conference will host a student paper competition to encourage the best students to keep abreast of the most modern technologies. Recipients of this grant will be selected from the pool of students presenting papers and will be paid part of their expenses for travel and registration at the conference. The experience gained by the students in the process is going to be an invaluable component of their education. Due to a good number of industrial participants in the meeting the experience will also help them to secure positions in industry, thus contributing to the much-needed technological workforce of the United States. The selection committee will provide support from this grant for Education and Work Force Development (EWD) in the area of microelectronics, which is a major focus of MWCAS 2026. The conference will extensively cover technical areas in Circuits and Systems, including, but not limited to: Analog and Mixed Signal Circuits and Systems, Digital Integrated Circuits and Systems, Power and Energy Circuits and Systems, Sensory Circuits and Systems, Signal, Image, and Multimedia Processing, Communications Circuits and Systems, RF and Wireless Circuits and Systems, Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Neural Networks and Neuromorphic Engineering, Beyond CMOS Circuits and Architectures etc. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria. NSF Award ID: 2616725 | Program: 01002627DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT | Principal Investigator: Rashmi Jha | Institution: University of Cincinnati Main Campus, CINCINNATI, OH | Award Amount: $12,000 View on NSF Award Search: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award/?AWD_ID=2616725 View on Research.gov: https://www.research.gov/awardapi-service/v1/awards/2616725.html