Overview
What does the Student Support Scheme do?
The Student Support Scheme (SSS) provides funding to support student members of the Australian Mathematical Society, studying at an Australian university, to attend and present a paper at the annual conference and other approved conferences.
Information
AustMS has created the SSS because it believes in the importance of students giving presentations about their work. This will encourage students to attend the annual Australian Mathematical Society conferences and emphasise the importance of students giving presentations about their work. Applying to the scheme also provides students with a small example of ways of obtaining funding to support their research efforts.
Eligibility criteria
To be eligible for funding, students are required to present a talk at the conference. The application must be received by the date advertised for each conference. This deadline is firm.
If a student at an Australian university is not yet a member of the Society, they must join at the time of this application.
How to apply
Please note that care must be taken when preparing your application.
It should include:
- a reasonable budget, of which no more than half of total expenses is requested from the SSS.
- the title and abstract of your talk.
- a justification for your budget and explanation of any other funding sources and/or why no other support is available to you, as well as the benefits of attending the conference.
If your application is lacking in any of these areas, a reduction may be applied to the amount of funding that is awarded to you.
Applications should be made via the online form below. The panel requires details of the full cost of travel, including air fares, registration, transfer fares, accommodation, conference dinner (if that is not included in the conference registration fee) and childcare. At most, half of the full cost will be supplied by the SSS. The panel will want to know how the student will fund the remaining costs. For this reason, all support obtained or applied for from all other sources must be listed in the ‘Justification ’ field at the end of the form, or an explanation as to why there is no other support available should be given.