The organizing committee will make every effort to provide partial support for those participants who have no other source of funding. Preference will be given to graduate students and post-doctoral fellows whose participation is not fully supported by other sources. Submit your support requests as soon as possible, but no later than April 13, 2009. To do so, please print and complete the support form, and return it to Bela Csaba by fax or postal mail or e-mail a scanned copy.

Important: Support requests will be processed as received and earlier requests will have a better chance of funding.

According to U.S. immigration laws, individuals who enter the U.S. and wish to be reimbursed for travel-related expenses should enter only on a B-1/B-2, WB/WT, or J-1 visa; however, certain limitations pertaining to reimbursements apply. We advise you to contact your local U.S. embassy or U.S. consulate to inquire which visa rules (pertaining to reimbursements) apply to your country. You can find more visa information here.

E-mail: cc22@wku.edu

Fax: (270) 745-3699 (Attn: Bela Csaba)

Postal Mail:
Bela Csaba
Dept. of Math. and Comp. Sci.
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd#11078
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1078
USA

Reimbursement Procedure

If your request for support have been approved, the reimbursement procedure is as follows. Upon arriving at the conference site, please ask the staff person at the registration desk to provide you with the necessary form you must fill out and return prior to your departure. We will need the following information:

1. Passport

2. U.S. visa

3. I-94 form, issued at the U.S. border. (Canadian visitors are not required to have an I-94 when entering the U.S.)

4. DS-2019/formerly IAP-66 (if you are on a J-1 Visa)

5. Airplane ticket (with original ticket stubs). Please note: if your request for support is approved, we will only be able to reimburse air fare expenses if you have taken a U.S. flag carrier flight. For more details click here.

6. You will also need to fill out a form that will be available at the registration desk.

7. Reimbursement checks will be mailed after the conference is over, it is not possible to provide any reimbursement checks during the conference.