NSF Student/Early Career Researcher Travel Award for the 2025 NAMRC 53/MSEC
2025, Clemson University, South Carolina, June 23-27, 2025
A National Science Foundation grant will provide support to selected students and early-career engineers (e.g., postdocs or recent graduates working in industry or national labs) from the United States to participate in the NAMRC 53 / MSEC 2025, a joint conference of the International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2025) and the 53rd North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC 53), to be held at the Hyatt Regency, Greenville, South Carolina, on June 23-27, 2025.
Key dates:
• Apr 21, 2025 Application deadline
• April 24, 2025 Notification of award
• Apr 29, 2025 Awardee registration deadline
All applications for the NSF Student/Early Career Researcher Travel Award should be made via
the online portal. Applications submitted in any other way will not be considered for the award.
- Fill out the online application form here:
https://forms.gle/vXCE1PRapm23AGgk7 - BEFORE beginning on your online application form you should have the following two
items ready to upload:
• Personal Statement: In 150 words or less, please identify and explain the broader
impacts of your academic or industrial research/practice, particularly as it addresses
the challenges faced by manufacturing industry. Do not simply cut-and-paste an
abstract from your paper or poster. [Note: You will be required to paste this statement
into the appropriate text box in the online application].
• Signature Form: This form must be signed by the applicant and their advisor or
supervisor and uploaded along with the online application. The application will be
considered incomplete without this form uploaded. The form can be downloaded from
the Qualtrics Survey link provided above.
Make sure the form is a PDF file size of not more than 2 MB size and has the required
filename format: Travel2025_yourlastname_yourfirstname.pdf
You will be instructed how to submit during the online application.
IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
Due to significant delays in receiving the NSF Travel grant notification, we understand
some authors may have already registered while others have been waiting for the grant
before registration. If you have registered for the conference, and will receive a travel
grant, then the host site will issue a reimbursement for conference registration expenses.
If you have not registered yet, a registration code will be provided to you to enable you to
register on the website. The mandatory registration deadline is April 30, 2025. Hence, if you
do not receive one of these awards you will still have time to register for the conference at the
“early bird rate” (April 30, 2025).
Conference key dates available are at: https://www.clemson.edu/cecas/namrc-msec/
Before applying, please note that to qualify for the award you must (no exceptions):
1. Reside and study / work in the United States,
2. Attend the conference and participate in the technical sessions and other events, and
3. Attend the Early Career Forum organized by ASME/MED and NAMRI/SME (at the
conference). Attendance at the Early Career Forum will be taken.
Travel Award Contact:
Dr. Binil Starly, Professor and Department Head
School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks
Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ; bstarly@asu.edu
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
1. The award at minimum will cover registration cost for the entire conference. The awardee
is responsible for paying for travel and other expenses.
2. An awardee's advisor/supervisor must endorse the application (see instructions above for
Signature Form for application).
3. If you are planning to apply for an award, do not register for the conference until you are
informed of an award decision. This notification will be made before the conference
“Early Bird” registration deadline (April 30, 2025).
4. We anticipate making around 90 travel awards.
5. You must be studying or working in the United States at the time of the conference to be
eligible for an award.
6. The following individuals are eligible to apply for the award: undergraduate and graduate
students, postdoctoral fellows, and working engineers in industry or a national lab who
have received their most recent degree within the last three calendar years (i.e., since
January 2022 for the 2025 conference).
7. In the selection process, preference will be given to applicants who have not previously
received an NSF travel award for this conference; applicants with meritorious paper/
poster/competition presentations, and applicants who do not have access to other travel
support (e.g., from their educational institution or place of employment).
8. The application deadline will not be extended.
9. No late applications will be considered.
