Young Researcher Travel Grant (FOCAPO & CPC, 8-13 January 2012) The organizers of FOCAPO and CPC have secured funds from the National Science Foundation and a number of US industries to support the participation of young researchers (graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and assistant or associate professors) from US institutions. These travel grant funds will cover five (5) nights of lodging at the conference hotel (Westin Savannah Harbor) for the full FOCAPO/CPC conference. It is anticipated that about 30 graduate students/post-docs and 15 assistant/associate professors can be awarded travel grants. If the number of applicants exceeds the target, the selection will be made competitively; priority will be given to those planning on participating in both conferences. Priority will be given to young researchers making a presentation at FOCAPO and/or CPC. Application Procedure Graduate students and post-doctoral fellows need to submit two items: 1) A brief nomination/recommendation letter written by their research supervisor 2) Current curriculum vitae The title of the oral/poster presentation and the abstract number must be included in the nomination letter. Assistant or Associate Professors only need to send a CV and a cover letter with the title of the oral/poster presentation and the abstract number. The application should be submitted electronically at this link: https://www.softconf.com/c/focapo-cpc-2012/cgi-bin/scmd.cgi? scmd=submitPaperCustom&pageid=0 The application is due on or before 1 December, 2011. The award winners will be notified by 12 December 2011. The FOCAPO/CPC Conference Manager will handle housing reservations. The applicants should register for the conference by 11 November, 2011. More details, including the on-line registration, about the conferences can be found at http://focapo.org/ and http://cpcmeeting.org