UKC Student, Postdoc, and FIRE Lodging Support Application 

UKC2025 supports student/post-doc oral/poster presenters/FIRE professional presenters during the UKC2025. When you receive an acceptance email from the UKC2025, we will share the link to apply for financial support.

The financial support is for a limited number of participants; please submit your paper as soon as possible and receive financial support from UKC2025.

Lodging support application email will be sent separately 

to student/post-doc oral/poster presenters/FIRE professional presenter

*Lodging support application and resume are due online by 6/6/2025.

**Notifications of up to 120 awardees will be sent by 6/20/2025.

*** If you seek travel support, please await further notifications. You will have the opportunity to apply for and receive room support, which will be provided only to selected candidates. To ensure your accommodation, you are advised to make your own reservation, which can be canceled if necessary.
****Your CV can be shared with the UKC organization for the membership data purpose.

1. Applicant Eligibility:

• • Graduate Students 

  • Post-docs

  • Industry professionals who apply to FIRE

2. Application Requirements:

• • Apply the FIRE application or through the UKC2025 website when you submit your paper to a Symposium.

  • Resume or CV (a template will be provided)

  • Unofficial transcript (for students)

3. Recipient Requirements:

• • Be an oral or poster presenter. 

(Technical or research papers must be submitted to a Symposium but will still be eligible for support.)

• Only career or leadership topics are accepted into FIRE

(all other topics will be rejected.)

• Be a paid KSEA member

• Attend all 3 plenary sessions (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday)

• Any missed attendance and presentation may result in partial travel reimbursement.

• If you receive travel reimbursement from any institution, you are not eligible for UKC travel support.

4. Recipient Award: 

• • Registration discount: $ 100 ( NOT ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS, Applies to all presenters regardless of awardee selection)

  • Lodging support: Up to 3 nights of lodging (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), share the hotel room (2 participants/room) or 50% of the room cost (If you wish not to share a room and use the room by yourself, please let us know; the KSEA will only support the half of the hotel room charge (room rate cannot exceed $149/per night plus tax and service charge)

  • Up to $400 travel support 

  • Only Support 1 meal for Friday Dinner

KSEA, 1952 Gallows Rd., Suite 300, Vienna, VA 22182