NCAC Student Travel Awards & Travel Grants
To promote the acoustical consulting profession, NCAC offers qualified students financial assistants to attend industry conferences. There are two grants available:
NCAC Student Travel Award
$500 grant, 2 nights hotel reimbursement (at conference group rate or less), one year subscription to electronic NCAC newsletter, and recognition as travel award recipient
Eligibility:
- Enrolled in college or university program.
- Author of an accepted paper at a Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE-USA), or Audio Engineering Society (AES) conference.
- Qualifying research topic (see Application Instructions for a list of qualifying topics).
- Show an interest in acoustical consulting profession.
- Completion of application packet, including faculty reference form.
Application Deadline: November 6, 2023 for 185th Meeting of ASA (Australia)
Application Materials:
Send completed forms to ncac-sta@ncac.com.
New NCAC Travel Grant for Underrepresented Students
$500 grant, one year subscription to electronic NCAC newsletter, and recognition as travel award recipient
Eligibility:
- Enrolled in college or university program.
- Registered to attend a Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE-USA), or Audio Engineering Society (AES) conference.
- Self-identified as a member of an underrepresented group based on ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.
- Show an interest in acoustical consulting profession.
- Completion of application packet including faculty reference form.
Application Deadline: November 6, 2023 for 185th Meeting of ASA (Australia)
Application Materials:
- Travel Grant Application
- Faculty Reference Form (to be uploaded with application)
2023 Student Travel Award Recipients
Spring ASA Meeting:
- Song Guochenhao, Purdue University
- Zhuang Mo, Purdue University
- Samuel Underwood, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
- Gabriel Weeldreyer, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
- Ziqi Chen, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Jonathan Broyles, Pennsylvania State University
- Carter Paprocki, Pennsylvania State University
- Olivia Park, Pennsylvania State University
- Lalith Pillarisetti, Pennsylvania State University
- Ruth Willet, Pennsylvania State University
- Sunit Girdhar, Michigan Technological University
- Fernanda Caldas, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Noise-Con 2023
- Ziqi Chen, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2022 Student Travel Award Recipients
Spring ASA Meeting
- Song Guochenhao, Purdue University
- Zhuang Mo, Purdue University
- Jack Taylor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Jiahua Zhang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Saleh Nasser, University of Florida
- Suni Girdhar, Michigan Technological University
- Steven Whitaker, Michigan Technological University
Noise-Con Meeting
- Zhuang Mo, Purdue University
- Edwin Yazbec, Michigan Technology University
Fall ASA Meeting
- Song Guochenhao, Purdue University
- Zhuang Mo, Purdue University
- Drake Hintz, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
- Jiahua Zhang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute