# Travel: Support for Student Conference Participation at the ACM UMAP Conference 2025

> **NSF 01002526DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT** · Illinois Institute of Technology (IL) · $16,000

## Abstract

This award provides funding to support about 10 students enrolled in PhD or masters programs in U.S. educational institutions to present their accepted papers and posters and attend the Doctoral Consortium associated with the 2025 International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2025). User modeling is an increasingly valuable method for enhancing the effectiveness and usability of software.  Applications of user modeling include recommender systems, adaptive educational systems, human-robot interaction, and many more domains.  UMAP is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. Active participation of young researchers in this conference is very important for the health of the field and for the researchers themselves. Thus, by bringing young and creative researchers to the 2025 UMAP conference, the requested funds will help advance an important and socially valuable research field. 

Supporting student travel to the UMAP doctoral consortium will help train advanced professionals in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).  This funding is critical because attending conferences is expensive and students do not have other means of support.  The application and selection process is designed to create a cohort of students from a wide range of disciplinary, institutional, and to

## Key facts

- **NSF award ID:** 2531224
- **Awardee organization:** Illinois Institute of Technology (IL)
- **SAM.gov UEI:** E2NDENMDUEG8
- **PI:** Yong Zheng
- **Primary program:** 01002526DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
- **All programs:** Cyber-Human Systems, CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOPS
- **Estimated total:** $16,000
- **Funds obligated:** $16,000
- **Transaction type:** Standard Grant
- **Period:** 06/15/2025 → 05/31/2027

## Primary source

NSF Award Search: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2531224

## Citation

> US National Science Foundation, Award 2531224, Travel: Support for Student Conference Participation at the ACM UMAP Conference 2025. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nsf/2531224. Licensed CC0.

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