Student Volunteer Program

ACL seeks a limited number of student volunteers for the ACL HLT 2011 conference. In exchange for one full day's work, student volunteers receive free registration to the main conference (although not to the workshops and tutorials). The work will be divided, probably into two half-day shifts, and the shifts will be scheduled to maximize volunteer access to the conference events. Tasks will include assisting at the registration desk, stuffing delegate packs, and providing technical assistance for conference events including tutorials, the main conference, and workshops.

Application deadline: April 19, 2011

Notification of accepted student volunteers: May 13, 2011

Student Travel Awards

Funding is also available to assist student participants both with travel to Portland, Oregon for ACL HLT 2011 as well as with conference expenses (such as housing, local transportation to/from airport, conference registration of non-main session events, reasonable food costs, etc.)

All students are welcome to apply. The applicants must agree to participate in the ACL HLT 2011 Student Volunteer Program. Please note that Student Travel Awards are to subsidize student authors' participation in ACL HLT, and are not intended to cover all travel expenses.

Application deadline: April 19, 2011

Notification of awards: May 13, 2011

The student travel program is supported by the US National Science Foundation (Student Research Workshop), the Donald and Betty Walker Student Scholarship Fund, the European Chapter of the ACL (EACL), and Google.

Submission procedure

• To apply for either or both of the Student Volunteer Program and/or a Student Travel Grant, please fill out this grant application form;
• Submit an electronic copy of the form to:
  Dr. Christian Monson
  Student Travel Award Coordinator, ACL HLT 2011
  Email: christian.monson@gmail.com
  Please include student travel grant/volunteer program in the subject line of the email!

Students should make travel arrangements, accommodation and registration independent of the results of their application to the Travel Award and Student Volunteer Programs.

All Student Travel Award recipients who are not selected for the Student Volunteer Program must register for the conference and pay at the student rates. All Student Volunteer Award recipients must also register for the conference, selecting "I am a Student Volunteer" in the main conference section.

Students will be reimbursed by the office manager, Priscilla Rasmussen, after the conference and upon providing original receipts and an accounting of the requested funding (i.e., a business expense report).