LAUNCHING IN SEPTEMBER 2024! IEEE ComSoc and ComSoc's Women in Communication Engineering Committee (WICE) is happy to announce two options to support ICC Conference attendee childcare needs.
- Childcare grants: Grants up to $500 will be available for IEEE ComSoc members seeking reimbursement of childcare in their hometown. Grants will be available for Globecom attendees who are IEEE ComSoc members and bringing small children to the conference and plan to use the onsite hospitality rooms.
- NEW for 2024: ComSoc has secured hospitality rooms for on-site childcare use. Attendees will be responsible for hiring their own providers but the space can be used by these providers to care for an attendee’s child.
Attendees can apply for a childcare grant AND use the provided onsite space. However there are two separate forms - one for the childcare grant, and one for the use of onsite space.
Applications will open in September 2024.
Examples Of Allowable Expenses
- Child care services incurred because of attendance at the conference (provider must submit his/her tax id number)
- Child care services on location in the city of the conference
Note: The conference does not sanction or recommend child care providers and does not assume responsibility or liability for child care services of any sort. It is the responsibility of the parent(s) to thoroughly investigate all child care providers.
NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT
- Expenses incurred in bringing a caregiver (or family member not attending the meeting acting as a caregiver) to the meeting. This includes airfare/train fare and hotel expenses
- Travel expenses for the child
- Travel or other expenses related to the attendee’s participation in the meeting, including meeting registration, meals, travel to the meeting (including private automobile mileage or tolls), or other expenses the attendee would already be incurring by attending the meeting
- Meals for the child, toys, and tickets to museums, amusement parks, etc.
- On-going home-based childcare expenses
