Reimbursement of Expenses for Dependent/Child Care

The MECC 2026 Organizing Committee in collaboration with the American Automatic Control Council, Inc. (A2C2) is excited to announce child/dependent care travel support. This support aims to help empower eligible members of the community participate in MECC 2026 by providing financial support for child or dependent care.

Eligibility:

The applicant should be an author/co-author of a paper accepted for presentation at MECC 2026 and incur child/dependent care expenses. All eligible authors are encouraged to apply for this funding; however, depending on funding availability, applicants who are the presenting and/or are the corresponding authors of MECC 2026 papers will have precedence. In your application, please summarize your plans for:

i) Presenting as first and/or corresponding author at the conference (paper, talk, or poster)

ii) Attending sessions and events at MECC 2026 that align with your areas of interest

Submission Guidelines:

Please fill out the request form here. Authors need to email the application form to the MECC 2026 Outreach Chair, Dr. Zoleikha Biron (zabdoll@clemson.edu) by October 10th , 2026.

DISCLAIMER

The American Automatic Control Council, Inc. (AACC) and the Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference (MECC) are not responsible for selecting or supplying dependent care services. The parents are responsible for arranging dependent care during the conference.