IMPORTANT: All requests for MTT chapter funding must be received by October 1 or the chapter may be asked to make its application in the following year.
Chapters must have fulfilled all the following requirements for an ‘active’ status to be eligible for the below funding programs:
- Minimum of ten (10) members; five (5) members for Student Branch Chapters
- Complete up-to-date Chapter Officer roster reported via vTools Officer Reporting
- Minimum of two (2) reported technical meetings via vTools Events in the previous year, Chapters less than one year old are exempt from this requirement
Chapter Activity Support – MTT-S provides annual financial support to its active chapters. The amount of chapter activity financial support is $1,000 per year for single-society MTT-S Chapters or $500 per year for Joint Chapters which are associated with MTT-S.
Chapter Workshop/Symposium Support – MTT-S has established a fund to aid needy chapters to organize technical events. The fund provides $500 seed money per chapter to aid in putting on a yearly event such as a workshop or symposium.
The requirements for a qualifying workshop or symposium are:
- The meeting must be at least four (4) hours in length
- An IEEE membership booth must be present at the event
- The MTT-S Regional Coordinator must endorse the proposed event