FOCUS TO OFFER PARTIAL TRAVEL SUPPORT TO IFIP CONGRESS '94 IN HAMBURG, GERMANY The Federation on Computing in the United States (FOCUS), organized jointly by the IEEE Computer Society and the ACM, has requested a grant from the National Science Foundation to provide partial travel support to U.S. participants at the 13th World Computer Congress of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). IFIP Congress '94 will be held in Hamburg, Germany, August 28 - September 2, 1994. If the grant is approved, FOCUS will be able to support travel for approximately 20 attendees. Funding will be limited to $1000 maximum per attendee. A review panel consisting of a representative from the FOCUS Board of Directors and other experts in the field will evaluate individual grant applications. None of the review panel members or members of the FOCUS Board of Directors will be eligible for a travel grant under this program. Applicants should provide the selection committee with a current resume and relevant details of their planned conference activities (i.e., present papers, chair sessions, serve as panel members, etc.) and/or how participation will benefit their current activities and research. Junior and minority faculty members are especially encouraged to apply. All award recipients must be residents of the U.S. and travel by U.S. carriers. In addition, they will be required to file a brief report following the conference on their activities and experience at the Congress. Individuals wishing to submit applications should contact the FOCUS Secretariat, 1730 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036-1992; phone (202) 371-0101, fax (202) 728-9614; e-mail (internet: grant@computer.org). In addition to its U.S. representation in IFIP, FOCUS provides a forum for its member societies to exchange views about U.S. and IFIP computing activities. Other U.S. societies dedicated to its purposes may apply for membership.