Student Grant

Scope of the Grant

National Science Foundation (NSF) Student Grant Awards will directly cover the full-registration fee and hotel accommodation in single-occupancy. Recipients must be full-time students from U.S. universities.

The grant includes:

• Access to all PowderMet2021, AMPM2021, and Tungsten2021 technical presentations
• Access to all technical presentations on demand for up to two weeks post-conference.
• Exhibition admission and access to on demand exhibitor commercial presentations and contact information.
• Post-conference digital proceedings of PowderMet2021, AMPM2021, and Tungsten2021 technical manuscripts
• Opening Night Reception (in-person only)
• Opening General Session and Industry Recognition
• Luncheons (in-person only)
• Closing event (in-person only)
• Registration bag with handouts (in-person only)
• Single-occupancy hotel accommodations for 3-nights (in-person only)
• Attend the entire conference (Sunday–Wednesday). Please make your travel plans accordingly. (in-person only)

Recipients are responsible for the cost of their own transportation and meals outside of the included conference events.

The conference registration deadline for awardees is March 26.

Please note that a requirement is the preparation of a project poster to be displayed at the conference (if in-person) and a 25-minute oral presentation of the poster in the form of a PowerPoint presentation (or narrated PowerPoint recording) during a scheduled Grant TNT: Talk ‘N Technology session. This requirement is designed to further enhance the student’s conference experience.  As the required presentation is oral, recipients are highly encouraged to also submit a publishable manuscript of their work to be included in the conference proceedings.

Please email Stephanie Schember, or call 609-452-7700 ext. 114, with any questions.

Download the Poster and Presentation Requirements

MPIF is grateful to the National Science Foundation for its support of students to attend the PowderMet2021, AMPM2021, and Tungsten2021 annual conferences. This support provides student participants with opportunities to exchange ideas with leading researchers and engineers from worldwide industrial and governmental facilities, as well as with students and faculty from both domestic and international universities. Student participants will learn the latest research areas and results in powder metallurgy fields of interest. These opportunities will not only improve the students’ knowledge in the field, but also develop scientists and engineers who are ideally suited to create the next generation of designs in powder metallurgy and metal additive manufacturing that will push materials and manufacturing capabilities.

Scope of the Grant

CPMT/Axel Madsen Conference Grant Awards are provided to full time Master’s degree students or below involved in studies relating to the field of powder metallurgy.  Prior CPMT/Axel Madsen Grant recipients are ineligible.  After the conference, the student must prepare a detailed report of their conference experience to be published in the International Journal of Powder Metallurgy. 

The grant includes:

• Access to all PowderMet2021, AMPM2021, and Tungsten2021 technical presentations
• Access to all technical presentations on demand for up to two weeks post-conference.
• Exhibition admission and access to on demand exhibitor commercial presentations and contact information.
• Post-conference digital proceedings of PowderMet2021, AMPM2021, and Tungsten2021 technical manuscripts
• Opening Night Reception
• Opening General Session and Industry Recognition
• Luncheons (in-person only)
• Closing event (in-person only)
• Registration bag with handouts (in-person only)
• Single-occupancy hotel accommodations for 3-nights (in-person only)
• Attend the entire conference (Sunday–Wednesday). Please make your travel plans accordingly. (in-person only)

Recipients are responsible for the cost of their own transportation and meals outside of the included conference events.

The conference registration deadline for awardees is March 26.

Please note that a requirement is the preparation of a project poster to be displayed at the conference (if in-person) and a 25-minute oral presentation of the poster in the form of a PowerPoint presentation (or narrated PowerPoint recording) during a scheduled Grant TNT: Talk ‘N Technology session. This requirement is designed to further enhance the student’s conference experience.  As the required presentation is oral, recipients are highly encouraged to also submit a publishable manuscript of their work to be included in the conference proceedings.   

Please email Stephanie Schember, or call 609-452-7700 ext. 114, with any questions.

Download the Poster and Presentation Requirements

CPMT/Axel Madsen Conference Grants History

Axel Madsen was well-known in the PM industry as a successful entrepreneur. He co-founded Allied Sinterings, Inc., Danbury, CT, in 1959. The company began in a converted diner with four employees and went on to develop a successful niche business producing high-precision, small, and intricate PM parts. Madsen was a creative toolmaker and an expert on high-precision PM parts. He was active in the Powder Metallurgy Parts Association (PMPA) of MPIF and served as a director.

The Axel Madsen Conference Grant Program was established by his family to encourage students to learn more about PM technology and pursue careers in the PM industry. Annually, four students receive full registration to the annual conference and a stipend for travel and lodging.