This award will support students from institutions of higher learning in the United States to participate in the 64th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 9–12, 2025. The CDC has been for over fifty years the world's leading annual forum for scientific and engineering researchers interested in systems and control theory and the foundations of automation technology. As in previous years, the CDC will feature presentations of contributed and invited papers, tutorial sessions, plenary and semi-plenary sessions, and pre-conference workshops. We anticipate that the conference will draw over 1,500 participants, including more than 500 students. Recognizing the importance of students to the present and future of the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS), this proposal seeks continued NSF support to facilitate student travel and engagement through the longstanding student travel award program. The topics covered at the annual CDC span a broad spectrum, reflecting the many applications of control and systems theory. The systems-theoretic approach has played a central role in advancing technologies that impact daily life, from managing communication networks and transportation systems to ensuring the robustness and efficiency of cyber-physical systems. Tools from systems and control theory are now essential in addressing modern challenges such as optimizing large-scale networks, enhancing security and resilience, and integrating