Confusion regarding EMNLP registration [D]

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Hi, I posted some months ago and got some very helpful responses (for another conference), but I have some confusions regarding EMNLP (and the way registration works here). To give some context, I used to work as an intern during my undergrads at an Indian uni (final year), and managed to write a paper as first-author and it got accepted to EMNLP Findings. Now, post-graduation, I joined another university for my Masters, and when I applied for grant, they rejected, explicitly stating the lack of