Travel Awards
Deadline: 15 April 2008
Numerous travel awards and presentation awards are available; see below for eligibility and application procedures. In addition to award application materials described below, students must also submit standard abstract materials to the Program Coordinator to receive a place on the program. Submit only ONE application; indicate on the cover sheet (see application instructions below) whether you are applying for a travel award, presentation award, or both).
Application Procedures
Application Deadline is April 15; late applications will not be accepted. To apply for either type of award, submit the following items via e-mail (as a single pdf attachment) to Mike Webster (mwebster@wsu.edu):
- The Student Award Cover Sheet (MS Word, 26k)
- 1-page curriculum vitae, including information on membership in the AOU, COS, and/or SCO.
- An expanded abstract (double-spaced with 12-point font, 3-page maximum including any references, tables, and figures). The expanded abstract should state objectives, methods, major results, and scientific significance.
- Applicants should have their academic advisor send a brief e-mail (1 - 3 sentences) stating that the applicant is a student in good academic standing (longer letters of support are not required).
- Questions may be directed to Mike Webster (mwebster@wsu.edu) or Barbara Kus (barbara_kus@usgs.gov).
Eligibility:
- Full-time undergraduate and graduate students and postdocs are eligible.
- Students graduating the semester/quarter prior to the meeting are eligible.
- Applicants must be either sole or lead authors of papers accepted by the Scientific Program Committee; awardees must actually present the poster or oral paper.
- Applicants for travel awards must be members of the AOU or COS. Students who are not members are encouraged to join to become eligible for student awards. Check the AOU web site at http://www.aou.org/student/membershipaward.php3 and the COS web site at http://www.cooper.org/COS/COS_members.html#students for information about student memberships. Both societies offer reduced-rate memberships for students and some no-cost memberships may be available.
- Student members of either AOU or COS will be eligible for all travel awards.
Restrictions:
- Travel award recipients are required to book accommodations at the meeting hotel (students can share rooms, and by so doing reduce accommodation costs below that of other hotels in the area).
- Marcia Brady Tucker Travel Awards – limited to two per lifetime.
Award criteria:
- Applications will be judged based on quality of research/abstract and also standing of student (e.g., whether nearing graduation or not).
- The award is issued only after the Scientific Program Committee has accepted the paper (see Call for Papers, above). Students may receive both a research award and a travel award in the same year.
Amounts available:
- We cannot predict the size of the awards at this time. The size of each award will depend on the number of applications funded.
- Awards may be made for some or all of the travel expenses. Typically, the awards cover only part of the travel expenses.
- Student registration fees for the meeting are not eligible.
- Students who apply for an award but do not receive it may find themselves unable to attend the meeting. In such a case, the $50 fee for withdrawal will be refunded to any student who applies for a travel award but does not receive one. For refund, please send a letter to: Helen Schneider Lemay, PDX 2008, 5400 Bosque Boulevard, Suite 680, Waco, Texas 76710-4446, fax your request to 254-776-3767, or e-mail the information to helens@sgmeet.com.