USIALE and University of Rhode Island's Coastal Institute Sponsored Student Travel Awards

The Award:

Up to ten (10) sponsored student travel awards, valued at up to $500 each, have been made available to support students to attend the 2012 US-IALE conference in Newport, RI.

Students applying for a travel award are required to submit:

1.) A completed application form (Form available in PDF or MS Word)
2.) A cover letter (ONE page) containing:

A short description of the student's graduate research and relevance to landscape ecology, especially managed ecosystems or managed landscapes
A brief summary of the student's professional goals;
A brief statement about how this award will benefit the student's graduate studies.

3.) A copy of the student's abstract that was submitted to the meeting, and
4.) A short (ONE page) Curriculum Vitae.

Students who submit an abstract but do not receive a travel award will automatically have their abstract included in the offered abstracts.

Eligibility:

Applicants must be enrolled as a student at the time of the application deadline to qualify for a travel award. Students are eligible to receive one US-IALE sponsored student travel award per degree program. Sponsored student travel award recipients are not eligible to receive NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Awards during the same conference year. Students who are interested in applying to the NASA-MSU Awards Program (http://www.csis.msu.edu/NASA-MSU.htm) must submit a separate application, following the submission guidelines for the NASA-MSU Awards.

Deadlines:

All US-IALE sponsored student travel award applications are due to Todd Lookingbill (usiale.travelawards@richmond.edu; Subject: Application USIALE Travel Award) by 16 December 2011. Awardees will be notified by 31 January 2012.