STUDENTS TRAVEL GRANTS – AAAS, Pacific Division

STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS

In order to encourage the presentation of student scholarship at the annual meetings of the AAAS, Pacific Division, the Pacific Division is making available as many as twenty modest grants of up to $150.00 each to help defray travel costs incurred by students attending the meetings and presenting the results of their original research. This money may be requested to help pay for registration fees, travel expenses, and housing and food expenses incurred by the student.

To be eligible to receive a Student Travel Grant, the student must:

register in advance for the meeting

have an accepted abstract on file for the meeting

be eligible for a Student Award of Excellence at the meeting

Students may apply in advance of meeting all of the above criteria. However, only those meeting all of the above criteria may be awarded one of the twenty available travel grants.

To Apply, send a signed letter of application via attachment(s) to e-mail (rchristi@sou.edu), fax (541-552-8457) or USPS (see below) that includes the following:

your name
your full mailing address
your preferred telephone number(s)
your preferred e-mail address
title of your presentation
section or program in which you are presenting
your travel plans, including dates and details of travel
a detailed budget for your travel to the meeting, showing all expected expenses
a detailed explanation of your financial need, including all sources of income to pay for your travel to and stay at the meeting
the following statement, signed and dated by you: "I certify that the information provided in this application for a AAAS, Pacific Division Student Travel Award is accurate to the best of my knowledge at the time of submission. I understand that if I knowingly submit false information the Pacific Division may, at the discretion of its Executive Director, cancel the grant and take other legal action as deemed appropriate."
a brief letter from your research mentor verifying the above details

APPLICATION DEADLINE this year is 1 June 2009.

Completed application materials must be received in the Pacific Division office no later than 1 June in order to be considered for a travel award. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Applicants will be notified of the results of their applications prior to the ending date for early meeting registration.

Awards are on a reimbursement basis, up to the full amount of the award granted. Reimbursements require original receipts to be submitted with the request for reimbursement form. Request for reimbursement forms will be provided with successful registrants' registration packets, which are picked up on-site at the meeting. The following expenses are eligible for reimbursement under this program: registration fees, travel expenses (air fare, auto expenses, parking, shuttle costs, etc.), housing expenses, and food expenses incurred by the student awardee. Personal expenses and expenses incurred by or on behalf of others are not covered by this award.

If your financial need changes (e.g. you receive additional other grant money after sending your application to the Pacific Division), it is your responsibility to notify the Pacific Division immediately of this change in need if it reduces the amount of your need.

NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION?
Contact Roger Christianson: phone 541-552-6747 or e-mail rchristi@sou.edu.

Mailing Address:
AAAS, Pacific Division
Southern Oregon University
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.