Hello All, This is a reminder that the Code4Lib Scholarship application deadline is today (December 9, 2011). Please see the complete announcement below.
thanks, ranti. > ===quote=== > Oregon State University and the Digital Library Federation are > sponsoring five scholarships to promote gender and cultural diversity. > Each scholarship will provide up to $1,000 to cover travel costs and > conference fees for one qualified attendee to attend the 2012 Code4Lib > Conference, which will be held in Seattle, Washington, from > Monday,February 6 through Thursday, February 9. > > The Code4Lib scholarship committee will award two scholarships per > category, awarding the remaining scholarship to the best remaining > candidate in either category. The Code4Lib scholarship committee will > award these scholarships based on merit and need. > > > ELIGIBILITY: > Applicants, if eligible, may apply for both scholarships, but no > applicant will receive more than one scholarship. Past winners of > either scholarship are not eligible for either scholarship. > Scholarship recipients will be required to write a short trip report > to be submitted to the scholarships committee by February 17, 2012. > > > CONFERENCE INFO: > For more information on the Code4Lib Conference, please see the > conference website:http://code4lib.org/conference/2012 > > and write-ups of previous Code4Lib Conferences: > http://eprints.rclis.org/11670/1/code4lib_journal_article_-_revised3.pdf > http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/2717 > http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/998 > http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/72 > > > THE OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE DIGITAL LIBRARY FEDERATION > DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS > The Gender Diversity Scholarships will provide up to $1,000 to cover > travel costs and conference fees for two qualified applicants to > attend the 2012 Code4Lib Conference. Any woman or transgendered person > who is interested in actively contributing to the mission and goals of > the Code4Lib Conference is encouraged to apply. > > THE OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE DIGITAL LIBRARY FEDERATION > MINORITY SCHOLARSHIPS > The Minority Scholarships will provide up to $1,000 to cover travel > costs and conference fees for two qualified applicants to attend the > 2012 Code4Lib Conference. To qualify for this scholarship, an > applicant must be interested in actively contributing to the mission > and goals of the Code4Lib Conference and must be of Hispanic or > Latino, Black orAfrican-American, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific > Islander, or American Indian or Alaskan Native descent. > > > HOW TO APPLY: > To apply, please send an email to Jeremy Frumkin > (frumk...@u.library.arizona.edu) with the following: > - Indication of which scholarship (Gender or Minority or both) to > which you are applying > - A brief letter of interest, which: > 1. Describes your interest in the conference and how you intend > toparticipate > 2. Discusses your statement of need > 3. Indicates your eligibility > - A résumé or CV- Contact information for two professional or academic > references > > The application deadline is Dec. 9, 2012. > > The scholarship committee will notify successful candidates the week > of Dec. 19, 2012. -- Bulk mail. Postage paid.