The Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) announces the availability of undergraduate student fellowships for travel to attend the annual SWS meeting â June 10-15, 2007 in Sacramento, California. SWS is committed to increasing diversity in its membership and is offering full travel fellowships and mentoring at the meeting for undergraduate students from underrepresented groups. SWS was awarded an Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (UMEB) grant from the National Science Foundation to support this effort. Undergraduate student participants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its possessions. An undergraduate student is a student who is enrolled in a degree program (part-time or full-time) leading to a baccalaureate or associates degree. Students who are transferring from one institution to another and are enrolled at neither institution during the intervening summer may participate. Preference will be given to applicants interested in a career in any aspect of wetland science or policy and willing to present results of undergraduate research at the poster session of the Annual Meeting. Application materials and additional information are available from Dr. Frank P. Day, Old Dominion University ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Application deadline is November 15, 2006.
