Up to ten (10) travel awards, valued at up to $500 each, have been made available to support students to attend the 2016 US-IALE Meeting in Asheville, North Carolina.
TO APPLY,* students are to submit all application materials as a single document (either Word or PDF): 1. The application form (download as a Word Document or PDF) 2. A cover letter (ONE page) containing: • A short description of the student's graduate research and relevance to landscape ecology; • 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 4. A short (ONE page) Curriculum Vitae. 5. If applicable, receipt of US-IALE student member dues Within three weeks following the conference award recipients are required to submit a short (1-2 paragraph) summary of their experiences at the meeting. This information is important for obtaining award sponsorship for future years. All US-IALE sponsored student travel award applications are due to Betty Kreakie (usiale.travelaw...@gmail.com; Subject: Application USIALE Travel Award) by December 22, 2015. Awardees will be notified by early February 2016. Note: 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. *Please strictly adhere to all directions when preparing and submitting all application materials; not doing so will result in disqualification of an application. Preference will be given to US-IALE members. To joinUS-IALE or renew membership, please visit http://www.usiale.org/index.php?id=membership
