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February 20, 2008
AAASS Kathryn W. Davis Graduate Student Travel Grant
Kathryn W. Davis's generous donation to our organization, combined with matching donations from AAASS members, enables us for the first time to help subsidize travel costs for graduate students presenting papers at the 2008 AAASS Convention. We anticipate that we will be able to fund, on a competitive basis, up to 10 awards of $500 each. We are especially committed to subsidizing those graduate students who are attending the convention for the first time or who have no local institutional resources for travel support.
Grant Provisions: The Davis Graduate Student Travel Grant is a merit and need-based open competition. It will fund travel for graduate students presenting papers at the 2008 AAASS National Convention, which will be held in Philadelphia, November 20-23. Failure to attend the convention and present the paper will result in the forfeiture of the grant.
Eligibility: Ph.D. students who are AAASS members and are presenting a paper at the Convention may apply for the award. Preference will be given to first-time presenters, though students who have presented in the past may also apply.
Deadline: March 31, 2008.
All applicants will be notified of their status by April 30, 2008.
Application materials: All applicants must submit the following materials:
1) Curriculum Vitae
2) Abstract of the paper to be presented at the convention
3) Tentative budget
4) Statement of need, describing anticipated travel costs and potential other sources of funding
5) Letter from advisor or department chair stating that departmental or institutional conference travel funds are not available
The application materials should be sent by e-mail to the members of the selection committee and to Wendy Walker at the AAASS office (walker@fas.harvard.edu).
2008 Davis Graduate Student Travel Grant Selection Committee
Beth Holmgren, Duke University, Chair: beth.holmgren@duke.edu
Cynthia Buckley, University of Texas: cbuckley@mail.la.utexas.edu
Robert Weinberg, Swarthmore College: rweinbe1@swarthmore.edu
Dmitry Gorenburg, AAASS/Harvard University: gorenbur@fas.harvard.edu
Posted by danimia at February 20, 2008 09:08 AM