French-Monar Latin American Fund

Status: The 2013 application process HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
Deadline: Applications must be submitted, per instructions below, by April 30, 2013, 5PM EST Award Amount: One award of up to $1,000 to be given in 2013.
Notification: Applicants will be notified by May 3, 2013 of the award results.

The French-Monar Latin American Fund was established by Edward R. French and Delia Monar French in August 2001.

This year the funding will be used to support travel costs for an awardee to attend the 2013 Latin American Phytopathological Congress (organized by the Latin American Phytopathological Association [ALF]).

The application process is open for one competitive French-Monar Latin American Award of up to $1,000 to be given in 2013. Graduate students and early career plant pathologists living in Latin American countries are eligible. Applicants must have obtained their highest degree as an ingeniero, agronomo or equivalent, or an advanced degree, obtained within in the last 10 years. The main criterion for the award is the professional promise of student applicants and the apparent productivity of early career applicants.

Guidelines and Criteria

Applications must be in English and submitted as one PDF file with the following:

Graduate student applications:

• A cover letter, written by the student, describing her/his general academic and career goals along with a description of the intended use of the award (250 word maximum) and why the funding is needed. Applicant’s name, degree program, name of advisor, and name of institution department, mailing address and without exception e-mail should also be included in the letter.
• A description of the student’s thesis research (2 page maximum).
• A letter of support from a plant pathologist familiar with the candidate’s scholarly accomplishment and potential.
• A copy of the abstract for the oral or poster presentation to be given at the event should also be included.

Early career professional applications:

• A cover letter, written by the applicant, describing her/his career goals along with a description of the intended use of the award (250 word maximum) and why the funding is needed. Applicant’s name, highest degree and date received, and name of institution granting it, current position title, current employer, mailing address and without exception e-mail should also be included in the letter.
• A brief resume which describes the applicant’s main duties and accomplishments to date (2 page maximum).
• A letter of support from a plant pathologist familiar with the candidate’s accomplishments and potential.
• A copy of the abstract for the oral or poster presentation to be given at the event should also be included.

Deadline

Applications will be evaluated by a member review team composed of APS Foundation Representative Lawrence E. Datnoff, Louisiana State University, as chair and an additional two members. Send all required materials as outlined in this description as one PDF file via e-mail to Datnoff (LDatnoff@agcenter.lsu.edu) by April 30, 2013.  Applicants will be notified of the award decision by May 20, 2013.

Questions?

Please contact Datnoff at +1.225.578.1366 or LDatnoff@agcenter.lsu.edu.