APS Foundation Student Travel Awards

Status: The application process is now CLOSED.
Deadline: Applications must be submitted, per instructions below, by March 21, 2013.
Award Amount: Travel awards of $500 each.
Notification: Applicants will be notified by end of April with the award results.

Award

If you are an APS student member giving an oral or poster presentation at the 2013 APS-MSA Joint Meeting in Austin, TX, and did not receive a travel award in 2012, you are eligible to apply for a 2013 APS Student Travel Award. The APS Foundation is seeking students who are the best and brightest in their field. Awards are available to all manners of study and scientific interest. Awards of $500 will be provided to Student Travel Award recipients for the APS-MSA Joint Meeting, August 10-14, 2013 in Austin, Texas.

The APS Foundation Student Travel Awards Program is conducted via an online application process. Some aspects of the application process are lengthy, applicants are encouraged to review the requirements below and prepare their responses in their own word processing application prior to completing the online form and then cut and paste their information into the form.

Application

Requirements for the application are as follows:

1. Submit the abstract that you plan to present at the APS Annual Meeting for which you are requesting travel support. (Abstracts included in the travel award application process are not automatically submitted to the meeting organizers for inclusion in the conference program.)
2. Make a case for a hot topic that you feel needs to be presented as a symposium at the APS annual meeting (maximum length 2,999 characters with spaces). You must include the following:
   . What topic would you choose for such an event?
   . What is the significance of this topic with respect to current scientific and/or social contexts?
   . What are the implications of the topic you chose for plant pathology and human or environmental welfare?
   . Why should APS host a symposium on this topic?
   . Provide names of actual speakers you think can address different aspects of your chosen topic, and explain how their expertise will enrich the symposium.
3. Identify your graduate advisor or other sponsor in the field of plant pathology who will write a letter on your behalf explaining the following:
   . What is the bearing of the student's research and/or study program on plant pathology as it pertains to human and/or environmental welfare?
   . How does the student's research and/or study program fit into the research goals of your facility or academic institution?

How to Apply

Starting on February 15, 2013 students can visit the online application to submit their content. The online process will close at NOON Central time on Thursday, March 21, 2013. This deadline is strictly enforced; no applications will be accepted after the deadline.

Questions

If you have questions about this process, contact Andrea Vu (avu@cns.umass.edu), University of Massachusetts, chair of the APS Graduate Student Committee (GSC).