SPS 2009 Sponsors

Diamond
($15,000+)

Emerald
($10,000 to $14,999)

Ruby
($6,000 to $9,999)

Opal
($3,000 to $5,999)

Sapphire
(Up to $2,999)

Lewis B. Kinter & Terry Timberlake-Kinter

Student Travel Award

Student Travel Award Application (PDF)

Deadline: June 1, 2009

Eligibility Criteria:

Eligible candidates include high school, undergraduate or graduate students.

Required Materials:

Applicant:

1. Application form and a paper describing your research (less then 500 words) sent as an e-mail attachment
1. Note: Summary may be in abstract form, but needs to include: Introduction, Objective, Brief description of methods used, results/findings and conclusion
2. Resumé or curriculum vitae sent as an e-mail attachment with #1 items
3. One letter from a faculty member. Letters of recommendation/nomination should be signed and sent, postal, electronically (e.g. PDF format sent as an e-mail attachment) or FAXed to the society.
   All material should be sent to: E-mail: SPS Headquarters Fax: (703) 438-3113
   

Terms of the Award:

The award shall consist of:

1. $1500 to be applied toward travel expenses (receipts are required)
2. Registration fee for the Annual Meeting.
3. SPS membership for 1 year.
4. Winners are required to present a poster for the SPS meeting, attend the poster presentation and the Award announcement for receipt of the award certificate.
   Note: the poster may also be entered in the Poster Contest (a link to poster contest)
5. All applicants are eligible and encouraged to present their research as a poster. To do this, submit an electronic abstract on the SPS Web site.

The awardees will be notified two weeks from the application deadline and the abstract will eventually be published on the SPS Annual Meeting Web site. The Award is not transferable and must be returned to SPS if the awardee does not present a poster and attend the SPS Annual Meeting & Award announcement (i.e., if the awardee cannot come and sends the poster with a colleague, the colleague cannot claim the travel award).

Student Travel Application (PDF)