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for the WOS Annual Meeting
as a component of NAOC-VWOS invites students planning on presenting a contributed oral paper or a poster at the society's annual meeting to apply for a travel award. These awards are both need- and merit-based, and are intended to encourage student participation by defraying part of the cost of attending the meeting.
The 2102 annual meeting will take place between 14 and 18 August in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, as part of the 5th North American Ornithological Conference. Because this will be a large joint meeting of nine ornithological societies, student travel awards will be administered by a single committee with representatives from the various participating organizations.
Policies and procedures regarding travel awards for 2012 are currently being developed. The deadline for applications will be 15 January 2012), so that the award committee can select winners before the deadline for abstracts for the scientific program (29 February 2012). Check back here for additional information as it becomes available.
Important Note: Because of the expected size of the 2012 joint meeting, and the high cost of travel to Vancouver for many attendees, competition for travel awards for NAOC-V is likely to be highly competitive. The award committee will probably restrict awards to students with completed work to present at the conference. To be eligible, students will probably also need to be current members of WOS or one of the other societies providing funds for the travel awards program.
Students wishing to give presentations at NAOC-V about research that is still in progress should plan to finance their travel through sources other than the travel awards program.
Questions? Contact the Chair of the WOS Student Travel Awards Committee, Dr. Mark Deutschlander, Department of Biology, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456; email: deutschlande@hws.edu
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