Student Travel Awards

Travel awards to assist student attendance at meetings are available by applying to the Society. Most awards granted are fairly small and do not cover all expenses for meeting attendance, so students should seek additional sources of funding if support is needed for multiple expenses (e.g., airfare, hotel, registration, meals). In some years funding may not be available, and in other years awards for special categories of study or from the local organizing committee may also be available (*** see below). You can email Linda Wires, Student Awards Committee Chair, below, to find out if funds are available or if there are special award categories.

To be eligible for a travel award:

  1. Student must be a member of the society.
  2. Student must present a paper (oral or poster) at the meeting and must be the lead author, although may have other authors listed on the paper.

Student Travel Awards are given on a competitive basis. Applications will be judged on the cover letter, statement of interest in waterbird research and abstract of the paper to be presented.

Your application must include:

  1. Cover letter. Be sure to include your full name, university affiliation, full address, including a telephone and e-mail contact, name of your major professor, and an estimate of your travel costs. Please indicate that you are a student member of the Waterbird Society. Include a paragraph detailing the amount of money you are requesting and specifying expenses. Also state if you have other funds available.
  2. Statement of research in progress or professional plans as they relate to Waterbirds (200 word maximum).
  3. Abstract of paper you will present at the meeting.

Deadline for Receipt of Applications: August 15

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Applicants will be notified by September 15th of the results of the committee decisions. Travel Awards will be presented at the meeting banquet in the form of a check made payable to
each recipient.

Email your Application to:

***Special award categories, 2008: Special student travel awards are now available for students presenting papers on wood storks, other endangered waterbirds, or concerning Florida issues. Make application via the regular student award process and specify this special award category. All other rules and deadlines apply.

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