[Pollinator] Travel grants to international social insect conference

[Jennifer Tsang]

Thanks to Christina Grozinger for sharing the below:

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Travel grants to international social insect conference

The executive committee is very pleased to announce that North American
Section will be able to support undergraduate and graduate student travel
to the XVII Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social
Insects, to be held in Cairns, Australia, during July 13-18, 2014. This
quadrennial meeting is the biggest entomological meeting focused on social
insects, and is the best opportunity for student NAS-IUSSI members to
present their work to an appreciative audience, interact with current and
potential collaborators, and locate future employers.

Selected dues paying student members of the NAS-IUSSI (for membership
information see http://iussi.cyberbee.net/member/) who plan to give either
an oral or poster presentation at the conference will receive travel grants
of $2000 each. We will also consider postdoctoral applicants who are within
12 months of having defended their thesis. We anticipate being able to fund
a minimum of 15 students. Priority will be given to applicants making oral
presentations, who can use the conference most effectively for professional
advancement and engagement.  Applicants will be selected to ensure a
diversity of genders, ethnicities, study systems and questions, and
geographic locations, and will span primarily teaching colleges and
research universities. Each applicant will have to provide a cover letter,
a title and abstract of the planned presentation, a curriculum vitae, a
description of additional sources of funding to ensure their capacity to
attend, and a supporting letter from their primary advisor. Applications
are due by March 18, 2014. Please submit the materials in a single compiled
file (a pdf is preferred) to Sean O'Donnell (so356 at drexel.edu), Chair of
the NAS/IUSSI Awards Committee. Incomplete or late applications will not be
considered. Prioritization of funding will be determined by five impartial
committee members using cumulative ranking scores. Merit will be based on
quality and relevance of the work, and need of the student. Recipients will
be notified by March 28.



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Christina M. Grozinger
Professor, Department of Entomology
Director, Center for Pollinator Research
Center for Chemical Ecology
Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
Pennsylvania State University
Chemical Ecology Lab 4A
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-865-2214
Email: cmgrozinger at psu.edu
Webpage: http://grozingerlab.com/; https://www.facebook.com/thegrozingerlab
Center for Pollinator Research: http://ento.psu.edu/pollinators 

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