Student Travel Award

Typical application deadline: 
April
Page last updated: 
02/07/2011
Application Deadline: 
April 15, 2011
Contact Phone: 
734-662-3209
Contact e-mail: 
travelaward@glfc.org
Funding source home page: 
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
weblinks: 
Award information, including application procedure
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Masters
Master's Project
Ph.D.
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Must be full-time MS or PhD students with research relevant to the Great Lakes. Cannot have received the award previously.

Keywords: 
Conservation Biology
Ecosystem
Fish/Fishery
Great Lakes
International students
Lake
Professional presentation
Research/field research
Travel
Water/Aquatic
Amount: 
Up to $1,500
Funding Abstract: 

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission Travel Award is intended to promote academic excellence by encouraging student scientists to present the results of their graduate research at scientific conferences. The Travel Award is awarded annually to M.Sc. or Ph.D. students whose research is likely to make a significant contribution to the understanding of Great Lakes aquatic ecology and fishery science.

Type of Funding: 
Award/Prize
Funding Comments: 

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission Travel Award will be awarded with the student's prior understanding and acknowledgement
• that an oral presentation of the research will be made at the designated conference; and
• that a précis of the thesis will be submitted to the GLFC upon completion of the research. A suitably revised version may appear on the GLFC web site and may be circulated by the GLFC for publication in newsletters and web sites.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

Application consists of:

  • A letter of application (maximum one page) including conference the student wants to attend, description of research, and relevance to the GLFC's goals;
  • A letter of endorsement (maximum one page) from a supervising professor;
  • A brief title and extended abstract (maximum two pages) of the student's graduate research;
  • A statement (maximum one page) of how and why the research contributes to GLFC goals; and
  • A description (maximum 1 page total) of how the conference will help the student's professional development and a detailed estimate of costs.
Fund Usage: 
Travel