SERDP STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS 2009 The Ecological Society of America (ESA) announces the availability of ten (10) travel awards of $500 each to students presenting papers at ESA's 2009 Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, NM. These awards are sponsored by the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP). SERDP is the U.S. Department of Defense's corporate environmental research and development (R&D) program, planned and executed in full partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency. Students with abstracts accepted in one of three areas are eligible to apply:
* ecosystem management, * invasive species, * threatened and endangered species. To apply, please submit: 1. complete contact information, including email and phone # 2. your accepted abstract, 3. a letter of recommendation from your advisor, 4. a brief statement (maximum 200 words) responding to the question "How will your research contribute to management of natural resources on federal lands?" 5. and proof of student status to: Please submit these materials to Dr. Scott Roberts, ESA Applied Ecology Section Vice Chair at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> by June 5, 2009. Please place as much of your application as possible directly in the text of an email message, minimizing attachments. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. Winners will be notified around June 25. Awards will be presented in person at the SERDP booth in Albuquerque at a time to be announced. For information on other student travel awards to ESA 2009, see http://www.esa.org/aboutesa/awards.php. Jennifer Riem Education Coordinator Ecological Society of America Department of Education and Diversity Programs [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> tel 202-833-8773 x236 fax 202-833-8775 EcoEd Digital Library<http://www.ecoed.net/> Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE)<tiee.ecoed.net>
