Travel Stipend Application

Stipend applications are due April 1, 2016. Early deadline Feb 10 for Preparing for an Academic Career
See Geoscience Education Research and GeoNeeds for to apply for funds for those workshops.

Complete the form below to apply for a stipend to travel to the 2016 Earth Educators' Rendezvous. Late applicants will not be considered. Stipends are awarded to applicants based on financial need and the potential impact on their participation. You will be notified ~2 weeks after the application deadline (prior to the early bird registration deadline).

For post-docs and graduate students applying for funds for the Preparing for an Academic Career workshop, we offer an "early decision" stipend deadline of February 10 and will notify recipients by February 24. Depending on availability of funds, we will also award stipends to post-docs and graduate students for the Preparing for an Academic Career workshop who submit an application by April 1 and will notify recipients by April 15. These stipends are offered through funding designated for this specific workshop, and thus are offered only to those who register and participate in this workshop. If the workshop fills and your are not able to register for it, your stipend award for the Preparing for an Academic Career workshop is forfeited and you will be considered for one of the general workshop stipend awards. Register early.

Click on SUBMIT to send this application. Be sure to hit the SUBMIT button before leaving this page or your information will be lost.

Your full name used for federal income tax information:

Your email address (same as used in the workshop application, if possible):

Your institution:

Your department:

Home addressWe will send the stipend award check to your home (not work) address, matching the address used for federal income tax information.
Residence street address:

City:

Select a State:

Zip Code:

Question SetIn what role will you be attending the Rendezvous?

or Other role:

What is the potential impact of your participation in the Rendezvous? (Why is it important for you to attend the Rendezvous? How do you expect the Rendezvous will impact your teaching or your work as an educator? Will your participation impact others?)

Budget(Note: Registration costs will be considered in Grad student and post-doc applications for the Preparing for an Academic Career workshop)

Estimate of airfare cost:

Estimate of hotel/dorm cost:

Existing funds available to you (e.g., Department funds, Dean's office, your institution's Teaching and Learning Center):

Total funds requested ($500 maximum):

Other comments/notes:

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