Students - Don't forget to apply for an SMM Biennial
Conference Student Travel Grant!
For students planning on attending the upcoming SMM Biennial
Conference in Quebec City
in October 2009, don't forget that the deadline for applying for a student
travel grant is this Sunday, July 12th, 2009. Remember, to qualify for this grant, you need
to: 1) make sure you are a current SMM student member at the time of
submission, 2) be currently enrolled as a student at a recognized academic
institution, 3) be first author on an accepted oral or poster presentation, and
4) register for the conference by the early registration deadline. (You are allowed to apply for a student
travel grant before you find out if your abstract is accepted; I will make sure
everyone on the final application list has an accepted abstract, though, which
may require removing some names at which point you will be notified.) Notification of the student travel grant
awards will be made no later than Wednesday, July 15th, 2009. If you are granted an award, you will need to
make sure you register for the conference by the end of the early registration
period (July 20th, 2009) or the award will be granted to someone
else.
More information on the upcoming Biennial Conference can be
found on the Society for Marine Mammalogy's website (http://www.marinemammalogy.org/).
Thanks!
Lynne Williams, SMM Student Member-at-Large
135 Duke Marine
Lab Rd.
Beaufort,
NC 28516
lynnee.williams@duke.edu