American Cetacean Society – Puget Sound Chapter: GUIDELINES FOR STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS The American Cetacean Society – Puget Sound Chapter would like to encourage student participation in the Society for Marine Mammalogy’s 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals (Tampa, Florida, 26 November – 2 December 2011) by offering travel grants for ACS Student Members. Two (2) student travel grants ($500 each) will be selected by a lottery system from all applications received by the Friday, 8 July 2011 deadline. To qualify for this grant, you need to: 1). Make sure you are a current ACS member at the time of submission. Application for membership to ACS may be completed at the following website: http://www.acsonline.org/aboutus/membership.html (Student membership is $25). 2) Be currently enrolled as a student at a recognized academic institution. 3) Be first author on an accepted oral or poster presentation. 4) Register for the conference by the early registration deadline (www.marinemammalogy.org ). 5).Currently reside and study within the Pacific Northwest region of the US and Canada (WA, OR, ID, AK, and British Columbia). To apply: 1). Submit a title and abstract (as submitted and accepted by the Society for Marine Mammalogy). 2). Give your name and school affiliation. 3). E-mail your application to: acspsgrants@yahoo.com Note: As an awardee, you will be asked to either present your poster or oral talk at a future ACS/PS general meeting in Seattle, or provide a summary report of your poster/spoken presentation for inclusion in a future issue of our ACS National newsletter, Spyhopper, and/or ACS/PS website Grants page. The student travel grant application period closes Friday, 8 July 2011 (11:59pm PST)! Notification of the student travel grant awards will be made by Friday, 5 August 2011. IMPORTANT: If you are selected for an award, you will need to make sure you register for the conference by the end of the early registration period (17 August 2011) or the award will be given to someone else. Questions? - Contact Stephanie Norman, ACS/PS Grants Chair: acspsgrants@acspugetsound.org -------------------------------------------------- Uko Gorter, president uko@ukogorter.com ---------------------------- American Cetacean Society/Puget Sound Chapter P.O. Box 2341 Kirkland, WA 98083-2341 acspsinfo@acspugetsound.org www.acspugetsound.org AMERICAN CETACEAN SOCIETY Cheryl M. McCormick Ph.D., Executive Director acsoffice@acsonline.org www.acsonline.org