Prizes and awards

ESA TRAVEL GRANTS

The ESA encourages student attendance at its annual conference by providing a number of Student Travel Grants each year. The value of each individual grant will depend on the number of applicants and the relative travel costs of all applicants, and are generally determined on the basis of relative costs of air travel. In 2010 in addition to usual travel grants, up to five extra travel grants (Wiley-Blackwell Student Fellowships) will be sponsored by Wiley-Blackwell. These fellowships will be awarded to individuals from the pool of applicants who have the highest travel costs. To be eligible, applicants must be a member of the Society, be the presenting author of a talk or poster, and not have previously won a travel grant from the Society. For information about travel to future ESA conferences please visit the ESA homepage.

ESA10 will be held in Canberra Dec 6-10, 2010

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: Thursday July 1 2010.

ESA10 ABSTRACTS CLOSE: Friday July 30 2010

WHO CAN APPLY?

To be eligible for a grant, applicants must:

• be a current financial member of ESA,
• be the presenting author of a talk or a poster
• provide all details as requested on the application form
• indicate in the application the projected travel budget inc the amount of any departmental or other support available

HOW DO I APPLY?

Step 1. Complete the ESA10 Travel Grant Application form available here and click on email button to submit or alternatively fax to:

ESA Executive Officer

Fax: 3162 0901

by 5pm Thursday July 1 2010.

Please Note: The submit by email button will only work when form is completed online - if form is downloaded please email separately or fax.

Submit your travel grant application by the nominated deadline

Step 2. Submit your abstract to ESA10 by deadline

Step 3. When you receive notification that you will be presenting a paper or poster, send a copy of this notification to the Executive Officer. Failure to do this may result in money not being awarded.

Step 4. Register and make necessary travel arrangements yourself – grant funds will be forwarded to successful applicants direct.

Step 5. You will be notified of the outcome of your grant application and asked to provide bank account deatils to enable direct transfer of funds to your account.

CONTACT:

If you have any queries regarding the level of subsidy or the grant process, please contact:

Ian Williamson vp2@ecolsoc.org.au or

Gail Spina executiveofficer@ecolsoc.org.au