AAAS HPS graduate student funding


Travel Grants for Graduate Students to Attend 2011 AAAS Annual Meeting

Thanks to a generous donation from a member, Section L (History & Philosophy of Science) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science will offer a limited number of travel grants to assist graduate students studying history or philosophy of science presenting posters at the Association's next Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, February 17-21,

The submission information for posters is at http://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2011/poster/cfp.cgi/ and October 25 is the submission deadline.  The grant is to defray costs of travel, lodging, and registration, to a maximum of $500.  Highest preference will be given to graduate students who are presenting posters or otherwise on the program; secondary preference will be given to those who serve as session aides at the meeting (see http://meeting2011.aaas.org/sessionaide/default.aspx).

To apply, send a CV, a statement of support from your advisor, and a brief statement why attending this meeting would benefit your program of study, to Jonathan Coopersmith, Secretary, Section L, AAAS, j-coopersmith@tamu.edu.  The deadline for application is December 1.
Notification of awards will be made by December 15.

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Jonathan Coopersmith
Associate Professor
Department of History
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4326
979.845.8584
979.862.4314 fax

Secretary
Section L, History & Philosophy of Science American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) www.aaas.org