NASA-MSU PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENT AWARDS:

Instructions for Current Recipients

Applications

Note : Potential applicants should check to be sure they are within the deadline window. After deadline dates the information is provided for general informational purposes only.

The NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Awards will be available for the 13th consecutive year to students who are going to give oral or poster presentations at the 2010 Annual Symposium of the U.S. Regional Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE 2010), held in Athens, Georgia from April 5 through April 9, 2010 http://www.usiale.org/athens2010/.

These special awards are made possible by the support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Michigan State University (MSU). The selected students will have opportunities to meet with some leading landscape ecologists at a special dinner gathering, to learn the latest developments in landscape ecology at the symposium, and to build professional networks with other symposium attendees.

Approximately 20 awards (up to $700 each) will be given for the selected students to cover expenses associated with attending the symposium. Applications will be judged based on the merits of the applicants' abstracts, financial needs, and professional backgrounds and goals. Former award recipients are not eligible to apply. Minority students are especially encouraged to apply.

Preference will be given to US-IALE members. To join US-IALE or renew membership, please visit http://www.usiale.org/index.php?id=membership. Annual membership for students costs only $30. For students in developing countries who have no means to pay the membership dues, please make an explicit statement in their application letters.

Please note: Abstracts are no longer being accepted, as the deadline for submission was December 15, 2009.

The selection will be made by the end of January 2010.

Interested students should prepare: 

(A) Cover letter (interest in the award and statement of professional goals)

(B) Completed Application form

Application Form:

Adobe Acrobat Format
MS Word Format

(C) Resume or curriculum vitae

(D) Abstract

For guidelines for abstract submission, please visit the conference website.

All application materials must be emailed by December 15, 2009 to: csis@csis.msu.edu

For more information about the NASA-MSU Program, please contact:

Dr. Jianguo (Jack) Liu
Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability
115 Manly Miles Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Email: jliu@panda.msu.edu

Previous NASA-MSU Awardees:
 

1998	1999	2000	2001
2002	2003	2004	2005
2006	2007	2008	2009