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paleonet Grants for students to attend IPC, Beijing 2006





The Palaeontological Association wishes to show its support for the 
International Palaeontological Congress to the held in Beijing, 17-21 June 
2006, by making a number of travel grants available to students.  If you 
are not a student, please bring this to the attention of any students you 
know who might benefit from the opportunity to attend a major international 
conference in one of the most palaeontologically exciting parts of the world.

The awards will be up to 500 GBP (pounds sterling) each and will be made 
payable to the student's Department, specifically for the support of his or 
her attendance at the meeting.

The awards will be made to students who are members of the Palaeontological 
Association, about which more can be found at http://palass.org. The 
on-line Membership site is at https://www.palass.org/catalog.

Awards will only be made to those who are making a presentation at the 
Conference, and the selection of the award recipients will be made on the 
basis of the Abstract for the presentation, as well as on such other 
criteria as the selection panel may think important.

Application for the awards should be made by e-mail.  The application 
should arrive by December 1 2005 in the first instance.  It cannot be 
guaranteed that the application period will be extended if a sufficient 
number of applications are received by this date.

If you wish to apply, please send the following information, in an e-mail 
entitled 'IPC 2006 grant application', to <palass@palass.org>:

1.  Your name, institutional address, phone number, and e-mail.
2.  A brief statement (not more than 50 words) saying what you are 
researching into, the research degree that you are hoping to obtain, when 
you expect to obtain it, and the name of your research supervisor(s) / 
advisor(s).
3. A copy of the Abstract for your presentation at the IPC Beijing conference.
4. A brief statement of your estimated travel costs.
5. The name, address, phone number and e-mail of the financial 
administrator at your institution whom we can communicate with if the 
application is successful.