The Travel Committee for the 2012 Symposium are pleased to announce that limited travel funds are available to assist international students and participants in their efforts to attend the Symposium and provide volunteer help, if needed. Awards should not be expected to cover the full cost of symposium travel. Priority will be given to those who will be presenting papers or posters, those who apply before the deadline, 31 October 2011, and to individuals from relatively under-represented regions. The committee looks favorably upon those who demonstrate efforts to secure additional sources of travel funds or matching grants. If you are in need of assistance for travel to the Symposium, apply via the Symposium website before the deadline. No late applications will be considered.
Applicants should follow this procedure:
1. Register for the symposium (Registration Desk)
2. Submit your abstract to the symposium for consideration
3. Using your symposium registration number, complete the online travel grant application
...... in full prior to the 31 October deadline.
Applicants should apply to the region that they are traveling from, NOT where the research was conducted. Awards will be announced by the first week of January 2012, and all recipients are expected to apply for visas (if required) immediately upon award if they have not already done so. Please contact the appropriate Regional Chair with any questions. It is greatly preferred that all correspondence is carried out by email/internet; however, if it is impossible to access an online computer, applicants can make contact with their Regional Chairs by fax.
Grant recipients are expected to attend the entire symposium and to serve as volunteers for some of the multiple and important tasks related to the functioning of the event.
Contact information for travel chairs is provided below.
