AWARDS
DIC Student Travel Award Program
The Application Deadline for the New Orleans ACS Meeting
The DIC is accepting applications for student travel awards for graduate and undergraduate students presenting talks or posters at ACS National Meetings. The amount of each award is $500.00. The deadline for receipt of applications is February 8 for the Spring ACS National Meeting, and June 1 for the Fall ACS National Meeting. Winners will be notified by March 8 and August 1, respectively, for the Spring and Fall meetings.
Eligibility
1. The student must be a member of the DIC and must present his/her paper in the DIC program. Students who are not making presentations are ineligible.
2. Only one nomination will be accepted per research group for each meeting. Exceptions may be granted for collaborative projects.
3. Preference will be given to students making their first presentation at a national ACS meeting.
Application Procedure - A complete application should include the following materials:
1. a cover letter indicating the meeting for which support is requested, the name of the student's advisor, the institution at which the research was conducted, and whether or not this is the student's first presentation at a national ACS meeting. The letter should also confirm that the student is a member of the DIC.
2. an abstract of the work to be presented in the DIC program.
3. a resume, including a listing of research activities.
4. a recommendation letter from the student's research advisor.
The application must be submitted by email attachment to dicawards@mail.chem.tamu.edu as a SINGLE pdf file with the title "LASTNAME.pdf". VERY IMPORTANT: The subject of the email should be: " Student Travel Awards, Spring, LASTNAME" or " Student Travel Awards, Fall, LASTNAME".