The following SWS Sections are rewarding travel grants to students to attend the Annual Meeting. Find details to apply for the awards below:
South Atlantic Chapter Student Travel Award
The South Atlantic Chapter of the SWS will be awarding four Student Travel Awards of $500 to attend the 2023 Annual Meeting in person. At least one of these awards will be issued to a student in a historically black college or university. If there are no applicants from an HBCU, the final award will be issued to a non-HBCU applicant.
To be eligible, students must:
Be a university student enrolled in the spring of 2023; spring graduates are eligible.
Submit their abstracts as a student of an accredited college or university in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, or West Virginia.
Demonstrate proof of abstract submission to our SAC Chair Richard Chinn (rchinn@richardchinn.com) with the subject “SAC Student Travel to Spokane”
Submit their request for travel funds and appropriate documentation by 15 May 2023.
Wildlife Section Student Travel Award
The Wildlife Section of the Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) is announcing the availability of a Student Travel Award. The Wildlife Section will pay registration for the winner and provide $1,000 to one student to attend the 2023 Annual Meeting in person.
To be eligible, students must
Be a college/university student enrolled in the spring of 2023; spring graduates are eligible.
Submit their abstracts for an oral presentation through the "Abstract Submission" option listed in the menu at the top of the page. Talks must address relationships between wildlife and habitat (i.e., the effects of habitat on fauna, or vice versa) Abstracts are due 31 January 2023.
Forward their acknowledgement of abstract submission to jnyman@lsu.edu with the subject “Wildlife Section Student Travel.”
Agree that if selected for funding, the student will present their research (i) in person and (ii) in the Invited Symposium being organized by the Wildlife Section of SWS instead of within the contributed sessions (the winning abstract will be moved from “contributed” to “invited” by the meeting organizers; the student will not need to resubmit).
APPLICATION CLOSED: Global Change Ecology Section Student Travel Award
The Global Change Ecology Section of the SWS will be awarding three Student Travel Awards of $500 to attend the 2023 Annual Meeting in person.
To be eligible, students must:
Be a university student enrolled in the spring of 2023; spring graduates are eligible.
Submit their abstracts for the meeting about Global Change Ecology
Demonstrate proof of abstract submission to melindamartinez@usgs.gov with the subject “Global Change Ecology - Student Travel”
APPLICATION CLOSED: North Central Chapter Student Travel Award
Five competitive travel grants ($500 each) are available which can be used to defray any kind of expenses associated with attending theSWSAnnual Meeting (i.e., travel, accommodations, meals).
Eligible applicants are graduate and undergraduate students registered at an institution in the NCC region (ND, SD, NE, MN, IA, WI, IL, MI, IN, and OH) who will be presenting a poster or talk on their research results at the SWS 2023 Annual Meeting in Spokane, WA. Applicants must have submitted an abstract for the Annual Meeting, and be members in good standing of SWS or have applied for a free or discounted membership.
To apply, please email Karen Mangan at Karen_mangan@fws.gov, Chair, NCC Awards Committee by April 1, 2023 with the title and abstract (250 words or less) of your poster or talk, a short essay (one or two paragraphs) on why you wish to attend this meeting and how you will benefit from it, and a statement that you will have sufficient funds, if needed, to cover any additional costs to attend the meeting. Applicants will be judged on the scientific merit of their abstracts and on their short essays.
