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Wilford Gardner IUSS Congress Fellowship Program

The U.S. National Committee for Soil Science announces the Wilford Gardner IUSS Congress Fellowship program for students and early career scientists presenting papers at the 19th World Congress of Soil Science in Brisbane, Australia, August 1-6, 2010. This program is open to any student or early career scientist enrolled at or employed by a U.S. institution. Early career scientists are defined as those within 5 years of receiving their Ph.D. Only the presenter of the paper will be awarded the fellowship and the presenter must be the senior author of the paper. Fellowships are anticipated to be a maximum of $2,000 per person. The number of fellowships to be awarded will depend on the availability of funds.

The following criteria will be used to rank applications:

• Enrolled in B.Sc., M.S., or Ph.D. program at a U.S. university, or employed at a U.S. institution.
• First author of paper (oral or poster) to be presented at the congress.
• Outline of your financial plan for attending the meeting (including other sources of funding available to you to cover these costs).
• Endorsement of faculty advisor or supervisor.
• One-page CV (if you are a student, please include your current GPA). 

Each fellowship recipient will pay for his or her own travel expenses and registration. The fellowships will be awarded before the congress. Within two months after the congress, grantees will be expected to provide a trip report of their activities at the congress. The trip report will summarize their view of how they benefited from attending the congress, and their general impression of the congress.

Application deadline is April 1st, 2010.

Please complete the application form (this will download a Word form) and submit with the following supporting information:
1) A copy of your abstract
2) An outline of your financial plan for attending the meeting
3) One-page CV

Application forms and supporting information should be submitted by email to:

Ester Sztein, PhD
U. S. National Committee for Soil Science
The National Academies
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington DC 20001
E-mail: esztein@nas.edu