The Wetland Foundation is a non-profit organization that was founded in 2008 by Dr. Karen L. McKee and Dr. Irving A. Mendelssohn to promote education and research about wetlands, especially the coastal marshy areas and mangrove forests. The foundation offers financial support to students of wetland science in the form of travel grants for attending conferences about wetlands and related topics.
In this context, the Wetland Foundation is currently inviting applications for 2012 travel grants and will accept applications from any student currently enrolled full-time at an academic institution in the USA and who meets the specific criteria for one of the types of grants listed below:
Types of Grants
- Conference Travel Grant Type 1 ($600): For advanced under-graduate and graduate students who have never attended a wetland scientific conference and who have limited funds for travel.
- Conference Travel Grant Type 2 ($1200): For advanced under-graduate and graduate students with limited funding to present their wetland research findings at a conference.
- Field Travel Grant Type 1 ($800): For outstanding graduate students with limited funding to defray field expenses associated with thesis or dissertation research on wetlands.
- Field Travel Grant Type 2 ($1000): For promising undergraduate students to attend field courses focused on wetlands
Who Can Apply?
Any student currently enrolled full-time at an academic institution in the USA and who meets the specific criteria for one of the types of grants listed to the left.
Selection Criteria
- Demonstrated interest in wetland science. Travel grants are to support participation in wetland science education and research activities. The successful grantee will demonstrate this interest in the application package.
- Demonstrated intent to use the grant for wetland science-related activities. The successful grantee will clearly document this intent in the application package.
- Demonstrated aptitude to succeed in a wetland science career. The successful grantee will clearly document their potential to succeed in pursuit of a career in wetland science.
- Demonstrated need for the grant. Travel grants are meant to aid promising students with limited travel funds. The successful grantee will demonstrate need in the application package and document it through current and pending support and letters of support.
Last date for submitting the applications is November 30, 2011.
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