Food, Agriculture & Environmental Resources (FAER) Division
Special Libraries Association
TRAVEL GRANT FOR LIBRARY/INFORMATION SCIENCE STUDENT
to attend the 2018 SLA Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland
June 9-13, 2018
The Food, Agriculture & Environmental Resources (FAER) Division (a merger of the FAN and ERM Divisions) of SLA will reimburse travel expenses up to $500.00 for a library or information science student interested in pursuing a career in the field(s) of food, nutrition, environmental resources or agricultural information.
ELIGIBILITY:
- Applicants must be currently enrolled in an accredited graduate level library or information science program during the current academic year or have graduated within the last six months
- Be interested in pursuing a career in food, nutrition, environmental resources or agricultural information.
- A member of the SLA FAN or ERM (now officially FAER) Division
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: March 1, 2018
APPLICATION GUIDELINES:
- Submit a statement of approximately 200-300 words on why you would like to attend the conference and what interests you in the field of food, nutrition, environmental resources and agricultural information. Indicate how you would like to be involved in the FAER Division.
- This statement must be in English.
- Include a signed letter of recommendation from either a faculty advisor or immediate supervisor on company letterhead
- Include a transcript from your library school or other proof of current enrollment or program completion.
- Include a current resume
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- The award recipient will be required to write an article for the FAER blog reporting on his/her conference experience in general or serving as a reporter for one FAER event/session.
- The recipient shall serve at least one year on a FAER Committee.
- Travel grant will be applied only to the SLA 2018 Annual Conference.
APPLICATION ADDRESS:
Please return the completed application materials by March 1, 2018 by email to Luti Salisbury (lsalisbu@uark.edu)
NOTIFICATION:
The successful applicant will be notified by March 15, 2018.
For additional information about SLA, please visit http://www.sla.org
For information about the Food, Agriculture & Environmental Resources Division, visit http://fan.sla.org or http://environment.sla.org/
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