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MISTICA: ASIS&T Travel Grant Offered

From: Ivan Kulis ([email protected])
Date: Tue Aug 20 2002 - 06:35:36 AST

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>From: Dr. V. Cano [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 12:20 PM
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>
>The American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
>, through its Special Interest Group on
>International Information Issues (SIG/III), with generous support from
>The Eugene Garfield Foundation, is offering limited travel grants for
>information scientists from developing countries to attend the ASIST
>Annual Meeting, in Philadelphia, PA, USA, November 18-21, 2002.
>[definition of a developing country for the purposes of this grant is
>Low-Income Economies, Lower-Middle-Income Economies, and
>Severely-Indebted Economies as defined by the World Bank, January 2002,
>http://www.worldbank.org/data/countryclass/classgroups.htm.]
>
>ASIST Travel Grant Committee: Dick Hill, Executive Director; ASIST
>members Norman Horrocks, Diane Hopkins, Michel Menou, Toni Carbo, Dudee
>Chiang, Irene Travis, Joseph Busch, and Sue O'Neill Johnson.
>
>Please note that these grants are limited and there is a possibility
>that the grant will not cover all of a participant's costs. In addition,
>travel grants are only available for those professionals who have never
>been to the United States.
>
>Application Procedure (all-electronic):
>
>1. Submit a standard curriculum vitae in English including your current
>position (and description of the position in detail), past positions,
>education, association activities, awards, lectures and papers.
>
>2. Write a brief description on the situation on information science in
>your institution or country, and how your institution and/or country
>will benefit by your attending this conference.
>
>3. Write a brief statement of the anticipated budget for your
>participation, including a statement of why this funding support is
>needed.
>
>4. If available, attach a copy of a recent paper or lecture you have
>written.
>
>Send this information or any questions by e-mail to [email protected],
>Chair Elect of ASIST, SIG International Information Issues. The deadline
>is August 31, 2002. Travel grant winners will be announced by September
>15, 2002.

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