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America 377th Annuall Meeting th
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Orlando, Florida, U
USA Novem
mber 6‐10, 20016 oard of Directo
ors is awarding $500 to help aa student attennd the 2016 SEETAC North Am
merica Annual M
Meeting in The SSoCal SETAC Bo
Orlan
ndo, FL. The pu
urpose of the award is to enco
ourage particip
pation of SoCaal students at the North America Annual Meeeting and to encou
urage student membership aand involvement in our local SoCal SETAC c hapter. APPLIC
CATION DEA
ADLINE: mid
dnight PST Frriday Septem
mber 23, 20
016 AWA
ARD: $500 in travel funds
ds and a one‐ye
ear membership (to use with
hin two years oof the award) to the SoCal SEETAC Regional Chapter. monetary funds will be award
ded in person aat the Fall SoCaal SETAC dinneer meeting in O
October 2016. A
The m
Attendance att this dinner meeting is highly en
ncouraged but not mandatorry. Receiving a travel award ffrom SETAC No
orth America does not disquaalify you from peting for the SSoCal award. comp
REQUIREMENTSS AND LIMIT
TATIONS: Applicants for the SSoCal SETAC Student Travel A
Award must be a southern Caalifornia studen
nt (Santa Barbaara to the soutthern US ent SETAC mem
mber in good sttanding. Appliccants must be planning to maake a platform
m or poster pressentation at bordeer) and a curre
the 2016 SETAC North America M
Meeting and mu
ust have submiitted an abstraact that has beeen accepted fo
or presentation
n in Orlando. EVALLUATION PR
ROCEDURES: Applicants are requ
uired to comple
ete and submitt an application
n package by tthe application
n deadline to be considered ffor the award. Applicants will be raanked and evaluated by the SSoCal SETAC Board based on the following criteria:  Completen
ness and timeliiness of the application packaage  Quality of the abstract  Organizatio
on and presentation of applicant's stateme
ent of goals an d accomplishm
ments  Strength of supporting documentation (advisor’s stattement of suppport and appliccant's CV/resume)  Availabilityy to volunteer ffor two hours at the SoCal SEETAC Regional Chapter booth
h in Orlando SETA
AC REGIONA
AL CHAPTER MATCH: Addittional travel funds may be avvailable from SEETAC North Am
merica. Amounnt of match an
nd other detailss will follow. HOW
W TO APPLY: 1
1.
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2.
Complete tthe online survvey at https://w
www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q
Q2V6FNB by m
midnight PST Seeptember 23
Email yourr remaining app
plication packaage to Rachel.A
[email protected] by midnigh
ht PST Septemb
ber 23 Application Pacckage includes all of the follo
owing: o Session
n name, date, sstart time, and
d ID number o Abstracct submitted and accepted by SETAC (indiccate platform o
or poster) o One higgh resolution h
headshot photo o CV/Ressume (one‐side
e, two page maaximum) o A state
ement of research goals and aaccomplishmeents by the app
plicant (250 wo
ords maximum) o A supporting stateme
ent by the applicant's researcch advisor (onee‐side, one pagge maximum)
QUEESTIONS: SoCall SETAC Preside
ent Rachel Adaams (310) 338‐‐5186 Rachel.A
[email protected] SoCall SETAC Secretary Misty Merccier (714) 335‐‐5918 mistyme
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