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MISTICA: ASIS&T Travel Grant

From: Michel J. Menou ([email protected])
Date: Fri Aug 02 2002 - 04:05:10 AST

To: GKD <[email protected]>

PRESS RELEASE - APOLOGIES FOR DUPLICATION

The American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
<http://www.asis.org>, 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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