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ASB SUPPORT AWARDS
ASB support awards provide funds to help students attend the annual meeting and its events.
The Lafayette Frederick Underrepresented Minorities Scholarship ($1200)
The Frederick Award, sponsored by the ASB Committee on Human Diversity, honors long-time ASB member, Past President, and John Herr Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dr. Lafayette Frederick. The annual scholarship provides one outstanding undergraduate student membership to the association, registration to the annual meeting, mentorship on site, and attendance to many networking opportunities such as the Plenary Social, the Diversity Luncheon, the Thursday Night Social, and the Friday Night Banquet. This scholarship also reimburses travel and lodging at the annual meeting.
Learn more about Dr. Frederick, his works, and his legacy in the video below.
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Support Awards for First-Generation Undergraduate Student Members of ASB
First Gen Support Awards, sponsored by the ASB Committee on Human Diversity, partially defray the expenses of undergraduate first generation college students that will attend the Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting. The awards provide funds to support student membership, registration to the meeting, travel and lodging, and attendance at meeting events. The Southeastern Chapter of the Ecological Society of America sponsors one of these awards for a student with interests in ecology. The number of awardees in a given year is dependent on available funds.
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Support Award for Graduate Student Members of ASB
Support awards defray expenses for graduate student members who attend and present at the ASB meeting. The award will provide complementary early-bird registration and tickets to events at the annual meeting and student membership for the upcoming year. The number of awardees in a given year is dependent on available funds. Applicants will be notified of the Committee’s decision via email. The recipients of the award will be given a voucher for registration. Checks will be available at the meeting or sent in the mail.
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AFFILIATE SUPPORT AWARDS
Southern Appalachian Botanical Society – Student Conference Support Award ($500)
Students should submit their SABS Student Travel Award application materials by January 31, directly to Dr. Pamela Puppo ([email protected]). Complete applications should include: name of the student, affiliation, degree sought, year of study, phone contact, presentation type (oral presentation or poster), title, abstract, a short statement of interests and motivations, and name and email of their faculty advisor in the body of the email. Use the Subject Line: SABS Student Travel Award and Your Last Name.
Students should ask their faculty advisors to email a letter of support directly to [email protected] before Wed. Feb 14. If students are awarded a SABS Travel Award the expectation is that the student join at the society at the member rate of $10/yr at the meeting. Awards will be picked up at the ASB meeting. |
Apply for the SABS Support Award
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