Student Travel Support

Students at U.S. universities will be awarded support from USNC URSI for travel to the 2010 National Radio Science Meeting, provided they meet the following criteria:

  1. First author and presenter of a paper at the 2010 National Radio Science Meeting to be held January 6-9, 2010 in Boulder, Colorado.
  2. Full-time student for a graduate degree at a U.S. university.
  3. Submit a complete application for travel support by the extended deadline of Firday, October 2, 2009.
  4. After the award has been decided, sign a form and return the original to the National Academies agreeing to the terms and conditions of the award.

This award will be in the form of a fellowship grant award from the National Academies (NAS) in Washington, DC.  This award, in the amount of $600, is intended to defray travel expenses to attend the 2010 National Radio Science Meeting to be held January 6-9, 2010 in Boulder, Colorado.  The following terms and conditions are applicable to this award:

  1. If traveling by air, each awardee must comply with the Fly America Act when making travel arrangements.  Funds spent in violation of the Fly America Act as determined by NAS are unallowable and may need to be repaid.
  2. All awardees must contact Ms. Lisa Bevell at lbevell@nas.edu immediately upon learning that he/she cannot attend the meeting so that appropriate repayment arrangements can be made.

An application for Student Travel Support must be filed at the time of abstract submission and before the meeting’s abstract deadline of September 25, 2009.

Questions regarding student travel support should be addressed to Prof. Danilo Erricolo of University of Illinois at Chicago at erricolo@ece.uic.edu.