Student Travel Awards

The AAC will provide limited travel and expense support to students who must meet the following criteria:

1) be registered at a recognised institution of higher learning
2) present a paper (oral or poster) at the meeting in person
3) be first author if the paper has several authors
4) demonstrate the need for financial assistance

Student Travel Award funding can only be used for:
1) transportation
2) accommodation, and/or
3) conference registration.

Criteria for evaluating applications:

1)Assessment is based on need and distance
2)Awards will be based on merit as judged by the quality of the abstract and a demonstrated need for funding
3) The CV will be used only when a consensus cannot be reached by the Committee

Applications for funding must include all of the following:
1) a copy of the abstract
2) a one-page CV outlining relevant accomplishments (e.g., honours/awards, publications)
3) request for financial assistance [amount requested and for what purpose (e.g., airfare, accommodation, registration)] - and any other sources of funding (this must be signed by your senior supervisor)(br /) 4) a short endorsement from your supervisor indicating why it is important for you to participate in AC11

Apply for an AAC Student Travel Award:

Click here to download the AAC Student Travel Award Application

Completed applications must be submitted as a single document, preferably in pdf format, to the Chair of the Awards Committee (Joy2004Wade@yahoo.ca) no later than March 18, 2011.

Joy Wade, Chair, AAC Awards Committee
 

Student Travel Awards - given to students presenting papers at the annual meeting to help defray travel expenses of attending the meeting.

Recipients:

2009

Mebrahtu Araya
David Cassis
Nathaniel Feindel
Erwann Fraboulet
Heidi Gartner
Nathalie Rayssac
Mélanie Roy
Charles Sacobie
Jennifer Silver
Soleil Switzer
Michele Wetton
Arianne Faille

2007

Guillaume Dagenais
Erin Friesen
Matthew Liutkus
Melanie M. Mamoser
Joanne Power
Michelle Wetton

2004

Zeng Duan
Andre Dumas
Ling Yang
Cris Jenkins
Keith Sullivan
Stephanie Synanrd
Leah Lewis
Carla Walbourne
Daphne Munroe
Robyn O’Keefe
Jeff Piercey
Yi Pan

2003

Joy Becker
Kevin Buchan
Tara Daggatt
Vikki Hughes
TerraLynn Lander
Rosalind Leggatt
Martin Mallett
Nicole Rowsell
Jillian Westcott
Manju Wijekoon

2002

Kelly Barrington
Dona Ashoka Gamage
Joanne Harding
Ahmad Khan
Karen Smith
Manju Wijekoon
Joy Becker
Nicole Brun
Tara Daggett
Terralynn Lander
Martin Mallet
Charlotte Morgan

2001

Paige Ackerman
Rosalind Leggatt
Alberto Schlicht
Mark Ball
Joy Becker
Colin Budd
Eddy Kennedy
Sean Macneill
Saloni Clerc
Matthew Hardy
Christine Ouellette
Troy Lyons
Laurence Mercier
Jean-Bruno Nadalini
Melissa Wong
Luke Harman
M.E. Azim
 

The AFS Fish Health Section has exciting changes in the Snieszko Student Travel Award for the Issah in Tampa, FL in September, 2010.  For further information please check out the Travel Support Information at::  www.epi.ufl.edu/