{"id":1304,"date":"2016-01-24T10:56:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T14:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2016-01-24T10:58:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T14:58:26","slug":"ne-asist-to-announce-2016-student-travel-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/?p=1304","title":{"rendered":"NE-ASIS&T to Announce 2016 Student Travel Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interested in traveling, and professionalizing and networking at the same time?\u00a0<\/strong>Tomorrow, the Association for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NE-ASIS&T), will\u00a0announce its annual travel awards to support participation in an ASIS&T Summit or Annual Meeting. This year, the student award will support up to $1,000 toward one of three events:\u00a0IA Summit: A Broader Panorama<\/span><\/a> (May 4-8 in Atlanta, GA),\u00a0<\/span>RDAP Summit: Research Data Access and Preservation<\/span><\/a> (May 4-6 in Atlanta, GA), or\u00a0<\/span>ASIS&T Annual Meeting: Information Science with Impact: Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology<\/span><\/a> (October 14-18 in Copenhagen, Denmark). <\/span><\/p>\n

Each of these events offers excellent opportunities for current graduate students to gain more insight into the latest research in the broad and multifaceted field of information science. NE-ASIS&T defines information science broadly to include future\u00a0librarians, archivists, data\/knowledge managers, information architects, web developers, or anyone else with a stake in the information science field. The goals of NE-ASIS&T’s travel award\u00a0<\/span>are to support scholarship and connect research and practice and to bring new voices to the chapter. The student award will support a\u00a0year-long membership in ASIS&T as well as the cost of\u00a0conference registration and some\u00a0travel costs to\u00a0the event venues.<\/p>\n

So if you’re a graduate student in a discipline \u00a0that falls under the broad umbrella of information science and technology, consider attending one of these events and applying for this generous award!\u00a0Visit NE-ASIS&T’s website<\/a> to see previous award winners.\u00a0The deadline for the 2016 award is Friday, February 19th. The winner will be notified by Friday, February 26th.<\/p>\n

To apply, email a cover sheet and two short personal statements to Annie Erdmann at erdmann@simmons.edu by February 19th, 2016<\/u><\/strong>, with the subject line \u201cTravel Award Application 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cover sheets should include the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n