[Air-L] Announcing CIPR Student Travel Grant for IR12

[Michael Zimmer]

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce the following student travel grant opportunity for IR 12 in Seattle.

Michael

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Michael Zimmer, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies
Co-Director, Center for Information Policy Research
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
e: zimmerm at uwm.edu
w: www.michaelzimmer.org


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** CIPR Student Award in Information Policy & Ethics **

Sponsored by:
Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR)  http://www4.uwm.edu/cipr/
School of Information Studies (SOIS) http://www4.uwm.edu/sois/
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 


The Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR) is pleased to again offer a CIPR Student Award in Information Policy & Ethics, to sponsor one student (undergraduate, graduate or post-doc) for the Association of Internet Researchers IR12 Conference in Seattle, Washington. The amount of the award is US$500.

The student’s research must focus on some aspect of information policy or ethics, and internet studies, broadly conceived. The recipient must have an accepted paper at IR12 and must attend to present the research.

To apply, please send the following documents to Michael Zimmer at zimmerm at uwm.edu: 

- Accepted Paper Abstract
- CV
- Brief statement describing how the paper/research will make an impact on the fields of information policy, ethics, and internet studies.

Application deadline is August 31, 2011. Notification of award will be received by September 15.

The recipient should acknowledge the CIPR grant at AoIR and in any subsequent presentations or publications.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Michael Zimmer
CIPR Co-Director

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The Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR) is the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's multidisciplinary research center for the study of the intersections between the policy, ethical, political, social and legal aspects of the global information society. It is lead by co-directors Dr. Joyce Latham and Dr. Michael Zimmer.