[Air-L] Reminder: Travel Scholarships

[Jennifer Stromer-Galley]

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder that AoIR has travel scholarships available to help support travel to Berlin. The full announcement is on the AoIR website, under Awards - Travel Scholarships, and I'm posted the call here as well.

Give a shout if you have questions.

~Jenny
President, AoIR

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In order to increase the diversity of participation in the AoIR annual Internet Research conferences, the Association of Internet Researchers makes available several conference fee waivers and travel stipends per year.
Applications are invited from authors whose proposals have already been accepted via the conference reviewing process, as well as by PhD Students applying to the Doctoral Colloquium. All applications should be emailed directly to the President of AoIR (Jenny Stromer-Galley, prez at aoir.org), and must be received by June 15, 2015. Late applications cannot be considered.
Applications should be no longer than 2 pages, and must include the following information:

  *   A brief description of how the author's presentation or contribution to the IR conference will uniquely articulate and/or represent a distinctive perspective (e.g., of persons and/or cultures) otherwise unlikely to be represented at the conference.
  *   An explanation of the author's distinctive circumstances that would warrant a fee waiver, and an indication that the applicant will be able to make effective use of the funds. These may include, but are by no means limited to: exceptionally limited financial resources (e.g., as a graduate student or scholar in a non-OECD country, as a disabled person on a limited income, etc.); exceptional limits on institutional support otherwise normally available (e.g., travel funds, grant funds, etc.); other exceptional circumstances that render the usual AoIR IR conference fees an insurmountable obstacle to attending the IR conference in order to present one's own work.
  *   A short (2-page) CV with your application.
Applicants may also include a letter of support from someone familiar with her/his circumstances, special needs, etc. Such a letter is not a requirement.
Applications will be reviewed by the AoIR Executive Committee. Fee waivers and travel stipends of up to $500 (with one stipend of up to $2,000) will be awarded (to be paid out after the conference) on the basis of the Executive Committee's collective judgment as to which presentations will make the most distinctive contribution to the AoIR IR conference. In order to respect and protect the privacy of the applicants, all Executive Committee discussions and deliberations will be held in strict confidence.
The AoIR Executive Committee regretfully acknowledges that there may be more meritorious applications than we will be able to award and support. Nonetheless, we hope that awarded fee waivers and travel stipends will not only assist deserving scholars and researchers, but also enrich the IR 16.0 conference for all attendees.