2014 Jeanie Borlaug Laube WIT Award Application

(Please type or, if necessary, print in clear letters. Application must be completed in English)

Part I. Applicant’s Information

Full Name:

Nationality:

Email address:

Address:

Current Institutional affiliation:

Gender (male or female):

Highest degree earned:

Date that your highest degree was earned:

Subject area of highest degree earned:

If funds were available, would you be interested in attending a three-week course at CIMMYT-Obregon in March of 2015? (yes or no)

Recipients of the award are invited to attend a dinner during the 2015 BGRI meeting in Sydney. If you receive the award, is there a mentor or senior scientist who has been helpful to you in your career, attending the BGRI workshop that you would like to be invited to this dinner?

Name:

Institution:

Email:

Telephone:

Part II. Abstract

Please include your poster abstract of no more than 150 words. This abstract should summarize the work you may present as a poster during the poster session of the BGRI 2015 Technical Workshop.

Type abstract here

Part III. Statement of Intent (limit 500 words)

What do you hope to gain from attending the BGRI Technical Workshop?

Type statement of intent here


Part IV. Co-funding

Applicants are encouraged to take the initiative to seek multiple sources of funding for their travel costs. Please list any other sources of support that you have, or have applied for, to attend this meeting. You may list more than three.

A. Source of Funds:

Amount:

Secured or pending?

B. Source of Funds:

Amount:

Secured or pending?

C. Source of Funds:

Amount:

Secured or pending?

Part V. Letter of Recommendation

As a separate, signed, pdf document, please submit one Letter of Recommendation along with the application and abstract from a supervisor, professor, or mentor. This letter should speak to the applicant’s leadership potential (less than 500 words).

Part VI. Curriculum Vitae

Please include with you application a copy of your curriculum vitae


Application Checklist

Ø  Application

Ø  Abstract

Ø  Statement of Intent

Ø  Letter of Recommendation

Ø  Curriculum vitae (CV)

Please combine all items into ONE pdf before emailing.

Electronic submissions (preferred) may be sent to:

Applications may be received by mail at:

Jeanie Borlaug Laube WIT Award

Sarah Evanega

Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat

Cornell University

250 Emerson Hall

Ithaca, NY 14851 USA

Please address general application questions to