ANNUAL MIDWESTERN CONFERENCE OF PARASITOLOGISTS
Call for AMCOP Student Research Grant Proposals, Spring 2014
28 March 2014
Dear AMCOP Student Members:
The members of AMCOP (a regional affiliate of the American Society of Parasitologists, ASP) are pleased to announce the 3rd annual AMCOP Student Research Grant competition. Twoawards of $500 are available. Onegrant will be awarded to an undergraduate student, and one grant to a graduate student (M.S. or Ph.D.). The AMCOP Student Research Grant Committee reserves the right to award the grants to any combination of undergraduate and graduate students, depending on the quality of proposals received. Grants must be used to support field or laboratory research related expenses (equipment, supplies, or travel to field sites). Salaries, travel to meetings, and purchase of books will not be supported.
Details about eligibility and application materials follow. Instructions must be followed completely for consideration. Proposals that are late, incomplete, or do not follow the requested format will not be considered. Proposals will be evaluated based on significance, clarity (questions asked, methods used to address questions), feasibility, and need.
Eligibility:
students & faculty advisors must be members of AMCOP: student dues are $5; dues form is attached to this document. Mail to Robert Sorensen,Minnesota State University, Mankato.
students who have received 2 previous AMCOP Student Research Grants are not eligible
students who receive an AMCOP Student Research Grant must commit to presenting their results at the AMCOP meeting the year following the receipt of their award
Application materials:
EMAIL all materials as pdf attachment (with "AMCOP student research grant" in subject line) to:
Shawn Meagher, .
Application materials include:
application form, including budget and brief justification (see details below)
project description (see details below)
letter of support from faculty advisor
!! DEADLINE for receipt of all materials: midnight, 18 May 2014.
Project description:
Font size at least 12 point (13cpi). Margins at least 1 inch
Length: maximum 2 pages, single-spaced, including literature cited
Content must address the following:
Introduction—brief overview of study topic, hypotheses to be tested, and specific aims/objectives, with references to appropriate literature
Materials & Methods—how, where, and when the proposed research will be conducted
Expected Results—what patterns will support (or refute) your hypotheses?
Significance—how will this research improve the general knowledge in the field of parasitology?
Literature cited—list sources of information cited, in style of Journal of Parasitology
Grants will be awarded at AMCOP 66, June5-7 at The University of Kentucky, inLexington, KY.
Awardees are required to present their results at AMCOP 67.
Please contact me if you have any questions (email above, or 309-298-2409). Thanks for your interest!
Sincerely,
Shawn Meagher
AMCOP Student Research Grant Committee
2014 AMCOP DUES
(Do NOT submit with proposal! Send hard copy to Robert Sorensen [below])
Name ______
Address ______
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DUES – Faculty & Emeriti ($10)/ Student ($5): ______
CONTRIBUTION to student awards*: ______
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*Note: Eli Lilly continues to support the Herrick Award, but the remainder of the awards -
LaRue Award ($300), honorable mention awards ($200), and the Cable undergraduate award ($100) - are supported by the AMCOP membership. To ensure continued distribution of these student awards, financial support from the membership is necessary.
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Send this form and your check to:
Dr. Robert Sorensen
AMCOP Secretary/Treasurer
Dept. of Biological Sciences
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Mankato, MN 56001
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Application Form(please type to replace the xxx's)
Name:xxx
Institution:xxx
Advisor:xxx
Student status (undergrad/grad):xxx
Mailing addressxxx
Have you received research funds from any sourceto complete this, or any other, project?
If "yes",
1) Give year, project title, funding source & grant amount: (next lines)
2) Describe how these results were/will be disseminated? (presentations/papers next line):
Have you previously received an AMCOP Student Research Grant? (YES/NO)xxx
If "yes",
1) Give year, project title, & grant amount: (next lines)
2) Describe how have these results were/will be disseminated? (next line):
Project title:xxx
Amount requested:($250/$500)xxx
Budget and brief justification (start on next line):
Project description (2 page maximum, INCLUDING literature cited!;
required content described in "Call for Proposals" letter)
Title:xxx
Text: (start on next line):
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