COSAM Graduate Student Travel Fund

Note: Be sure to use the PDF form ONLY, indicated below, dated April, 2011. Please destroy any previous forms you may have on file; the previous Word form dated 4/2011 is NOT ACCEPTABLE.

Please note that the PDF file cannot be saved if it is edited with Adobe Reader. Adobe Acrobat Professional, however, can save the form. Adobe Acrobat Professional X is now available for free from AU-OIT, so if you want to keep an electronic copy, please be sure to use that program.  

1-27-2012. Until further notice, applications will be via paper ONLY; do NOT email. Please apply using the PDF FORM ONLY; be sure to fill the form out fully. An RAT IS required for ALL applications. Use of any other format application will result in the application not being considered. Print out your application, make a total of 5 copies and send through campus mail or hand-carry to Anthony Moss, 331 Funchess Hall; please give you application to Ms. Anjali Dabhade if you are uncertain. Please contact Ms. Dabhade at dabhaan@tigermail.auburn.edu or myself at mossant@auburn.edu if you have questions. 

Please arrange for  your major professor to send his/her Faculty Reference Form (page 3) separately to Anthony Moss, Dept. Biological Sciences, 331 Funchess Hall, via Campus Mail.

Please note: ONLY PAPER FORMS WILL BE ACCEPTED; EMAILED APPLICATIONS WILL BE IGNORED! THE APPLICATIONS MUST USE THE PDF FORMAT FORM INDICATED BELOW.

CLICK TO ACCESS PDF Format Application

The COSAM Graduate Travel Award Committee will use the following guidelines:

1. Support is provided to COSAM graduate students to travel to professional meetings in which they present thesis or dissertation research.  Students must be registered and on campus during the semester they travel. 
2. Travel must fall within the travel period specified above for each review cycle. The Committee requires time to process and evaluate the applications so students planning travel close to the review period may not have a decision until their return. 
3. Typically, each awardee receives $250 towards allowable expenses.  However, the amount per award may vary, depending on the funds available, the number of applicants, and the reason for travel.  Preference will be given to first-time applicants, although others will also be considered.
4. Preference will be given to those who will be making an oral presentation or poster as senior author of their thesis or dissertation, rather than simply attending a meeting or presenting non-degree research.  Should students not be first authors on papers, some explanation why this is so should be given in their justification.
5. Attempts to secure funds from additional sources are encouraged (e.g., Graduate School, department funds, etc.).  Prior awards from the COSAM student travel committee should be noted on the application form.
6. Complete applications using the current form are REQUIRED FOR THE APPLICATION TO BE CONSIDERED.
7. Other factors used in ranking the students include the following:

• • Quality of research presented
  • Quality of student and advisor justification
  • Past achievements as indicated in the student vita
  • Rank of the meeting within the student's discipline
  • Estimated graduation date
  • Justification for support

COSAM Graduate Student Travel Committee:

Anthony (Tony) Moss, Chair, Biological Sciences

Narendra Govil, Mathematics

Billy McCann, Chemistry and Biochemistry

To be named, Physics

Haibo Zou, Geology and Geography