DLS Student Travel Grant Program

We are now accepting applications for Student Travel Grants to assist with travel costs to Laser Science XXIV in Rochester, NY, October 19-23, 2008. The deadline for receipt of complete applications is September 22, 2008.

Through this program, DLS will provide partial funding (up to $500) for a limited number of graduate students to attend and participate in one of the Division's two conferencecs, QELS or Laser Science. To be eligible, an applicant must be a full-time graduate student, a member of the Division of Laser Sciences, and the author or co-author on an oral or poster paper at the QELS or LS meetings. To make these funds as widely available as possible, some priority will be given to requests for a lower level of support and to distribution of these grants to students from different institutions.

Applicants should submit an application and a recommendation form from a faculty advisor.  Applicants are required to FAX or email their acceptance letter or attach it to the application upon receiving the official notice. Only one award will be give to a research group. Checks will be issued at the meeting. Hotel accommodations will be covered at up to half the conference rate for a double room.

Submit your requests to:

John T. Fourkas
DLS Secretary/Treasurer
Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
FAX: (301) 314-4121
fourkas@umd.edu