ACADIA Student Scholarship GUIDELINES & APPLICATION
2014 ACADIA Conference / Los Angeles

The 2014 ACADIA Conference welcomes applications for Student Scholarships. Please read the instructions and scholarship information before completing the application.

1. About the Student Scholarships
The ACADIA Student Scholarship program was created to support students and recent graduates whose Full Paper, Work-in-Progress Paper or Project Submission have been accepted. A total of $5000 will be divided and awarded to multiple recipients at the discretion of the ACADIA Scholarship Committee consisting of ACADIA Board Members and the Conference Chairs. The purpose of the scholarship is to support individuals who will attend the conference.

2. Application Requirements
The funds must be used for the following expenses: airfare to the conference, accommodations, registration, and ground transportation. Only one scholarship will be awarded per paper or project submission. If a paper or project has been co-authored it will be the responsibility of the co-authors to distribute the funds within the group. In all cases funds should be distributed only to the author(s) attending the conference. Funds not used to attend the conference must be returned to ACADIA.

3. Dates
The completed application should be sent as a single PDF document via email to
acadia.conf.2014@gmail.com by 12pm (midnight) on July 1st, 2014 (PT).
Awards will be announced by July 10, 2014. Awardees will be informed by email and will be asked to accept the grant formally and to verify their attendance at the conference at that time. All applicants will be notified of the decision on their proposal, but detailed evaluation information will not be available. Scholarship funds will be dispersed in USD shortly after the announcement.

4. Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation of the proposals would be based on:
- Financial need
- The quality and appropriateness of the application 
- Potential to significantly contribute to the organization in the future

5. Institutional Support
Since the Scholarship is intended to be a supplement to other travel funds and not a replacement, a supporting contribution from the applicant’s home institution or other funding source is highly suggested.

6. Questions
Student Scholarship questions should be directed to: acadia.conf.2014@gmail.com

ACADIA Student Scholarship APPLICATION
2014 ACADIA Conference / Los Angeles
Please provide the following information. Please keep the total submission to 4 pages or less, formatted as a single PDF document.

1. Applicant Name (or Names):
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2. Submission Number, and list Full Paper, Work-in-progress or Project:
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3. Affiliation:
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4. E-mail address:
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5. Phone:
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6. Mailing Address:
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7. Are you an Undergraduate Student ( ), Graduate Student ( ), Doctoral Researcher ( )
Recent Graduate - one year out of school or less ( ).

8. Please provide a brief statement on how the scholarship will help contribute to your academic / scholarly / professional development.
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9. Statement indicating an estimate of scholarship support you will need. List any other sources of funding, intended funding, or other details regarding your financial need.
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10. List your recent projects, publications or scholarly presentations pertaining to the subject and/or purpose of this conference. Include any relevant web links.
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Please attach the following in PDF format to this application:

11. A scanned image of a dated Student ID Card.

12. One page condensed CV / Resume.

The completed application should be sent as a single PDF document via email to
acadia.conf.2014@gmail.com by 12pm (midnight) on July 1st, 2014 (PT).