XIth IAALD World Congress/USAIN Biennial Conference. The Globalization of Information: Agriculture at the Crossroads. Lexington, KY USA from May 15-21, 2005
The International Association of Agricultural
Information Specialists (IAALD) and the National Agricultural
Library in the United States are providing a limited number of
scholarships to librarians from eligible countries. These
scholarships will provide funding up to US $2500 to provide travel,
hotel and subsistence (made available on arrival) to the IAALD World
Congress/USAIN Biennial Conference to be held in Lexington Kentucky
USA in May of 2005. In addition, IAALD will pay the full conference
registration.
Factors considered by the selection committee
include but are not limited to the following:
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Is the applicant presenting a paper or poster session
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Has the applicant been a member of IAALD and/or USAIN over the past
3 years
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Has the applicant attended past IAALD Congresses or recent sponsored
work shops
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Is there a demonstrated financial need
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Does the applicant have permission from his or her supervisor to
travel to the Congress
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Will participation by the applicant benefit agricultural information
development in his or her country
Applicants must reside in a country eligible for
the IAALD reduced rate. The country list can be found at http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/35/9/2488552.pdf.
Not all countries on Part II of the list are eligible and
applications will be validated by the IAALD Secretary/Treasurer.
To apply for the scholarship submit a completed
form by December 31, 2004. Electronic submission can be done on the
World Congress web site (http://www.ca.uky.edu/aic/conf_Scholarship_page.htm).
Applications must be received by December 31, 2004
to be eligible for consideration.
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