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From: Society for Conservation and GIS [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
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Subject: SCGIS 2003 Scholarship Announcement
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Prashant Hedao
Interim Chair, SCGIS International Committee
SCGIS Advisory Council
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The Society for Conservation GIS Announces its
2003 Conference Scholarship Awards Program
Conservation GIS users who require financial assistance to enable them to
attend the sixth annual SCGIS conference, being held from July 4 - 6, 2003
in Asilomar, California, may apply for these competitive scholarships.
Scholarship funds cover an airfare and some or all waivers for the SCGIS
conference registration. Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) is
supporting with waivers for their Annual ESRI User conference registration
and pre and post conference training in Redlands, California for SCGIS
scholarship awardees. The ESRI User Conference is being held from July 7 -
11, 2003 in San Diego, California.
Scholarship application requirements are as follows:
1. Applicants must be affiliated with a non-profit conservation
organization or a university conservation project in their region or
country.
2. A Cover Letter and Completed Application Form. Both should be sent
via email to Prashant Hedao at [log in to unmask] or regular mail (to the
address given below) and must detail the national or international
conservation organization's focus and current projects. The applicant's role
in the organization and current projects must be defined.
3. It is important for the applicants to make a very strong effort to
supply as much of their own funding for travel to the conferences, as
possible. Preference will be given to those who make a sincere effort to
obtain some of their own funding. Accordingly, the applicant must supply
information about additional funding they have been able to secure.
4. Applicants will be required to fill out an ESRI Conservation Program
(ECP) grant form for ESRI User Conference registration fee waiver.
Information about how to do that will be provided to awardees.
5. Scholarship awardees will be required to:
a) Present a talk and a poster at the SCGIS conference describing their
conservation efforts and projects within their organization.
b) Present this talk and poster in the conservation area at the ESRI User
Conference.
c) Must be available to volunteer to help run the SCGIS conference.
(We expect recipients to volunteer for 4 hours over the course of the
weekend. Some work may take place during sessions, but arrangements will be
made to ensure that volunteers attend the sessions that are most important
to them. Details for volunteers will be provided shortly before the
conference.)
6. Scholarship recipients will also be required to write a paper about
their projects for inclusion in the post-conference SCGIS newsletter.
7. Closing date for SCGIS conference scholarship applications is January
31, 2003. All mailed applications must be post marked by the above date.
Applications via e-mail must be received by the above date.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Prashant Hedao,
Interim Chair - SCGIS International Committee at [log in to unmask] or Serene
Ong, Chair of the Domestic Scholarship Program at [log in to unmask]
Prashant Hedao
Interim Chair, SCGIS International Committee
21 N. Center Street
Redlands CA 92373, USA
Website: http://www.scgis.org
Serene Ong
Chair, Domestic Scholarship Program, SCGIS
315 West Clark Street
Redlands, CA 92373, USA
Website: http://www.scgis.org
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PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION BELOW AND SUBMIT A COMPLETED FORM (BELOW) TO
[log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] BY JANUARY 31, 2003 IN ORDER TO BE
CONSIDERED FOR AN INTERNATIONAL OR DOMESTIC SCHOLARSHIP.
-APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
ESRI and the Society for Conservation GIS hold their annual international
conferences in California, USA each summer.
The SCGIS Scholarship Program and the ESRI Conservation Program (ECP)
jointly provide grants to help subsidize airfare, lodging and conference
expenses to allow you to come to California to attend both these conferences
and GIS training before and after the conferences.
[SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION GIS]
[SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM 2003]
Please read the instructions COMPLETELY before preparing and emailing in
your application. The application form itself is at the end of these
instructions.
CONTENTS
-APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
*===ELIGIBILITY
*===INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING FORM
*===HELP RESOURCES
-APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
*===ELIGIBILITY
Grants are made on a competitive basis to individuals working with GIS in
conservation science and action in any country. Preference goes to those who
are working for or associated with a non-profit or non government
organization, who can show some ability to find local funding for their work
and who show an ability to teach about conservation GIS to other non-profit
organizations in their region or country.
*===YOUR OBLIGATIONS
If granted, you will be obligated to present a paper or demonstration of
your work at the SCGIS conference, file a post conference report and a
status report on your work one year after the conference.
The status report can be any length, and you are encouraged to include
examples of the mapping, analysis or teaching work you were able to do.
Please send your status report to the same address as you send this
application.
You may also be asked to send photos, text or maps during the year to help
SCGIS prepare stories or articles on your work for publication in the SCGIS
newsletter.
*===INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING FORM
This form is for email submission only as directed below. To complete this
form, please type in your answer at the end of each and every question,
after the colon (?:) You can type as much text as you want and add or paste
in as many lines as you want between the colon (:)and the * at the beginning
of the next line. Please do not erase any of the questions, even if you
are not filling those, just leave them blank.
To submit this form, email as an ASCII email only to the following address:
[log in to unmask] (International) & [log in to unmask] (Domestic / US)
DO NOT SEND IT AS AN ATTACHMENT AS IT MAY BE UNREADABLE.
************IMPORTANT*************
For the subject of your email, write in your organization's name,
state/country and the date, i.e. "RAINFOREST NETWORK, CANADA, JAN 01, 2003".
You MUST also delete everything above the indicated line at the top of the
form or your email will not be properly routed.
If your request is granted, non-confidential information may be posted on
the Society for Conservation GIS website at http://www.scgis.org, or
reprinted in the SCGIS newsletter.
*===SECTION-BY-SECTION INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING FORM.
REMEMBER, THE FOLLOWING ARE INSTRUCTIONS ONLY. THE ACTUAL
FORM FOLLOWS BELOW.
Enter today's date at the top of the form.
[*R]==SPECIFIC REQUEST (CONFIDENTIAL): please enter what you are requesting
in this section. The things, which can be granted through this form, are:
Airfare scholarship: Enter the dollar amount you need to help you afford the
airfare to the USA. Also enter the amount you expect to be able to raise
locally. If granted, SCGIS will also send you a special formal letter that
you can use to help raise local funds.
SCGIS Conference Fees: Enter "yes" if you wish to apply for a waiver of the
SCGIS conference registration fees which is about US$ 80.00
ESRI Conference Fees: Enter "yes" if you plan to attend the ESRI
International Conference and want to apply for a waiver of the ESRI
conference fees, which is about US$ 1200.00
ESRI GIS training: Enter "yes" if you wish to receive GIS training. Courses
covering the most current versions of ArcView and ArcInfo, and conservation
GIS mapping (maybe) will be offered in the two weeks preceding the SCGIS
conference and during the week following the ESRI conference.
Accommodations: Enter "yes" if you need help finding or paying for
accommodations, and approximately which days. Please also check off the
types of free or inexpensive accommodations you would be willing to accept.
[*O]==ORGANIZATION data: Please fill in the general contact information for
your organization. If applying as an individual, you can enter your own
name here, but you must still complete the contact data section in full.
Budget information: Please enter your best estimates of your last year total
organizational budget, and your best estimate of last year's total GIS
budget including hardware, software, salaries and maintenance.
[*C]==REQUIRED APPLICANT/STUDENT data: Please fill in your personal contact
information here.
[*M]==MENTOR data: Please describe (if any) the main Mentor or international
organization that sponsors and supports your work.
[*G]==GIS EXPERTISE LEVEL/COURSES data: Please briefly explain your "GIS
expertise / capability level" - beginner, medium or advanced. What GIS
software you have used (if any) or are familiar with? And while in
California what GIS courses you would like to attend? Please go through the
course list at: http://gis.esri.com/training/courselist.cfm and identify the
course that you would like to take and list them in the order of priority.
*REQUIRED JUSTIFICATION (CONFIDENTIAL)? Enter here a specific justification
for why you need a grant.
*===HELP RESOURCES
You may contact the following person who has agreed to provide help to
applicants on an as-available basis. Email is usually the most reliable
contact method.
Prashant Hedao, Interim Chair, SCGIS International Committee
Tel: 909-793-2853 x2321, fax: 909-793-5953
Email: [log in to unmask]
Serene Ong, Chair, SCGIS Domestic Scholarship Program
Tel: 909-793-2853 x2836, fax: 909-793-5953
Email: [log in to unmask]
IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT!
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS WILL RESULT
IN YOUR APPLICATION BEING LOST!
=====TO SUBMIT, DELETE EVERYTHING ABOVE THIS LINE====
[SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION GIS]
[SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM 2000]
*Today's Date?:
[*R]==SPECIFIC REQUEST:
*Airfare scholarship requested [RFARE]?:
*Airfare portion you can pay yourself [RLOCAL]?:
*SCGIS Conference Registration Fees [RSCGIS]?:
*ESRI User Conference Registration Fees [RESRI]?:
*ESRI GIS Training [RETRAIN]?:
*Accommodations [RHOUSING]?:
*Will you share a private home? [RHOME]?:
*Will you share a motel room? [RSHARE]?:
*Will you Camp? [RCAMP]?:
*Do you need to borrow camping equipment? [RCLOAN]?:
*Comments: Any special notes or comments? [RNOTES]?:
[*O]==ORGANIZATION data
*Organization Name [ORGNAME]?:
*Street/Fedex address [OADDR1]?:
*Street Address line 2 [OADDR2]?:
*Mailing Address [OADDRM]?:
*City [OCITY]?:
*State ( 2-letter code) [OSTATE]?:
*Zip or Postcode [OZIP]?:
*Province (if any) [OPROV]?:
*Country (i.e. USA) [OCNTRY]?:
*Work phone with area code [OTEL]?:
*Work fax with area code [OFAX]?:
*Main email [OEMAIL]?:
*Org Web site URL if any [OWEB]?:
*Org subject keywords [OKEYWORD]?:
*Your Organization's last year total budget [OBUD]?:
*Your last year's total GIS program budget [OGISBUD]?:
[*C]==REQUIRED APPLICANT/STUDENT data
*Your full name and any initials [CFIRST]?:
*Your honorific (i.e. Dr., Mr. Ms.) [CPREFIX]?:
*Your direct address if different [CADDR]?:
*Your direct phone number [CTEL]?:
*Your direct email address [CEMAIL]?:
*Your job title or role [CROLE]?:
*Your own interest keywords from appendix 1 [CKEYWORD]?:
*Alternate contact full name and any initials [CLAST]?:
*Alternate honorific (i.e. Dr., Mr. Ms.) [CPREFIX]?:
*Alternate contact direct phone number [CTEL]?:
*Alternate contact direct email address [CEMAIL]?:
*Alternate contact job title or role [CROLE]?:
[*M]==MENTOR/SHIP data:
*Status: Mentor
*Mentor Organization Name [MORGNAME]?:
*FedEx address [MOADDR1]?:
*Shipping Address line 2 [MOADDR2]?:
*City [MOCITY]?:
*State ( 2-letter code) [MOSTATE]?:
*Zip or Postcode [MOZIP]?:
*Province (if any) [MOPROV]?:
*Country (i.e. USA) [MOCNTRY]?:
[*G]==GIS EXPERTISE LEVEL / COURSES:
*Briefly describe your GIS capability/expertise (if any) [GGISCAP]?:
*What GIS software (if any) have you used [GGISSOFT]?:
*What GIS courses you are interested in [GGISCOURSE]?:
[*P]==REQUIRED PAPER that you will present at the conference:
*TITLE: Title of the paper you will present [PTITLE]?:
*ABSTRACT: Short abstract/summary of the paper you will
present [PABSTRACT]?:
[*S]==REQUIRED BACKGROUND data for all requests:
*HISTORY: Please describe the history of your local work in
conservation and GIS [SHIST]?:
*SUPPORTERS: Please describe how your work is supported by your
local community [SCOMM]?:
*INTERNATIONAL: Please describe how your work is supported by any
international groups who work with you [SINTL]?:
*TEACHING: Please describe the local non-profit and
non-government groups who you support, and how you help them to learn about
conservation and GIS [SLOCAL]?:
*UNIQUE: Please describe what is the most unique and the most
challenging about the conservation/GIS work that you do [SUNIQ]?:
*PLAN: Please provide a 1-year plan for how you hope to apply the
skills you will learn under the SCGIS scholarship, and what you expect to be
able to achieve in your conservation GIS work over the next year
[SPLAN]?:
*SUMMARY: Please provide an executive summary of your request,
and include any special statements about your work that you would
like to make at this time: [SEXEC]?:
[*E]===END-this is the end of the SCGIS application.
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