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NACIS Grants and Awards
NACIS has travel/grant/membership initiatives that invest in the future growth and strength of the organization.  These initiatives (1) recognize the importance of student membership in NACIS, (2) encourage student attendance and participation at the annual fall meeting, and (3) support the attendance of general NACIS members to attend the annual meeting who could not otherwise attend due to financial limitations. Travel grant awardees are expected to attend the entire conference. Applicants who are actively participating in the meeting (e.g., with a presentation, participation in a panel, are bringing a poster, or are presenting at Practical Cartography Day) will receive the strongest consideration for travel grants. The three initiatives are described below, as well as all application processes. 

Please submit your applications via email to: awards@nacis.org

1.  Free NACIS Membership to Undergraduate Students
NACIS will provide 10 free student memberships each year to undergraduate students.  Any undergraduate student enrolled in a 4-year, degree granting institution pursuing a degree in geography or related discipline qualifies.

Applicants should submit a one-page letter of request, explaining how membership in NACIS will benefit them educationally.  Applications should include name, surface AND email address, the school attended, name of academic adviser and grade level (e.g., freshman, sophomore, etc.).  A student may apply and receive this membership award no more than two times (e.g., in junior and senior year), but

must apply each year to be considered. Enclose with the application a brief statement from one's adviser verifying qualification for this membership award. Applications must be received by 11:59pm by August 31, 2013. 

2. Travel Grants for Students Attending NACIS
NACIS will provide travel grants of up to $200 to students to attend the annual NACIS conference.  Any NACIS member who is a student enrolled in a 4-year, degree granting institution pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in geography or related discipline qualifies.

Applicants should submit a one-page letter of request explaining how attendance at the conference will be of benefit professionally/educationally.  Include on a separate page a budget with all travel expenses explained, including any other financial support to attend the conference, along with a statement of any and all current and previous financial support provided by NACIS.  Students who have not received support in the past and those actively participating in the meeting will receive preference. Applications should include name, surface AND email address, the school attending, name of academic adviser and if the applicant is a graduate or undergraduate student.

Enclose with application a brief statement from one's adviser verifying qualification for this travel grant. Applications must be received by 11:59pm by August 31, 2013.

3. Travel Grants to General NACIS Members
NACIS will provide travel grants of up to $250 to NACIS members to attend the annual NACIS conference.  Any NACIS member qualifies. Applicants should submit a one-page letter of request explaining how attendance at the conference will be of benefit professionally, and how financial support from NACIS will enable attendance at the conference.  Include on a separate page a budget with all travel expenses explained, including any other financial support to attend the conference, along with a statement of any and all current and previous financial support provided by NACIS.  Applications should include name, surface AND email address, and affiliation. Applications must be received by 11:59pm by July 15, 2013. 

4. Corlis Benefideo Award for Imaginative Cartographies
This award recognizes a body of work that transforms our ways of seeing and understanding the world. For more information, see here. Deadline for nominations for the 2013 award is November 18, 2012.

Annual Meeting

NACIS 2013
Greenville, SC
October 9-11, 2013

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