White Mountain Research Station Graduate Student Research Application for 2008

Announcing the University of California White Mountain Research Station Graduate Student Research Application for 2008 (New and Renewal)

NEW APPLICANTS: The UC White Mountain Research Station (WMRS) graduate-student research awards provide up to $2,000 per year to support living and travel expenses for graduate thesis at WMRS, or research based out of WMRS (i.e. in the White-Inyo Range, nearby eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains and Owens Valley). Budget requests may include room, board and laboratory expenses at WMRS and limited support for living in the field. Travel expenses may not include airfare and direct research expenses for equipment, supplies and campus-based activities are not supported. These awards are renewable each year.

WMRS Fellowships are highly competitive awards for outstanding researchers and are intended to support outstanding science. Applicants may be part of a faculty members research project or team, but the project should be independent from that of the senior research worker. University faculty members are intended to direct the research of the student, but it is expected that students will submit for publication a single or senior author manuscript from their WMRS-supported research with WMRS in the by-line. Awardees are expected to be in residence at WMRS for some part of their research to interact with other researchers and students. Awardees are also expected to share their results with the public at the WMRS Open House (first Sunday in August) or a lecture series.

New applicants should complete pages 2-5 of this application or submit the material in the same format (i.e. include the same headings and insert page breaks between the same sections as the form in your own word processing document). Also, please request letters from three references to support your application and have the letters sent directly to Frank Powell at the UC San Diego, WMRS office.

RENEWAL APPLICANTS: Renewal applicants should complete this form also. In addition, submit a one-page progress report and a budget/expense summary justifying expenditures made under the previous-years award. Please address any concerns indicated in the reviews of your original application. Include a letter from your major professor describing your progress on the project. The progress report and expense summary must be signed and dated by both the recipient and his or her advisor. Fellowship renewals will be made primarily on the basis of progress on the original proposal (e.g. preliminary data reports, manuscripts in preparation, submitted, or in press).

Potential applicants will find the 2008 Fellowship Application form on our home page at www.wmrs.edu or you may request an application via email at bfager@ucsd.edu. Please call (858) 822-0165 if you have any questions.

All materials for both new and renewal applications must be submitted by Wednesday, February 14, 2008 to: