The Society for Organic Petrology

Is pleased to announce the availability of
funds for student travel to the
23rd Annual Meeting to be held in
Beijing, P.R. China
September 15-22, 2006


TSOP Student Travel Award

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP) announces the availability of funds to support student travel to attend the TSOP annual meeting to be held in Beijing, China, September 15-22, 2006. See http://www.tsop.org/TSOP2006RegPay.htm for more details about the meeting.

Up to $500 USD will be awarded per student. Funding is available for several awards, and TSOP is actively working to raise additional funding to support more student travel.

Students interested in applying for the TSOP Student Travel Award should send
1.     A copy of their abstract submitted to the Beijing meeting
2.     A letter requesting travel funds clearly stating how attending the Beijing TSOP meeting will help their research
3.     A letter of support from their primary faculty advisor

All the above items should be sent electronically to Dr. Robert Finkelman, Chair of the Committee to Promote TSOP, at rbf@usgs.gov

Deadline for application is May 31, 2006.

(Note that the deadline for abstracts has been extended to May 15, 2006.)