STUDENT TRAVEL FUNDING
Thanks to a generous grant from The Pennsylvania State University's
Energy Institute and others, TSOP is able to offer travel assistance of up
to $1,000 (Australian) for selected students to participate in the TSOP 2004 annual meeting. We
are asking students to submit a letter of request for funding, briefly describing how their
attendance at the TSOP meeting in
Sydney, Australia, September 26 - October 1, is expected to enhance their research activities /
studies. The letter should be no
more than two pages and should also outline any oral presentations / posters that the student is
contributing to, for the Sydney
meeting. The application should be accompanied by a letter from a faculty member verifying that
the applicant is a full-time
student and that there are limited financial resources available to attend the conference.
The letters should be sent by the extended deadline of June 30, 2004 to:
Ms. Rhonda Norton
TSOP 2004 Secretariat
CRC for Coal in Sustainable Development
PO Box 883
Kenmore, Qld, 4069
Australia
STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION
TSOP will hold its usual competition for Outstanding Student Paper at the meeting, with a US$
250. prize. The paper may be presented either in an oral technical session or as a poster, and
will be
judged on both technical content and presentation / delivery. Requirements (from the Procedures
Manual) are: a. The student should be a TSOP member in good standing. b. The subject presented must have been initiated by the student and completed while
the presenter was a student. c. To be considered a student, a person should be actively enrolled at a college or
university at the time of the
presentation or have been enrolled within twelve months prior to the presentation. The student
should be
pursuing a college or university degree as his/her primary professional activity and not
working in a professional
capacity while pursuing a graduate degree at the same time. d. If a paper has multiple authors, the student must be the senior author and the
presenter. e. The award will not be given unless a minimum of three student papers are presented.
If none of the student papers
meets a minimum standard, as determined by the Awards Committee, no award may be given.
STUDENT GATHERING
TSOP expects to provide some funding for a student-run, students-only gathering at the meeting.
Watch this space for news.
Abstracts for this meeting should be submitted by the extended deadline of May 31, 2004. See
Instructions to Authors.
