SLA DBIO Student Travel Stipend

The Biomedical and Life Sciences Division of SLA will award a travel stipend of $1000 to a library and information science student who wishes to attend the 2011 Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA in June 2011.  Applicants must be or become members of both SLA and its Biomedical and Life Sciences Division (DBIO) and, if awarded the stipend, must agree to serve on a DBIO committee for one year. The stipend will be presented to the student at the business meeting of DBIO at the conference.

Nominations for the stipends should include contact information for the nominee, a brief statement about his or her interest in and potential for serving SLA and/or the Biomedical and Life Sciences Division, and interest in pursuing a career as an information professional in the subject field of Biomedical or Life Sciences.  Self-nominations will be accepted.

Nominations must be received via email or regular mail at the address below no later than 5:00pm EDT on Friday, April 22.  A winner will be notified by Friday, April 29.

Please send nominations to:
Linda Ronan, MS, MDiv
Assistant Director for Public Services
Library of Rush University
Rush University Medical Center
600 S. Paulina St.
Chicago, Il  60612
312-942-2280
Linda_Ronan@rush.edu