Established in 2005 to honor past SAIR president and executive board member Larry G. Jones, the travel grant will be awarded annually to a deserving graduate student who meets the award criteria outlined below. A total of $500 will be awarded to the successful applicant to defray travel expenses associated with the annual SAIR conference and the conference registration fee will be waived as well.

The applicant for the Larry G. Jones Graduate Student Travel Grant must be currently enrolled as a graduate student at either the master's or PhD level at an accredited institution of higher education. Before funds will be released, a successful applicant must provide Enrollment verification via letter from the registrar of the home institution. The applicant must also have submitted a scholarly paper which has been accepted for presentation at the annual SAIR conference.

Larry G. Jones Graduate Student Travel Award Application Instructions

Applicants must submit the following materials no later than August 31 of the conference year to the SAIR awards chair.

For 2009, the materials should be submitted to :

Bethany Bodo, Director Academic Assessment
Radford University
801 E Main Street, Box 6976
Radford, VA 24142-0001
Ph: (540) 831-5460
Fax: (540) 831-5142
Email: bbodo@radford.edu

1. An abstract of the paper accepted for presentation at the SAIR conference.
2. A statement (3-page maximum) by the applicant, indicating the importance of the research for which the paper was written, the applicant's contribution to the project (including an estimation of the amount of time spent on it), and the relevance of this research experience to the applicant's career plans.
3. Contact information including name, mailing address, phone number (s) and e-mail

Judging Criteria

The Awards Committee will use the following criteria to judge the applicant based on the materials submitted for consideration:

50% = The quality of the project (e.g., Did the project appear to address an important question? Did the methods appear appropriate? Did the project appear particularly easy or difficult to conduct?)

50% = The student's contribution to the project (e.g., Was the student first author? To what extent did the student contribute to the completion of the project? Was the student aware of the significance of the project? Did the student work independently?) and the quality of the candidate's statement