Awards are made regardless of race, nationality, creed, national origin, or age. All award decisions are final. Awards will be announced after the National Meeting, that is, on or before July 1, 2000. Each applicant may apply for only ONE type of fellowship in a given year. Both graduate students and postdoctoral fellows may apply.
Postdoctoral fellows can expect to be evaluated more rigorously than student applicants.
Approval of this committee should be included in the application. Research involving field collections must show evidence of the proper collecting permits. Prof essional travel costs, however, are allowable. These would include such things as travel and subsistence while performing field studies, or travel to another laboratory for collaborative research. These costs must be clearly justified in the proposal and integral to the research design.