AHA Educational Travel Grant, 2009

 PURPOSE

The Travel Grant is to:

  • promote the principle objective of the Association to further the development of the science of hydrography/field hydrology and its application to the under-standing monitoring and management of Australia’s water resources, and
  • encourage students undertaking the Hydrography Certificat IV or junior cadets/trainees within organisations to attend the Association’s Hydrographic Conference and present papers describing their work.

THE GRANT

The Grant will be of a value up to $1000 and is intended to assist junior cadets/trainees or students undertaking the Hydrography Certificate IV to participate in the Australian Hydrographers’ Association Conference in 2010.

Generally it would be expected that the employer would be supporting the attendance of the cadet/trainee in the first instance. This grant is designed to encourage employers to support the attendance of junior staff and trainees at the Conference.

The actual sum granted to an individual and the number of grants issued will be at the discretion of the Association’s Committee after considering the merits and numbers of applications that may occur for this grant as circumstance warrant.

CONDITIONS

  • The recipient will attend the Associations Hydrographic Conference, and present a paper or poster describing the hydrographic work in which he/she has been the principal investigator, or a principal participant.
  • The recipient will be a current financial member of the Australian Hydrographers Association.
  • The recipient will normally be enrolled in the Hydrography Certificate IV (or have completed the Certificate in the previous 2 years), or preparing to enrol in the course
  • Applications will be assessed by the Association’s Committee who may invite advice from appropriately qualified people. The Committee may also discuss the application with the applicants employer where warranted.
  • The grant will take the form of a reimbursement to the awarded value, paid to the individual, or as a rebate to the employer that has paid the recipients attendance at the conference, after presentation of receipts.
  • In circumstances of hardship where the recipient is unable to cover all costs prior to receiving the grant (as reimbursement), the Committee may make consideration as to paying direct expense items to the value of the awarded grant value.
  • Applications are to be submitted by the end of June 2009

APPLICATIONS

Applications may be made to the Secretary, using this form, preferably by the end of June, 2009. Applications will be judged competitively and not all applicants may be successful

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