ABS 2008 Turner Award Information

Turner Awards Announced - these are meant to support undergraduate travel to the annual meeting with a goal of increasing society membership diversity.

The Animal Behavior Society has once again been awarded travel funding from the National Science Foundation to bring undergraduates to the Annual Meeting. The ABS Diversity Committee is calling on the membership to identify applicants for the Charles H. Turner Award, and to encourage them to apply right away. This travel grant is geared toward addressing the Society's goal of increasing diversity of our membership through supporting undergraduate student attendees of our annual meetings.

Look for a link on the ABS website, or go directly to <http://www.indiana.edu/~animal/Turner/> to learn more about the Diversity Travel Award and Charles H. Turner, and to apply for funding for the 2008 Annual Meeting in Snowbird, Utah.

The deadline for applications is May 15, 2008, which will allow time for selection and notification before the deadline for abstracts to be filed on June 2nd.