Dear BSA Genetics Section Members

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: GENETICS GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD

PURPOSE AND ELIGIBILITY
The Genetics Section of the Botanical Society of America (BSA) is pleased to announce an award to promote graduate student interest and research in plant genetics. To be eligible, candidates must be a member of the BSA and affiliated with the Genetics Section, be a registered full-time graduate student, and have a faculty advisor who is also a member of the BSA. It is the intension off the Genetics Section that one award will be made to a Ph.D. candidate and one award will be made to an M.S. student.

PROPOSAL GUIDELINES
The proposal may be on any area of plant genetics (e.g., evolutionary, population, agricultural, molecular, developmental, etc.) and must contain a:
1) Title page (title of proposal, name of student, student's institutional and departmental affiliation, and year of student's study);
2) Abstract;
3) Narrative (description of the research, including conceptual background, purpose or objective, outline of methodology, and potential significance within plant genetics);
4) Budget explaining how the funds are to be used;
5) Bibliography; and
6) Biographical Sketch; and
7) Transcripts from current institution (do not need to be official copies)

The Abstract, Narrative, Budget and associated tables and figures should not exceed five single-spaced pages, and the Bibliography and Biographic Sketch are limited to two pages each. Proposals should include one-inch margins all around and use a font size of not smaller than 12 point. In addition, proposals must be accompanied by a letter of support from the student's advisor.

AWARD LEVEL AND ANNOUNCEMENT
The award is for $500 with an additional $500 to support travel to present the results of the work at an annual BSA, Genetics Section meeting upon completion of the project. Award winners for this round of competition will be announced at the BSA Banquet held at the Hilton in Austin, TX.

SUBMISSION
Students may submit three (3) hardcopies of the complete proposal, or send the proposal as a .pdf e-mail attachment. The proposal and the letter of support must be postmarked no later than May 31, 2005 to the Chair of the Genetics Graduate Student Research Award Committee at the following address:

Richard Whitkus
whitkus@sonoma.edu
Department of Biology
Sonoma State University
1801 East Cotati Ave.
Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609