The Student Voice at NABC
The Student Voice at NABC is a program designed to allow graduate students from NABC member institutions interested in learning more about the critical role agriculture will play in the emerging fields of renewable fuels and industrial products to attend NABC Annual Meetings. The students will receive a travel stipend of $750 and free meeting registration (including most meals and all meeting materials.) |
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This year's meeting is hosted by Ohio State University
NABC 20: Reshaping American Agriculture to Meet its Biofuel
and Biopolymer Roles
June 3 - 5, 2008 • Hyatt Regency • Columbus, OH
If you are interested in participating in NABC 20:
- Get your advisor's approval to attend the meeting.
- Submit a one page description of your thesis project to the NABC Council member at your institution, or to the council member's designated representative. (See drop down list on the registration form.) Note that the thesis does not necessarily have to reflect the topic of NABC 20, but should indicate interest in some aspect of agricultural biotechnology.
- Fill in the application form, submit a copy electronically to NABC and attach a printed and signed copy to your project description.
- Submit your application to the NABC representative at your institution by the end of business of March 15, 2008.
- You will be informed by April 15, 2008 if you are the Graduate Student Delegate for your institution.
- You need to make your own travel and lodging arrangements, including all deposits and payments (reimbursement is discussed below).
- Contact NABC at nabc@cornell.edu as soon as you have approval and have made your travel arrangements — but before the early bird deadline on May 12, 2008. The NABC office will arrange for your meeting registration.
What to expect at the meeting:
- You will be asked to participate in all plenary sessions and workshops and meet in a special session with other participants in the Student Voice for discussions and to produce a report of your combined experience at the meeting, which will be presented in the final plenary session and included in the NABC newsletter.
- You will be introduced to the NABC council member or another attending faculty member from your institution to facilitate networking.
- You will be asked to fill out an evaluation form at the end of the meeting. This form will help us to determine which parts of the Student Voice program have worked for your and how to improve it for future years.
- After the meeting, you need to submit your travel and lodging expenses to NABC for reimbursement up to $750. Please make sure you save all receipts.
- If you want to share a hotel room, you can request assistance from the NABC office (nabc@cornell.edu)