Pixoneer Scholarship

1. Overview

The Pixoneer Scholarship was established in 2008 by Pixoneer Geomatics, Inc. to provide financial assistance to graduate students in the research field of Geography, Geospatial Technologies and Environmental Sciences. Pixoneer Geomatics, Inc. is a GIS and remote sensing firm located at Daejon, South Korea, and the scholarship is awarded annually to five students through the generous sponsorship of its CEO Jong Sik Yoon.

2. Eligibility

a. Scholarship is open to South Koreans or Korean-Americans.
b. Applicants must be full-time graduate or undergraduate students in colleges/universities in the North America.
c. Applicants who have received Pixoneer Scholarship may re-apply after an interval of three years.

3. Scholarship Award

a. Amount: $200 (USD)
b. Number of awardees per year: Five awards
    Geography (Human/Physical)/Environmental Sciences: Two awards
    Geospatial Technology: Three awards

4. Application material

a. Application form (doc)
b. Curriculum vitae(1-page)
c. Transcript from currently-attending school (a scanned image or a PDF file directly printed off from the Web)
d. A 3-pages extended abstract of most recent research that will be presented at Association of American Geographers (AAG), American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sengins (ASPRS), ESRI User Conferences, or other national/international conferences
e. Proof of conference presentation (a page in the preliminary program or a web screen capture image showing presentation schedule can be accepted)
f. KAGES membership

5. Submission: All materials should be submitted via email ( support@kages.org).

6. Application deadline: April 9, 2010

Award ceremony will be held during the KAGES Annual Meeting in April 17, 2010. Further information is available at KAGES website (www.kages.org).