1. Overview

Dr. Sim, Sun Hui is currently a faculty member in the Geography Department at the University of North Alabama. Through her generous sponsorship, “Sim Student Travel Award” was established in 2010 to provide financial assistance to graduate students in the research field of Geography, Geospatial Technologies and Environmental Sciences.  This scholarship is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to the Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers. This award is for supporting the work of students who implement GIS/RS/Geospatial techniques into his/her research.

2. Eligibility

a. KAGES membership

b. Scholarship is open to South Koreans and Korean-Americans.

c. Applicants must be full-time graduate or undergraduate students in colleges/universities in North America.

d. Applicants must present his/her research at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.

e. Former Sim Student Travel Award recipients may re-apply if they did not apply in the past two rounds while maintaining membership.

f. Recipients should be present at the annual KAGES meeting to receive awards.

3. Scholarship Award

a. Amount: $500 (USD)

b. Number of awardees per year: Two

c. Field of Study: Geography, Geospatial Technologies and Environmental Sciences

4. Application material

a. 1-page cover letter (e.g., statement of professional goals, need for financial support, how this award will benefit the student’s studies)

b. Application form: please download from the link, 2015_KAGES_StudentTravelAward_Application

c. 1-page curriculum vitae

d. Transcript from currently-attending school (a scanned image or a PDF file directly printed off from the Web)

e. Proof of conference presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (a scanned image from the AAG site).

f. A brief letter/email indicating support from your department (e.g. Department Chair, Advisor)

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

6. Application deadline: December 7, 2014.

KAGES will inform scholarship recipients by January 18, 2015. Further information is available at KAGES website (http://www.kages.org).

2014_kages_pak_scholarship_application (Word)

2014_kages_pak_scholarship_application_pdf

The Best Student Paper Award was established in 2010 through the generous sponsorship of Mr. Pak Nam Chul to recognize the best student article published in the research field of Geography, Geospatial Technologies and Environmental Sciences. This award is awarded annually to one student.

Scholarship Eligibility

a. KAGES membership
b. Applicants must be full-time graduate or undergraduate students in colleges/universities in North America.
c. Former award recipients may re-apply after an interval of three years.

Application material

a. KAGES Pak Scholarship Application form
b. 1-page curriculum vitae
c. A 3-pages extended abstract of the research that will be presented or has been presented at 2013 – 2014 AAG, ASPRS, ESRI User Conference, or other regional/national/international conferences
d. A 1-page cover letter
e. Proof of conference presentation (a page in the preliminary program or a web screen captured image showing presentation schedule can be accepted)

Application due date: 28/Feb/2014
Scholarship award date: 4/10/2014
Scholarship award place: 2014 KAGES Annual Meeting

Submission: All materials should be submitted via email (support@kages.org). See also www.kages.org for more information.

2014_kages_KAUPA_scholarship_application(pdf)

2014_kages_KAUPA_scholarship_application (word)

The Korean-American University Professors Association (KAUPA) has been providing financial support for the activity of KAGES. The Student Paper Award was made possible with the KAUPA support, and aims to recognize the best student article published in the research field of Geography, Geospatial Technologies and Environmental Sciences. Depending on the quality of the applicant pool, one or two awards will be given this year, with a maximum amount of $300 per awardee.

Eligibility

a. KAGES membership valid at the time of application
b. Applicants must be full-time graduate or undergraduate students in colleges/universities in North America.
c. Former award recipients may re-apply after an interval of three years.

Application material

a. KAGES-KAUPA Student Paper Award Application form
b. 1-page curriculum vitae
c. An article published or manuscript under review for publication in a peer-reviewed journal in the field in calendar years 2013-2014. The applicant must be a single or first author of the article.
d. A 1-page cover letter
e. Name and email address of the supervisor

Application due date: 28/Feb/2014
Scholarship award notification: no later than 31/Mar/2014
Scholarship award place and time: 2014 KAGES Annual Meeting (exact date and time TBA)

Submission: All materials should be submitted via email (support@kages.org). See also www.kages.org for further updates.

Please see the following links for the details of the instruction and application. Please contact support@kages.org for any questions. Thank you.

Instruction in both PDF and DOC formats:

2014_KAGES_StudentTravelAward_Instruction (PDF)
2014_KAGES_StudentTravelAward_Instruction (DOC)

Application  in both PDF and DOC formats:

2014_KAGES_StudentTravelAward_Application (PDF)
2014_KAGES_StudentTravelAward_Application (DOC)