*** Travel and Accommodation Support ***
Funds from the U.S. National Science Foundation may be available to
provide partial support for travel and accommodation for some graduate
students and junior faculty at U.S. post-secondary institutions to
attend DSC 2009 and useR 2009. If you wish to apply for this support,
please send an application to luke at stat.uiowa.edu. Your application
should include
a brief CV
a copy of your abstract if you have submitted a paper or a poster
a statement that demonstrates your eligibility, your need for
support, and an amount of support requested
students should include a brief letter of support from their
supervisor
faculty or post-doc applicants should include a brief statement
about other funding sources
The allocation will be based on merit and need; women and minority
candidates are encouraged to apply.
Applications must be made by March 31 (2009-03-31) and successful
applicants will be notified by email soon thereafter.
Please visit the conference web pages at
http://www.r-project.org/dsc-2009/ and
http://www.agrocampus-rennes.fr/math/useR-2009/
for conference details.
Best,
Luke Tierney
Luke Tierney
Chair, Statistics and Actuarial Science
Ralph E. Wareham Professor of Mathematical Sciences
University of Iowa Phone: 319-335-3386
Department of Statistics and Fax: 319-335-3017
Actuarial Science
241 Schaeffer Hall email: luke at stat.uiowa.edu
Iowa City, IA 52242 WWW: http://www.stat.uiowa.edu