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Subject: Cartography Specialty Group News - CaGIS Scholarship 2005
Date:   Mon, 31 Oct 2005
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*THE CARTOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SOCIETY (CaGIS)
SCHOLARSHIP 2005*

* Introduction
* Each year, the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS), a
Member Organization of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
(ACSM),
makes available a scholarship for excellence in cartography or
GIScience. The
objective of the CaGIS scholarship Award ($1,000) is to encourage the
completion
of an undergraduate program and/or the pursuit of graduate education in
cartography, GIS or other mapping sciences.

* **Eligibility
* Candidates must be enrolled full-time in a four-year undergraduate or
graduate
degree program in cartography or geographic information science. Prior
scholarship winners are eligible to apply in succeeding years, provided all
appropriate criteria are satisfied. Applicants must be student members
of CaGIS.

*Selection Criteria
* Completed and valid applications for CaGIS awards are reviewed by the
CaGIS
Scholarship Committee to determine the award recipients. The CaGIS
Scholarship
Committee will use the following criteria:

     * 30% academic record;
     * 30% applicant’s statement;
     * 20% letters of recommendation;
     * 20% professional activities.

Level of financial need will be considered, if necessary, to break ties,
after
the primary criteria have been considered. (The committee has the option of
making no award if it feels that none of the applicants are suitable.)

*Application Procedure *

     * Go to http://www.cartogis.org <http://www.cartogis.org/> .
Complete the
       application form .
     * Send *three copies* of the following: completed application form; a
       500-word statement of educational objectives, future study or
research
       plans and professional activities, and financial need; and proof of
       membership in CaGIS/ACSM [for more information on membership, got to
       www.cartogis.org <http://www.cartogis.org/> ].
     * * Send three letters of recommendation* (at least two from
faculty members
       familiar with your work); and *one original transcript* (through
the fall
       semester, if available).
     * Mail all documents in one envelope. Incomplete applications will be
       discarded. Applications sent by fax or email will not be considered.

Applications must arrive at ACSM/CaGIS headquarters
no later than 5:00 p.m. , January 22, 2006 to be considered.

* **Notification of Winners
* The selected applicant for the scholarship will be notified by
February 15,
2006 . The winner is encouraged to attend the awards ceremony at the
AutoCarto
conference (watch this page—www.cartogis.org—for more information).

* Contact Information: * ACSM, 6 Montgomery Village Avenue, Suite 403 ,
Gaithersburg , MD 20879 ; telephone 240-632-9716 ext. 109; fax
240-632-1321;
e-mail Ilse at: [log in to unmask]


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