ISSI 2007 - Madrid. Scholarships

The general Scholarships Call is already open:

•   ISSI Conference Scholarship

•   Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship

CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS

Authors with accepted papers may apply for scholarship covering the conference fee, lodging expenses or travel aid. The application must be submitted to Dr. Isabel Gómez no later than March 17th 2007, and must include:

• Personal CV
• Current affiliation
• Motivation for the need of scholarship
• Oral English level
• Presentation title and submission number
• Type of aid requested (conference fee/ dinner / lodging / travel aid)

The criteria to be considered are:

1. Participants with accepted oral presentations have the highest priority
2. Only the presenting author of each contribution can apply for support (no co-authors)
3. Only authors from developing countries will be considered
4. An even distribution among countries of origin of funded authors will be pursued

Possible items to be funded (Please, choose one or several of the following items)

• Conference fee
• Lodging expenses
• Travel aid for long distance flights (up to 300 Euros). Presentation of an original invoice will be required.

The applications will be evaluated and the applicants will be informed by March 31st 2007.

For further questions contact igomez@cindoc.csic.es

GARFIELD DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS

We are pleased to announce that the 2007 winner of the EUGENE GARFIELD DOCTORAL DISSERTATION SCHOLARSHIP is

for her proposal "Science in Brazil: A Scientometric and Linguistic Approach."

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Call for Nominations

1. Nature of the Award

The scholarship will consist of an award of $3,000 (donated by the Eugene Garfield Foundation) to be used for travel or other research related expenses of the grant recipient, contingent upon the recipient's attending the ISSI biennial conference. The next meeting of ISSI will be held on June 25-27, 2007 in Madrid, Spain.

2. Purpose of the Award

The purpose of this scholarship is to foster research in bibliometrics, scientometrics, informetrics and webometrics by encouraging and assisting doctoral students in the field with their dissertation research.

3. Eligibility

3.1 The scholarship recipient must meet the following qualifications:
(a) Be an active doctoral candidate pursuing research using bibliometric, scientometric, informetric or webometric methodology in a degree-granting institution;
(b) Have a doctoral dissertation proposal accepted by the institution.
3.2 The applicant need not be a Student Member or a Regular Member of ISSI to be considered for this scholarship.

4. Administration

The award is sponsored by the Eugene Garfield Foundation with the cooperation of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, and is administered by the Board of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI).

5. Nominations

Submissions should include the following:
(a) The doctoral research proposal, including a description of the research, methodology, and significance, 10 pages or less in length, double-spaced, and in English;
(b) An abstract of the paper to be presented at the ISSI Conference;
(c) A cover letter from the dissertation advisor endorsing the proposal; and
(d) An up-to-date curriculum vitae.

6. Submission instructions and deadline

Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2007. All proposals should be submitted on-line to http://www.softconf.com/start/Garfield07/

For further questions contact Henry.Small@Thomson.com.