The ONTA Foundation is once again requesting applications for Graduate Student Travel Awards to attend the ONTA 53rd Annual Meeting, September 24-29, 2023 in Cairo, Egypt. Each award will be in the amount of $1,000.00 (USD). Full time graduate and undergraduate students, or post doctorates (completion of graduate degree requirements no more than 18 months before the meeting) are eligible to compete. The submission deadline is July 15, 2023.
To be eligible for these awards, an individual must present an oral presentation or be part of the Rod Rodríguez-Kábana Student Poster Competition, submit an abstract, travel award application form, one page biographical sketch and an acknowledgement letter from the major professor. Membership in the Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America is not required but encouraged.
• Full time graduate and undergraduate students are eligible to participate in the annual Rod Rodríguez-Kábana Student Poster Competition sponsored by the ONTA Foundation.
• At least one of the authors of the poster must be an ONTA member (i.e., preferably the student applying to
enter the competition). Students are encouraged to become ONTA members at https://ontaweb.org/membership-2/.
• Posters should be written and presented in English. Guidelines for abstracts and posters are available at https://ontaweb.org/meeting2023 .
• Each student will have 12 minutes to present his/her poster to the Competition Committee and 3 minutes to answer questions.
• Research subject must be original and performed by the student, with preferably no more than five authors.
