2011 Travel Grant Program

The Board of Directors of the Society for Scholarly Publishing is very pleased to announce its 2011 travel grant program.

Students of publishing and information science, together with early career professionals in the first three years of employment in the publishing and information industry, are invited to apply for one of 10 awards that SSP will make in 2011.

The awards will support travel to and attendance at the SSP Annual Meeting, which takes place June 1-3, 2011 at the Westin Copley Place in, Boston, Massachusetts.

The travel grant program is just one of the ways in which SSP supports training and career development in the scholarly communication professions, while welcoming all members of this community at the SSP Annual Meeting.

Successful applicants will be granted free registration at the Annual Meeting and will be eligible for reimbursement of up to $1,000 for travel and lodging expenses incurred to attend the meeting. Successful applicants will also be matched with an industry mentor, to enhance their experience at the meeting. In addition, successful applicants will be awarded complimentary membership in SSP for the remainder of the calendar year.

The deadline for receipt of applications is March 18, 2011. The awards will be announced on March 31, 2011.

Qualifications: For the five (5) Early-Career Awards, employees must be in their first three years of work in the publishing and information profession. For the five (5) Student Awards, applicants must be current students in a dedicated publishing program, or in another graduate program in which they take publishing or library and information science courses.

Grant winners will be selected on the strength of their responses to three questions included on the application form, also taking into account their resumes. The three questions are:

· Please discuss your interest in attending the SSP Annual Meeting. What do you hope to gain from this experience?

· Please describe why you merit this award. Which of your work/educational experiences and qualifications are especially relevant?

· Scholarly communications are in a state of flux. Discuss how this industry could or should evolve over the next 10 years to meet the changing needs of scholars and researchers.

Applicants are asked to limit their responses to 300 words per question.
Applications must be submitted online. Please click here to go to the application form. Once completed, you will be redirected to this site to submit your resume. No references are required.

Janet H. Fisher

Senior Publishing Consultant

Publishers Communication Group

a division of Publishing Technology Ltd.

875 Massachusetts Ave., 7th Floor

Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

Phone: 617-395-4033

Fax: 617-354-6875

jfisher@pcgplus.com