JUNIOR-SENIOR FACULTY MENTOR TRAVEL STIPENDS FOR AATSP CONFERENCE

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday, December 31, 2012 for attendance at the 2013 AATSP Conference

 

The AATSP offers five (5) Junior-Senior Faculty Mentor Travel Stipends for a joint project submitted by a team composed of a junior faculty member and a senior faculty member.

The junior faculty member must be a first-time attendee at an AATSP conference.

 

Joint projects can include, but are not limited to, the following:

• a joint presentation at the AATSP conference
• joint attendance at the conference to attend sessions and/or workshops to learn something new that can be used to enhance the teaching and learning of Spanish and/or Portuguese within their department or school.
• joint attendance at the conference to attend sessions and/or workshops to learn something new to be applied to their research that should result in a new publication

Eligibility
1. Both the Senior Faculty Member and the Junior Faculty Member must be members of the AATSP at the time of application and for the conference year
2. Both the Senior Faculty Member and the Junior Faculty Member must be teachers of Spanish and/or Portuguese, K-16
3. The Junior Faculty Member must be a first-time attendee at an AATSP conference
4. AATSP members are eligible to receive only one of the following: a summer scholarship OR a First-Time Attendee Travel Stipend OR a Junior-Senior Faculty Mentor Travel Stipend OR a Mead Travel and Study/Research Travel Stipend.

 

 

Click here to download the Junior-Senior Faculty Mentor Application Form in Word Format. Fill in, save, and then send as an attachment in an email.

Application
All materials must be submitted via e-mail with attachments.
Submit one copy of each of the following items:

A. Completed Application Form that includes
1. A description of the joint project
2. An explanation of how attendance at the AATSP conference relates to the joint project
3. Plans for disseminating information and ideas received at the AATSP conference
B. CV (curriculum vitae or resume) from both the Senior Faculty Member and the Junior Faculty Member. Maximum two-pages in length

Responsibilities of Winners
1. Both the Senior Faculty Member and the Junior Faculty Member must participate in the joint project. Only the Junior Faculty Member receives the $500 travel stipend to attend the AATSP conference.
2. Winners must attend the entire AATSP Conference.
3. Winners must stay in the AATSP Conference Hotel.
4. Both the Senior Faculty Member and the Junior Faculty Member must attend the annual Awards Banquet to be recognized as a recipient of the Junior-Senior Faculty Mentor Travel Stipend. The Awards Banquet will be held during the AATSP Conference in San Antonio, TX on Wednesday, July 10, 2013.

5. After the Conference, the Junior Faculty Member must submit receipts for personal, conference-related expenses (transportation, hotel, conference registration, and meals) for up to $500.00 to Roberta Miller, Director of Financial Services, by August 15, 2013.

DEADLINE: Monday, December 31, 2012

Send completed form and materials via e-mail to:

EMAIL ADDRESS: AATSPoffice@aatsp.org

SUBJECT LINE: AATSP Scholarship Application