[Ibpsausa] SimBuild 2012 Student Scholarships

[mcdowell at tess-inc.com]

STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND SIMBUILD 2012 IN WISCONSIN 

IBPSA USA
is pleased to offer a series of student scholarships to attend the
SimBuild 2012 Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, in August 2012. Share
your research and meet potential employers and peers! 

SCHOLARSHIP
DESCRIPTION 

 	* Scholarships are available at two levels: non-local
students and local students from Madison and surroundings. If you are
local but need accommodation for the duration of the conference please
state so on your application.
 	* All scholarships entail full
conference registration (including a ticket to the evening banquet) and
a networking reception for students and conference sponsors.
 	*
Non-local student scholarships also cover 3 nights of shared
accommodation at the Madison Concourse Hotel which will also be the
conference venue as well as up to $300 of travel expenses (food is not
reimbursable).

ELIGIBILITY 

 	* Participants must be students at or
recent graduates (within 18 months of the date of the conference) of a
degree program in architecture, engineering or a related discipline.
Preference will be given to students enrolled in an American degree
program.
 	* Participants need not be authors of a paper for SimBuild
2012 but priority will be given to those who have a paper accepted.
 	*
The grant needs to be used to pay or offset expenses to attend SimBuild
2012 in Madison. Grants are not transferable.
 	* To obtain the
reimbursement of US$ 300.-, send a copy of your airplane/train/bus
boarding pass or ticket to ops at ibpsa.us [1] together with a letter from
your employer that states that the trip has not already been reimbursed
by your employer.

HOW TO APPLY 

Please prepare a document that
contains the following information: 

 	* A letter stating your request
to the SimBuild 2012 Organizing Committee.
 	* Your name, email address
and affiliation.
 	* State whether an abstract and a paper have been
submitted to SimBuild 2012 and what the admission status is.
 	* If you
have already graduated, state your graduation date and current form of
employment.
 	* Have the letter co-signed by an academic advisor.
 	*
Attach your SimBuild paper or an abstract describing your work and
interests.
 	* Attach a current CV.
 	* Please indicate whether you want
to circulate your CV and abstract/paper to sponsors and potential
employers before the conference.
 	* Email your application as a single
PDF file by May 31st 2012 to ops at ibpsa.us [2].

AWARD PROCESS 

 	*
IBPSA-USA will form a committee that rates the contributions based on
quality, completeness and accuracy of the submission.
 	* There is a
limited number of available scholarships available. Preference will be
given to students who are co-authors of an accepted paper at SimBuild
2012.

KEY DATES 

May 31 2012: Entries need to be sent to ops at ibpsa.us
[3]. This is a firm deadline. 

June 15 2012: Participants will be
informed whether they have been awarded a student scholarship. 

We hope
to see you in Madison. 

-- 
Timothy P. McDowell
Executive Vice
President
Thermal Energy System Specialists, LLC
22 N Carroll St, Suite
370
Madison, WI 53703
608-274-2577

 

Links:
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[1]
mailto:ops at ibpsa.us
[2] mailto:ops at ibpsa.us
[3] mailto:ops at ibpsa.us
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