1. Applicants must be enrolled at a college or university in the Central Plains region.

2. A student may receive up to 2 research awards and is eligible to apply until he/she has been awarded 2 research awards from CPSM.

3. Salaries, living expenses, and travel to meetings are not allowable expenses from the research award.

4. Your application materials plus a recommendation form from your faculty mentor (see link below) are required. Application materials consist of: information about the applicant, a budget, a budget justification statement, an impact statement, a description of the applicant's ongoing or proposed research, and curriculum vita (see number 6). Application materials to be submitted by the student must arrive electronically as one attachment in my office no later than 3 weeks before the meeting date (Application due 22 September 2006). The faculty mentor also must send to the President by electronic mail the recommendation for the applicant on the standardized form at least 3 weeks before the meeting date (Application due 22 September 2006). It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that all required materials are received in my office by the deadline.

5. The standardized forms, available as Microsoft Word documents (.doc), must be downloaded, completed, and submitted as attachments to an electronic message. Font size should not be less than 12 point and margins should be one inch on all sides of the document. The description of the research including figures and tables is limited to 2 pages (do not exceed this limit for text and supporting materials), this limit does not include your Literature Cited section. If needed, use the Literature Cited Form available below to attach citations appearing in your project description.

6. The curriculum vita should be concise (no more than 5 pages) and include name, affiliation, and education to date (beginning with B.S. or B.A. degree), as well as the following categories that apply: honors and awards, memberships in professional societies, professional service (e.g., members of committees in societies, reviews of manuscripts), grants-in-aid of research, professional presentations at state, regional, national and international scientific meetings, and peer-reviewed professional publications (e.g., published, in press, submitted). Do not include manuscripts that are in preparation.

7. An oral presentation of the ongoing or proposed research must be given at the annual meeting of the CPSM in the year that you apply for award (see CPSM website for specific date and location). The presentation is limited to 12 minutes with the remaining 3 minutes available for questions from the audience.

8. If the applicant has received a student research award from CPSM previously, another form must be completed and submitted with the application. A link to the form appears below.