The APCG Women’s Network announces its new Margaret Trussell Scholarships. Professor Trussell was president of the APCG in 1985-86 and founder of the Women’s Network. She left the Women’s Network a generous bequest in 1999, making possible these scholarships.
1. Awards shall be made to support the research endeavors of women students pursuing graduate studies in geography.
2. Applicants must be members of the APCG.
3. Up to two awards will be made this year, in the amount of $1,500 per award.
4. The intention is to give one award to a student pursuing a master’s degree and one to a student pursuing a doctoral degree. Please make clear in your application whether you are a master’s student or a doctoral student.
5. Application requirements: two letters of recommendation, including one from the applicant’s advisor; a proposal of no more than 1,000 words, including project title, topic to be investigated, background, and methods; a brief budget that lays out how the money is to be spent; and transcripts from the last two years of academic work.
6. Award recipients will be required to present a paper concerning the research supported by the award at the APCG meeting in the year following the award and to write a brief summary of their findings for Pacifica. Recipients must acknowledge receiving an APCG Margaret Trussell Scholarship in any publications based on the supported research. Publication in the Yearbook of the APCG is encouraged.
7. The deadline for submitting 3 copies of all required documents (to the scholarship committee chair) is March 30, 2001. Applicants will be notified by early May, and recipients will be announced at the Annual Meeting in Santa Barbara this September.
8. The Chair of the Margaret Trussell Scholarship Committee is: