Visual Resources Association Conference Travel Awards
Posted November 5, 2014
VRA Travel Awards are available for attendance at the 2015 VRA conference in Denver, Colorado March 11-14. The deadline for receipt of applications will be Monday, November 17, 12pm EST. The list of recipients will be announced on the VRA listserv the week commencing December 15.
A preliminary conference schedule with a listing of workshops and sessions has already been posted at: http://vra33.sched.org/, and information about costs is posted here:http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra33/registration/ and here:http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra33/accommodations/.
Before you apply, please read “Travel Award Rules, Guidelines and Tips” for VRA Travel Awards Applicants, and “Types of Travel Awards”, both linked here as PDFs:
http://vraweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2015-VRATARulesGuidelinesPlusTips.pdf
http://vraweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Types_of_Travel_Awards_TACommOct2014.pdf
Here’s the link to the application (also accessible from the VRA Travel Awards Committee webpage): http://goo.gl/forms/96FqOULrVO
The form is also linked to from VRA News on the VRA homepage.
You do not need to be a member of the VRA to apply for a travel award, but please note that upon winning an award an applicant who is not a member of VRA must purchase a membership.
Please also note that award checks are distributed at the conference and as such, recipients will not have access to those funds ahead of the conference to set against travel expenses.
In order to allow funding to go further, Tansey awards will be distributed according to financial need i.e. full awards (up to $850) may be given to some, whilst lower amounts may be awarded to others with partial institutional/ other support.
For 2015, we are fortunate to have generous financial support from sponsors and funds provided by the membership including:
- Two New Horizons awards of $850 each. These awards are aimed at members in the following categories: solo VR professionals, part-time VR professionals, geographically isolated VR professionals, VR professionals in smaller institutions, and/or first-time attendees
- A New Horizons student award of $300, for a full-time student enrolled in an accredited degree program and considering a career in visual resources
- Tansey fund awards ranging from $250 to $850 each
Stay tuned and watch VRA-L and the VRA website for further details about the conference. Please email Vicky Brown or Jeannine Keefer if you have any questions not answered by the documents noted above.