UA Foundation Travel Fellowship, with a maximum allowance of $5000, due February 1

The George H Davis fellowship supports promising tenure-track faculty members in any field in becoming more widely recognized and closely connected with colleagues, nationally and internationally.
The University of Arizona Foundation established the George H. Davis Travel Fellowship in honor of George H. Davis, Executive Vice President and Provost at the University of Arizona from 2000 to 2007, and now Regents Professor Emeritus, Department of Geosciences. In particular, the fellowship defrays costs associated with invited participation in a national or international professional meeting, where the awardee will communicate research findings, scholarship, and/or creative activities.
The fellowship may be used to cover:

costs of travel, lodging, and meals,

pre-meeting costs in preparing presentation(s), and/or

post-meeting expenses in producing invited products (e.g., publications volume emerging from conference)
Funds will be made available for travel taking place from March 15th, 2013, through December 31st, 2013.
Each year, one to two awardees will be selected according to the criteria listed below.
Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible an applicant must meet the following requirements:

Be a tenure-eligible faculty member

Be within 5 years of his/her initial employment at the university.
The application must include:

A cover letter, not longer than 1000 words, describing the international collaboration or the professional meeting to be attended, the support being sought and how the fellowship will help the faculty member, in the early years of his/her career, to obtain national and/or international recognition;

A brief curriculum vitae that includes a record of the applicant’s achievements, e.g., publications, technical presentations, artistic accomplishments, patents, honors;

If participating in a national/international meeting, a copy of the abstract submitted for the oral presentation and a copy of the letter of invitation;

Two letters of recommendation from established researchers acquainted with the applicant’s work.
Only one application per faculty member will be reviewed during the application cycle.
Selection of Recipient(s)
Selection Committee — The Senior Vice President for Research will appoint a Selection Advisory Committee of faculty chosen from the applicants’ general areas of expertise.
Basis for Selection — Recipients will be selected on the basis of past performance (30%), the overall quality of the planned research or creative activities as judged by the material provided/mentioned in the application (40%), and the recommendation letters from colleagues acquainted with the work of the applicant (30%).
Deadline: The deadline for applications for 2013 funds is Friday, February 1, 2013. Only one application per faculty member will be considered during the application cycle.
In 2013, funds will be made available for travel taking place between March 15, 2013 and December 31, 2013.
Application: To apply visit the “Announcements” section of the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research web site at:  http://research.arizona.edu.
For inquiries contact Connie S. Garcia, Office of the Sr. Vice President for Research, at garciac1@email.arizona.edu.G