The Wetzel Memorial Fund was created in 2004 through a request from Robert G. Wetzel. Following one of Robert Wetzel’s highest priorities, this fund will be used to pay SIL-related expenses of young limnologists throughout the world that might otherwise be unable to participate in SIL activities. In particular, the Wetzel Memorial Fund will be used for travel support of those SIL members who are presenting a paper (orally or by poster) at SIL congress meetings.
Awards from the Wetzel Memorial Fund will range USD 100 - 1000 per individual, depending on the number of successful applicants and the distance to be travelled to the meeting.
The Application form is available at the SIL website at
http://www.limnology.org/committees/wetzel.shtml
Candidates must be SIL members that will make a presentation at the congress. Previous award recipients are not eligible to apply again.
Applications are to be no more than 2 - 4 pages, to include a summary of the applicant’s career, with a list of publications and an abstract of the proposed presentation. It should explain how the awardee will raise the rest of the sum needed, and a short justification for asking for an award. Two letters of recommendation should accompany the application.
Recipients will be chosen from acceptable entries by the SIL awards committee.
The award recipient must file a brief report within 1 month after the congress on experiences gained from participating in the congress. As those reports or parts of them may be posted on the SIL website and Facebook page, photographs included will be welcome.
Application for the 2016 SIL Congress
The application form for the 2016 SIL congress is available also on the Congress website at http://www.sil2016.it
Send applications by email attachment to siloffice1922@gmail.com by 1 November 2015.