[Ica-osgeo-labs] Scholarships

[Helena Mitasova]

I very much agree with Ivana that providing awards to students to travel to conferences, especially FOSS4G,
would be the most practical and highly visible way to recognize outstanding student work - which they can then
present at the conference. Portland FOSS4G is trying to move in this direction and if OSGeo could provide 
some resources for the awards, that would help a lot.

Helena

Helena Mitasova
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On Aug 20, 2014, at 6:31 PM, Ivana Ivánová wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I agree with Jeff's idea to stimulate students (and their professors) promoting OSGeo in their research and I also see why even a small scholarship could be challenging for institutions to administer.
> How about an idea of sponsoring students' trip to an event where they plan to present their research done in their OSGeo lab? For instance (and I'm not sure if this already exists) ICA, ISPRS and OSGeo could at least waive the registration fee at their events for such students, or even sponsor their trip with more money (something like ICA's travel award).
> 
> Regards,
> Ivana Ivánová
> prof at FCT/UNESP, SP - Brazil
> 
> ----- Mensagem original -----
> De: "Alex Mandel" <aimandel at ucdavis.edu>
> Para: "Jeff McKenna" <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>, ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
> Enviadas: Quarta-feira, 20 de agosto de 2014 18:01:58
> Assunto: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Scholarships
> 
> On 08/20/2014 01:53 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I saw a news item[1] that made me wonder if we (Geo for All) could
>> create scholarships for students; is it a far stretched dream to imagine
>> one scholarship (a one-time payment, plus a plaque) to a single graduate
>> student at each of our ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS labs around the world each year?
>> The award would be given to a student who promotes Open Geospatial in
>> their education and research, and would be done in the name of the
>> supporting organizations (ICA, ISPRS, OSGeo).
>> 
>> What do you think?  Or has this topic been discussed already?
>> 
> The idea is reasonable, but generally the process would need to be
> discussed and a fund created in order to provide the scholarship. Note,
> that small scholarships are not always worth the time and effort for
> students to apply. Usually students apply and a board votes on the
> distribution of funds based on some criteria. Rarely do they come with a
> plaque.
> 
> For example my friend got a $1000 scholarship once with a requirement to
> present findings at the yearly conference. Traveling and attending the
> conference would have cost more than the $1000.
> 
>> Could this in fact be made into a 'requirement' for becoming an
>> ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS lab?
>> 
> That would be a burden that excludes many of our existing labs,
> especially the ones that aren't at research/educational institutions.
> 
>> -jeff
>> 
> 
> The funding should come from outside sources not the Institutions (who
> probably can't allocate money that want anyways). Ideally a fund could
> be set up by OSGeo, take donations into the fund specifically and then
> the interest from the fund could be used to provide the scholarship on a
> yearly basis. Thats the only reasonably sustainable way to to do it.
> 
> I'd say the role of the ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS lab in this is to govern (supply
> professors who read and decide on the allocation) and encourage the
> applications of students.
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Alex Mandel
> 
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