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(Apologies for cross-posting) JOHN CAMPBELL TRUST 2006 AWARDS Dissertation and Conference/Travel bursaries For 2006 call, the Trustees are offering Awards in the following categories: * Conference/Travel Bursaries: This Award is intended to help a member of the information profession to attend a conference of his/her choice, and/or to undertake a programme of visits. The Award is open to a resident of the UK or Eire for travel outside the British Isles. * Dissertation Bursaries: This Award is intended to help a student of information/library studies in the UK or Eire, who has to prepare a project or dissertation as part of his/her course of study, to pursue a topic which would necessarily require a programme of visits for the collection of information or data. The maximum value for an individual award is 1000 pounds. The Trustees may make awards to a maximum total of 4000 pounds. The closing date for these competitive Awards is 10 March 2006 (Conference/Travel Bursaries) or 1 June 2006 (Dissertation Bursaries). Full details of the awards and an application form may be obtained from the CILIP website. Appications should be made through the form on the website. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The John Campbell Trust was established as an independent charitable trust through the bequest of the late Dr John Campbell, an early member of the Institute of Information Scientists. Its purpose is to further the education and development of information professionals through grants, scholarships, research or travel awards, and thereby to enhance the knowledge and experience of the information community as a whole. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Full details and application forms are available from: http://www.cilip.org.uk/interests/jct/index.html Stephen Robertson (Chair, John Campbell Trust), Microsoft Research Ltd, 7 J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FB, U.K. email: [log in to unmask]