Encouraging novel, unconventional and/or fundamental research by graduate students around the world...
Alexander Goetz Instrument Support Program
In recognition of the long-standing contribution of our co-founder to the field of remote sensing, and in honor of his 21 years with the University of Colorado, ASD has established this annual program designed to further encourage a creative research environment within the Remote Sensing and Field Spectroscopy world-wide community. The intent is to provide a simple mechanism for supporting small research efforts which can quickly establish concept viability, or rule out further consideration, by providing temporary use of a field spectroradiometer, which might otherwise be difficult to obtain.
Additionally, up to a total of $500 in publication charges (if the resulting paper is published in an approved publication) and/or travel assistance and print charges for presentation of an accepted abstract at a relevant scientific conference will be provided for each recipient. Proposal submissions for the fourth annual competition must be received by October 15, 2009. This deadline is firm so that the review committee can consider applications during the following month and select recipients. Winners will be announced in early December 2009. Program guidelines include the following:
This program encourages novel, unconventional and/or fundamental research. Proposals should be inventive, might be opportunistic, and need not have an immediate practical application or guarantee of success. Additional consideration will be given to proposals that bridge boundaries between traditional disciplines. A minimum of three, and maximum of ten, recipients will be selected for the 2010 calendar year.
Graduate students pursuing a Master’s or Ph.D. within an accredited North American (US, Canada, Mexico) college or university program, as well as countries where Carnet documentation for shipments is accepted, are eligible. No more than one submission per researcher will be considered.
ASD is allocating one full-range FieldSpec® 3 (350-2500 nm) spectroradiometer system, and two FieldSpec® HandHeld (325-1075 nm) spectroradiometer systems for temporary use during selected research projects. Requests must stipulate the time for which the instrument is requested, including start and completion dates where necessary for seasonal projects. Requests can range from one week to four month (maximum) projects. Please note, the length of time an instrument is requested can have an impact in the decision process. A proposal requiring an instrument for a shorter amount of time, or for a more flexible date range, may possibly have a higher probability of selection as long as the proposal meets all other criteria. This policy is established in order to allow a maximum number of awards when possible.
Submissions should be no longer than two pages including a description of the objective, why it might be important, whom it includes, the instrument required (a justification is required when requesting the FieldSpec® 3 over a HandHeld), and how this might extend the frontiers of science. The best proposals will reach beyond an advance of understanding, to defining an hypothesis being tested, or a specific objective being sought. Please review official format guidelines for more specific information.
Recipients are required to provide ASD with a one-page summary of their research and results. Inclusion of supporting photos and visual data are encouraged as well, and are not included in the summary page count. ASD will contribute up to $500 towards publication (page and/or color) charges (paid directly to the publication) for recipients whose completed paper is published by an approved journal, and/or reimbursement (original receipts will be required) of travel or print charges to recipients with an accepted abstract at a relevant scientific conference.
A review committee will be convened with representation from various disciplines, and selection will be determined based upon an objective evaluation of the ideas, without weighting for discipline. Note: The length of time an instrument is requested can have an impact in the decision process. A proposal requiring an instrument for a shorter amount of time, or for an unspecified, more flexible date range, may possibly have a higher probability of selection as long as the proposal meets all other criteria. This policy is established in order to allow a maximum number of awards when possible.
