The Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists (CIMA) has two available scholarships for this year’s Spring Meeting in Boise, Idaho on May 19-20th, 2011.
Persons meeting the criteria below are encouraged to apply.
The Steve Wood CIMA Meeting Scholarship is a $200.00 scholarship offered once each year. Funds from the Steve Wood Scholarship may be used for conference registration, workshops, conference meals, and travel expenses.
The CIMA Travel Grant is worth $200.00. This is offered to assist an individual with travel funding to the annual meeting.
Qualifications: For any of these scholarships an individual must currently:
Be employed in the CIMA region (AZ, UT, NV, ID, WY, NM)
OR
Be enrolled as a student in a program that includes library classes, archival classes, or a related discipline.
To Apply: Submit a current résumé, a cover letter indicating a statement of the expected benefits of attending the CIMA meeting, and a letter of reference from a person with knowledge of the applicant’s work or educational program.
Deadlines: Applications must be submitted by April 30, 2011.
Further information: Grant and scholarship recipients will be asked to submit a report on their experience following the conference which will be published in the CIMA Newsletter.
For questions and additional information: Please contact the current chair of the Education and Training Committee referenced below.
All grant and scholarship applications should be sent via e-mail to cory_nimer@byu.edu.
Also, please send a hard copy by fax or mail to the Education and Training Committee:
c/o
Cory Nimer
L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University
1130 HBLL
Provo, Utah 84602
(801) 422-6091
cory_nimer@byu.edu
