VRA 31

Dear Colleagues,

The Travel Awards Committee is very pleased to announce Archivision has sponsored a travel award of $1,000 for an international applicant and/or an architectural image librarian to attend the annual conference “Capitalizing on Creativity” in Providence, Rhode Island April 3-6, 2013.  Thank you for making this possible, Archivision!

If you haven’t done so already, please go to the conference website to check out the program http://vra2013annualconference.sched.org and information about costs http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra31/registration/
http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra31/accommodations/

The deadline for receipt of applications will be Monday, November 26, 10 am EST.
Before you apply, PLEASE READ “Travel Award Rules and Guidelines”, “Tips for VRA Travel Awards Applicants”, and “Types of Travel Awards”, all linked here as PDFs: http://www.vraweb.org/about/awards/index.html#travel

THE APPLICATION

The form is also linked from the What’s New section on the VRA homepage.

You do not need to be a member of the VRA to apply for a travel award, but please note that upon winning an award an applicant who is not a member of VRA must purchase a membership, with the option to use funding from the travel award to do this.

So if you’re working in a foreign country (including Canada!) or are an image professional working in an architectural program, don’t delay – apply today!

Good luck,

Heidi Eyestone & Vicky Brown
Co-Chairs, VRA Travel Awards Committee

Dear Colleagues,

We are very pleased to announce Gallery Systems has sponsored a $750 travel award for a media professional working in a museum environment to attend the annual conference “Capitalizing on Creativity” in Providence, Rhode Island April 3-6, 2013.  This will be Gallery System’s 9th year for sponsoring a travel award to the VRA Annual Conference.  Thank you, Gallery Systems!

If you haven’t done so already, please go to the conference website for to look at the program http://vra2013annualconference.sched.org and information about costs http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra31/accommodations/
http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra31/registration/

The deadline for receipt of applications will be Monday, November 26, 10 am EST.
Before you apply, PLEASE READ “Travel Award Rules and Guidelines”, “Tips for VRA Travel Awards Applicants”, and “Types of Travel Awards”, all linked here as PDFs: http://www.vraweb.org/about/awards/index.html#travel

HERE’S THE LINK TO THE APPLICATION:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEM1Zkdsdlo2dGZ1TEJRN3hGQWxjR2c6MQ#gid=0

The form is also linked from the What’s New on the VRA homepage.

You do not need to be a member of the VRA to apply for a travel award, but please note that upon winning an award an applicant who is not a member of VRA must purchase a membership, with the option to use funding from the travel award to do this.

So if you’re a media professional working in a museum or collection, don’t delay – apply today!

Good luck,

Heidi Eyestone & Vicky Brown
Co-Chairs, VRA Travel Awards Committee

VRA Travel Awards are available for attending the 2013 conference.
You don’t need to be a member of VRA in order to apply, but if you win an award you must become a member.
The deadline for receipt of applications will be Monday, November 26, 10 am EST.
The list of recipients will be announced on the VRA listserv the third week of December.

Before you apply, PLEASE READ the following PDF’s:

“Travel Award Rules and Guidelines”
“Tips for VRA Travel Awards Applicants” &
“Types of Travel Awards”

More information about VRA’s Travel Awards can be found here:
http://www.vraweb.org/about/awards/index.html#travel

HERE’S THE LINK TO THE APPLICATION:
VRA Travel Award Application 2013

If you’ve read all the documentation and still have questions please contact either
Heidi Eyestone or
Vicky Brown
(Co-Chairs of the VRA Travel Awards Committee)