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2013 Fall Technical Conference Student Grants

The Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) offers up to 5 grants to cover the cost of registration, meals (up to $50) and lodging for students who wish to participate in the Fall Technical Conference (FTC) this year. The grant does not cover travel expenses.

The FTC is co-sponsored by the ASQ Statistics Division, jointly with the ASQ Chemical and Process Industries Division and two sections of the American Statistical Association: the Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences and the Section on Quality and Productivity.

The 57th FTC will be held at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio on October 17-18, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas.  Conference details can be found at this website: http://cba.ua.edu/ftc2013/.

Undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in programs related to Statistics or Quality Management are eligible to apply for the grant.  Recipients may be asked to serve as room monitors for a session at the conference and will be required to write a brief article about their conference experience for the Statistics Division Newsletter.

Applicants should e-mail a letter of interest to:

FTC Student Grant Awards Chair
Dr. Timothy Robinson
University of Wyoming
Department of Statistics
Laramie, WY 82071-3332
tjrobin@uwyo.edu

They should also ask a major professor to send a letter of recommendation to Dr. Robinson.

Applications must be received by July 1, 2013. Notifications to successful awardees will be mailed by August 15, 2013.

2013 Fall Technical Conference Early Career Grants

The Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality is offering several grants for early career industrial statisticians to attend the Fall Technical Conference (FTC), including the cost of registration, meals (up to $50) and lodging. The FTC is sponsored jointly with the ASQ’s Chemical and Process Industries Division (CPID) and the Sections on Quality and Productivity (Q&P), and Physical and Engineering Sciences (SPES) of the American Statistical Association. The 57th FTC will be held at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio on October 17-18, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas. 

These grants are available on an application basis to individuals who meet the following criteria:

• Graduated with an undergraduate or graduate degree in Statistics within the last 3 years (include proof of graduation – photocopy acceptable)
• Work in quality, reliability, or statistics positions in industry
• Would be unable to attend the conference without financial assistance
• Are members of the ASQ Statistics Division
• Preference will be given to candidates who are presenting work at the FTC
• Candidates are asked to write one to two paragraphs detailing their motivation for attending the conference and the anticipated benefits of participation

Travel costs to and from the conference are not covered by the grant. After the conference, recipients will be asked to write a brief article about their conference experience for the Statistics Division Newsletter. Conference details can be found at this website: http://cba.ua.edu/ftc2013/.

Applicants should send a letter of interest, together with a letter of recommendation from an immediate supervisor, by July 1, 2013 to:

FTC Student Grant Awards Chair
Dr. Timothy Robinson
University of Wyoming
Department of Statistics
Laramie, WY 82071-3332
tjrobin@uwyo.edu

Notifications will be sent by August 15, 2013.