Here is another scholarship opportunity for our students.

Graduate students should work directly with their faculty advisors to submit their application, but please let me know who is applying so I have it for our records. The deadline is March 1—it must be postmarked by then (snail mail submission only). There can be multiple applicants from the same university. 

Undergraduates should send me (mgalbrai@ua.edu or to my box in 19 ten Hoor) a single copy of all of their application materials no later than 4:45 PM on February 23. We can only have one candidate from UA. Perhaps, as in the past, the undergraduate advisor (so Cam), department chair (so Ian) and I can be the committee who decides who will be our candidate. The candidate who is selected must be prepared to send four copies all materials to Lambda Alpha postmarked by March 1. Applicants must be a “true” senior, which means they will graduate between May and December of this year (2016).

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,

Marysia

January 11, 2016

 

 

LAMBDA ALPHA NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP

and

LAMBDA ALPHA GRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS

 

 

Dear Chapter Sponsor:

 

With the receipt of the Scholarship and Graduate Research Grants guidelines, we encourage new chapters, and the many chapters that have not participated in the past, to submit nominees: one for the Scholarship, and as many deemed qualified for the grant(s). These are limited and closed competitions with a sizable award. A well-qualified candidate has a reasonable chance to win. To ensure a quality set of candidates, potential applicants will be allowed to join the honorary, but must be accepted by their chapter by submitting their chapter sponsor signed membership card and $25 fee (do not include in application packet, but mail in separate envelope) before the application postmarked deadline of March 1, 2016.

 

Please remember the requirement established in 2014 of submitting the application with 4 official/original transcripts (no copies accepted), as well as no E-mail information accepted. Please collect all transcripts, letters of recommendation, etc., before mailing to Lambda Alpha.

 

Yours truly,

 

Mark D. Groover, Ph.D.

National Executive Secretary

 

 

 

Reminder: Please ask your members to use the regalia order form in the back of any Annual Newsletter or the LA website to order items no later than two weeks before their graduation date to allow time for processing and shipping.

 

http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/Anthropology/LambdaAlpha.aspx

 

 

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LAMBDA ALPHA NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP

 

Your chapter may send forward only ONE candidate for this award. The Lambda Alpha National Scholarship of $5000 is to be awarded to a *TRUE graduating senior (summer 2016) majoring in anthropology.  The winner of the scholarship will be announced in early June, 2016.

 

The chapter faculty sponsor of the scholarship candidate must forward (no E-mails accepted) to the National Office before the postmarked March 1^st deadline, 4 copies (one original for the National Office and 3 copies to the National Executive Council) of the following materials printed front-to-back and stapled, with NO covers/folders:

1. A letter of nomination from the department or appropriate academic unit stating the candidate is applying for the National Scholarship (4 copies).
2. Curriculum vitae (4 copies).
3. A statement signed by the applicant, located on page 3, giving permission to the National Executive Council to view submitted transcripts (4 copies).
4. Four (4) original transcripts of all undergraduate grades.
5. Two (2) supporting letters of recommendation – one must be from a professional anthropologist (4 copies each) – copies should be made by faculty supporter and given to applicant.
6. A statement of future professional plans limited to one page or less, single spaced (4 copies).
7. Sample of the applicant’s professional writing (i.e.: a manuscript or course paper – 4 copies). Co-authored publications and contract archaeological reports are not acceptable.       The submission should be no more than “article length” – 30-page maximum. The purpose is to evaluate formal writing skill, not to demonstrate research productivity.

As of 2015, it is your responsibility to sign the manuscript release form on page 6 and send with your CD, thumb drive, etc., to the Lambda Alpha Journal, not the National Office, for consideration.

 

*TRUE: An applicant is considered an eligible graduating senior for purposes of competing for the Lambda Alpha National Scholarship Award if she/he has acquired formal senior status since the last competition or if she/he competes as an ongoing senior, but must then graduate by the end of the academic year. An applicant can compete only once for the award.

Please mail materials to:

Lambda Alpha National Office

c/o Mrs. Barbara Di Fabio

Department of Anthropology, BB315

Ball State University

2000 W. University Ave.

Muncie, IN 47306-2117

If notice of receipt of submitted materials is desired, please request by certified mail or enclose with a stamped or postage-paid, self-addressed card. The candidates are advised to confirm their processing.

 

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Scholarship Award Release Form

 

 

I,                                                       , became a lifetime member

of Lambda Alpha’s chapter name: ____________/state: ______

in                         (mo./yr.), and hereby give permission to the

National Executive Council to view my undergraduate

transcripts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Please make 4 copies and include this completed release form with your other application materials.

 

 

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LAMBDA ALPHA

GRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS

 

Your chapter may send forward as many candidates for these grants as deemed qualified. The Graduate Research Grant is designed to encourage thesis field research. Request for financial support for travel, basic field equipment, and on-location labor costs would be favored. The grant cannot be used for indirect expenses. The funds of $2000 will be awarded annually to each of the three sub-disciplines: archeology (one grant for $2000); bio-anthropology (one grant for $2000); and cultural/linguistic anthropology (one grant for $2000), or as many deemed qualified. The winners of the competition will be announced in early June, 2016.

 

Applicants must:

1. Be a lifetime member of Lambda Alpha.
2. Be enrolled in the graduate program in their department for at least one academic year.
3. Have selected their thesis advisor.
4. Have formally formed thesis or dissertation on an anthropological topic.
5. Have their financial advisor agree to be responsible for the dispersal of the grant funds to the student, possibly in conjunction with the university’s research office.

 

Their chapter faculty sponsor or thesis advisor must forward (no E-mail of materials is accepted) to the National Office before the postmarked March 1^st deadline, 4 copies (one original and 3 copies) for the National Executive Council of the following materials printed front-to-back and stapled, with NO covers/folders:

 

1. A letter of nomination and support stating the sub-discipline of the applicant (4 copies).
2. Curriculum vitae (4 copies) – new requirement for 2014.
3. Four (4) original transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate coursework and grades. Please complete and include the attached authorization on page 5.
4. A statement (4 copies) of financial responsibility from either their thesis advisor or thesis committee chairman containing their name and mailing address – use the attached authorization on page 5.
5. The applicant’s thesis/dissertation proposal, including an itemized budget (4 copies).

 

Please mail materials to:

Lambda Alpha National Office

c/o Mrs. Barbara Di Fabio

Department of Anthropology, BB315

Ball State University

2000 W. University Ave.

Muncie, IN 47306-2117

If notice of receipt of submitted materials is desired, please request by certified mail or enclose with a stamped or postage-paid, self-addressed card. The candidates are advised to confirm their processing.

 

 

 

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Graduate Research Grant Release Form

 

I,                                                      , became a lifetime member of Lambda Alpha’s chapter name: ____________/state: ______ in                       (mo./yr.), and hereby give permission to the National Executive Council to view my undergraduate/graduate transcripts.

——————————————————————————————————————————-

 

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Date:

Lambda Alpha National Executive Council:

This is to affirm that ___________________ is a graduate student in good standing

in the Anthropology Department of _________________________.  He/she is

financially covered within this program and the grant will be administered via their

Research Office.

Sincerely,

(print name:)

(title: Thesis Advisor, or Thesis Committee Chairman)

(Contact information to include mailing and E-mail address:)

(Please make 4 copies and include this completed release form with your other application materials.)

 

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The following statement permits the reading, consideration and publication of your manuscript submission in the Lambda Alpha Journal.

Required Manuscript Release Form

I hereby give permission to the editor of the Lambda Alpha Journal to review and publish my writing sample/manuscript in pdf on a CD, thumb drive, or flash and any associated graphics to the Lambda Alpha Scholarship Award competition. I also confirm the originality of the manuscript and that my submission is not published elsewhere in its current form. I accept editorial changes made by the editorial staff of the journal as needed to suit publication format.

If chosen for publication, I wish to receive a complimentary copy at the following address:

Name:                          ___________________________________

Address:                       __________________________________

City:                            ___________________________________

State: ___________________           ZIP:   _______________   Country:  ___________________

Signature:                                                                                                  Date:

This signed release form included with your pdf CD, thumb drive, flash drive, etc., is to be sent to Dr. Peer Moore-Jansen, as a requirement for your participation in the Lambda Alpha Scholarship award competition.

Please mail to:

Dr. Peer H. Moore-Jansen, Editor-in-Chief

Lambda Alpha Journal

c/o: Department of Anthropology, 114 Neff Hall

Wichita State University

Wichita, KS   67260-0052

 

(Please make 3 copies and include this completed release form – no CD, etc. – with your other application materials to the National Office.)