American Fisheries Society Native Peoples Student Travel Award   The American Fisheries Society (AFS) is currently seeking applications to support outstanding Native undergraduate students to attend the 2012 annual meeting of AFS in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota from August 19-23, 2012. This travel award is designed to encourage increased participation of Native Peoples in AFS and help defray meeting related expenses. Travel grants of $1000 each will be awarded on a competitive basis to assist two students with expenses incurred when attending the annual meeting. Selection of the awardees will be based on academic qualifications and rationale for attending the meeting. Each recipient will be paired with an experienced mentor and expected to participate in the student mentor program at the annual meeting. This is a program designed to orient highly motivated undergraduate students interested in fisheries professions and working with AFS to enhance professionalism in natural resources and develop leadership skills both within the organization and in their respective careers. Recipients must be (or become) members of AFS when notified.  These scholarships provide a unique and wonderful opportunity for undergraduate students to network with the AFS leaders. Completed applications must be received (electronic submissions preferred) no later than June 15, 2012. Application materials can be found on the EOS website (http://www.fisheries.org/units/eos/). Please note that an application will not be reviewed if any part is missing or if received after the aforementioned deadline. For more information about the travel award   Contact: Robin DeBruyne AFS Equal Opportunities Section, President E-mail: rld87@cornell.edu __________________________________________ Check out the latest AFS books at www.afsbooks.org Join AFS or renew for 2012 at www.fisheries.org/afs/membership.html