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Jeffery P. La Fage Graduate Student Research Award

Started by aruljothi, Sep 05, 2008, 09:03 PM

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Jeffery P. La Fage Graduate Student Research Award is awarded to graduate students of Life Science who are interested in pursuing their research activities to combat the menace of pests, which destroy the crops thereby diminishing the yield of crops. The grant is a boon to the students who seek to contribute by combating the menace of pests, which is a major hindrance for the agricultural community and the nation causing a huge loss to the country and its citizens.
The scholarship is offered as a mark of respect to Dr. Jeffery. P. La Fage who contributed a lot to the agrarian community and the nation by devising methods to control the influx of termites which damage the crops.

The entomology is a subject which is of immense use in controlling the pests and termites thereby enhancing the yield of the country. The scholarship can give birth to a new breed of scholars who can bring a radical change in the global economic scenario by virtue of their innovative, painstaking and path breaking research. The scholarship is organized by Entomological Society of America.

Eligibility of Jeffery P. La Fage Graduate Student Research Award:

The candidate shall have to be a graduate and they shall have to pursue their post graduation or the doctoral courses in future after graduation. Special preferences are given to candidates who demonstrate their expertise in research from the pragmatic point of view. The selected candidate is given the golden opportunity to demonstrate their research activities at the prestigious ESA meeting. The candidate shall have to possess the burning zeal for pursuing research in entomology and pest control for availing the award. The nomination details about the qualification, honor, and publications in the relevant sphere shall have to be sent to the administrator of the award at the following e-mail address by 1st July.
E- mail address of the administrator

Email address: melodie@entfdn.org

Address of Entomological Society of America

Entomological Society of America
10001 Derekwood Lane,
Suite 100,Lanham,
MD 20706-4876

Tel. (301) 731-4535

Fax (301) 731-4538

E-Mail:  esa@entsoc.org