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Grzybowski Foundation
“Brian J. O’Neill
Memorial Grant-in-Aid
for Ph.D. Research”
Application Form
(Submit this form with a one-page CV,
listing all publications and any papers still
in progress.)
Name: .....................................................................................
Address: ......................................................................................................................................
......................................................................................................................................................
Telephone, Email: ........................................................................................................................
Current Position & Termination Date: .........................................................................................
If you are registered for a degree, please fill in the information below:
Degree registered for Subject
Full-time, part-time Name of supervisor
or external
Title of Thesis: .............................................................................................................................
Description of Proposal (half a page):
Signature & Date..........................................................................................................................
If your application is successful, how will you spend your grant?
REFERENCE FORM
The Student is responsible for filling in Page 1. The supervisor and/or Head of Department
should then complete this part.
Supervisors Statement
(Please indicate to what extent you support this application, give the reasons for your support
and whether there are any foreseen problems with the applicant's research programme.)
Signature & Date....................................................................................................................
Statement from Head of Department:
(Why do you support this application?)
Signature & Date....................................................................................................................
The Brian J. O’Neill Memorial Grant-in-Aid for Ph.D Research in Stratigraphic
Micropaleontology
Regulations and Instructions
§1. Name. The Brian J. O’Neill Memorial Grant-in-Aid is awarded to a Ph.D. student who is
carrying out a thesis project in the field of Stratigraphic Micropaleontology. The grant is
dedicated to the memory of Brian J. O’Neill, who for many years was a loyal participant in
IWAF meetings and a supporter of the Grzybowski Foundation. The grant supports original
scientific research in any subject of Micropaleontology, with preference to projects dealing
with foraminifera.
§2. Eligibility. The grant is awarded competitively to a Ph.D. student from an eastern
European University or research institution who is carrying out a Ph.D. project in the field of
Stratigraphic Micropaleontology, preferably for work in the Carpathian area.
§3. Application. The student should fill in the application form, have his or her supervisor
fill in the back of the form, and then obtain approval from the Head of Department. The
completed form should be sent to:
Dr. Michael A. Kaminski
([email protected])
The application deadline is December 31. The application will be reviewed by the officers of
the Grzybowski Foundation. The decision on the grant will be announced in the spring.
§4. Use. The Brian J. O’Neill Memorial Grant-in-Aid is not a stipend. It is a grant that is to
be used to fund the cost of a research project. The money is not a merit award or a prize, and
is not to be used to supplement a student’s maintenance or living allowance. Allowable
expenses include: Travel and accommodation costs connected with field work, Instrument
(SEM) time, laboratory consumables, thin sections, microscope slides, the cost of attending a
micropalaeontological workshop, the cost of printing and binding a thesis, and a poster to
present at a scientific meeting. In years when an International Workshop on Agglutinated
Foraminifera or MIKRO-meeting is being held, an additional travel allowance will be given
to the candidate to fund the cost of attending the workshop and presenting results.
§5. Accountability. (1) By accepting a Brian J. O’Neill Memorial Grant-in-Aid, the student
is committed to producing a thesis on the subject of Micropalaeontology. In the event that the
student changes the subject of the thesis, or fails to submit a thesis, or fails the thesis
examination, the entire amount of the stipend is to be repaid to the Grzybowski Foundation.
The student’s supervisor will be held responsible for collecting the repayment in this case. (2)
The student must produce a brief (one page) report on his/her results for the “Newsletter of
Micropalaeontology”; (3) One hard-bound copy of the thesis must be deposited in the
Grzybowski Library, and (4) the Grzybowski Foundation and the Brian J. O’Neill Memorial
Grant-in-Aid must be acknowledged both in the thesis and in any publication that results
from it.
§6. Amount. The amount of the grant is $1,000 USD, plus an additional travel grant (to be
determined) to present results at an IWAF or MIKRO meeting.