Application deadline: March 5, 2008, 5:00 pm (PST)
Notification of award recipient: March 12, 2008
Registration deadline: April 7, 2008, 5:00 pm (PDT)

Coordinator: Leonard Bachman <LBachman@mail.UH.edu>

In honor of the late Jeffrey Cook, a $500 scholarship will be offered to a faculty member from a developing country* to defray the costs of attending the 2008 SBSE Summer Retreat. The award will be based primarily on the benefits of the scholarship on the applicant’s institution and country.

To apply for the scholarship, an applicant must submit a one page letter describing the potential benefits to their institution and country that would accrue from attending the retreat. Each applicant must also submit an abstract for a presentation to be made at the retreat. This presentation can either be tailored to the theme of the retreat or to introducing to the applicant’s research and teaching agenda to the SBSE membership.

The scholarship is to be used to defray the normal costs of SBSE membership, retreat registration, lodging and transportation. The membership and registration fee will be waived and a check for the balance of the funds presented to the recipient at the retreat. Recipient will complete/send in the registration form with the assistance of the Coordinator.

At the request of the Jeffrey Cook Charitable Trust, the scholarship recipient will need to submit a modest note to the Trust after attendance at the Retreat that explains their future professional plans and what the scholarship meant for them.

Applications should be submitted electronically or by fax by deadline above to:

Leonard Bachman, SBSE President-Elect
College of Architecture
University of Houston
4800 Calhoun
Houston, TX 77204-4431
e-mail: LBachman@mail.UH.edu

*Developing countries are those not included in the following list of advanced economies developed by the U. S. government (The World Factbook 2002):