In 2024, in honor of the late Jeffrey Cook, the Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE) will provide a $1400 travel scholarship to one or more faculty members to deliver a presentation at the SBSE annual retreat. Qualified applicants will be faculty members engaged in teaching environmental control systems (or closely related building science topics) in architecture or related disciplines. In addition, applicants MUST be from a developing country (List of non-eligible countries).
The scholarship recipient must pay a discounted retreat registration fee of $100. Lack of attendance or full participation in the retreat activities will void the scholarship offer.
Scholarship applicants must be SBSE members (currently there is no membership fee for those from developing countries). Those registering for the retreat will be required to acquire or renew their SBSE memberships (including Cook Scholars; again at no cost to those from developing countries).
Selection criteria for this award focus on the potential for retreat attendance to enhance the applicant’s teaching, research, professional service, and networking activities and on the potential for benefits to the applicant’s institution and country.
The Cook Memorial Scholarship recipient will be expected to make a brief presentation at the retreat. This presentation can either be tailored to the theme of the retreat or be used to introduce the recipient’s teaching and research agenda to retreat attendees.
At the request of the Jeffrey Cook Charitable Trust, which has graciously provided the funding for this award, the scholarship recipient will be expected to submit a brief memo to the Trust describing what the scholarship and retreat attendance meant relative to teaching, research, service, and networking.
Retreat scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis beginning March 31, 2024, with subsequent rounds of review beginning April 30, 2024; May 31, 2024; and June 14, 2024. Scholarships will be reviewed and issued until funding is exhausted.