THE HOSHAW TRAVEL AWARDS

The Hoshaw Travel Awards are to help students with their travel expenses to the annual PSA meeting. Successful applicants will be notified prior to the meeting and the awards will be presented at the meeting. PSA meeting information including registration dates, venue, and local attractions can be found on this webpage.

Eligibility: All students, undergraduate and graduate, who wish to attend the PSA meeting are invited to apply using the following travel award application. All other factors equivalent, students who will present their research at the meeting (lecture or poster) will be given priority. The applicant must submit the application via Jotform that includes their current curriculum vitae and request a letter of support from the major supervisor/mentor. The curriculum vitae must include papers presented at meetings, publications, grants, and fellowships received. The letter of recommendation should discuss the following:

  • Capacity and extent to which you know the applicant

  • Impact of the applicants research both in a phycological and broader context

  • The applicant’s long-term potential and/or exemplary commitment to contributing to the field of phycology, including phycological education, industry, and scholarship

  • How attending this PSA meeting in particular will support that academic progress and/or professional development

  • Applicable evidence of service to PSA or phycology at large

Application Procedure: Information will be available soon for the 2027 Hoshaw application portal.

Application FAQs and additional information:

What are the Bold and Lewin Awards? How do I know if I am eligible?

More information about the Bold Award can be found here, more info about the Lewin award can be found here. Please contact the Student Awards Committee Chair with any questions. Please note that you must apply to participate in the Bold Award session, eligibility requirements apply.

Do I have to complete and submit my application in one sitting?

No, you can save and edit your application until you submit it or until the deadline passes. You must submit the application, the portal will not automatically submit any applications in progress once the deadline passes. Once you submit your application, you can no longer edit it.

My supervisor/mentor didn't get the email to submit their letter. What should I do?

It's possible that the letter went to their spam/junk folder. If it's still not found, please have your letter writer submit a PDF of their letter to rmw104@humboldt.edubefore the letter submission deadline.

How should I format my abstract? What are the requirements?

The abstract should be formatted following the guidelines provided for the meeting. Those guidelines can be found here.

What does a competitive abstract look like?

An abstract should be informative and representative of the presentation, emphasizing data and results rather than methodology. Statements such as "...data will be presented..." or "...conclusions will be discussed..." should not be included. An abstract should include the following: 1) Brief background information and overview of the field/area of research to-date, 2) Clear communication of the research question being addressed and/or hypothesis being tested, 3) Brief summary of methods used to address that question, 4) Brief summary of the results found, and 5) Succinct remarks providing context and importance of the results in the field of phycology.

I don't have all my data or results yet, how should I write my abstract?

Students in this situation should seek the guidance of their major advisor on strategies to make statements based on published, preliminary, or expected results.