SWS - Application for Gratis Membership

This application is for a SWS Gratis Membership Award. Gratis Memberships are funded by SWS and awarded to individuals from developing countries on a competitive basis (see below). Awards provide two consecutive years of membership, and can be renewed by resubmitting this application. Typically applications will be reviewed in January of each year and awarded no later than March 15th. Note that individuals are limited to two, 2-yr terms (which do NOT have to be used in consecutive terms).

DATE OF APPLICATION:
NAME:
ORGANIZATION/AFFILIATION:
MAILING ADDRESS:
PHONE Number:
FAX Number:		 (include Country Code)
E-MAIL:
Second E-MAIL (if you have a second email address):
Have you been a Gratis member in the past:
If so, please list the years of Gratis Membership:		 Yes
List your general areas of interest (e.g., restoration, biogeochemistry, mangrove ecology, etc.)
What type of organization do you work for? (e.g., university, NGO, government agency, etc.)
Which of the these are you involved in:
Check as many as apply.		 Teaching   Research   Consulting
Policy   Management
Which Chapter would you join: Asia   Australasia   Europe
International   South America
Special Interest Sections: Biogeochemistry   Global Change Ecology
Peatlands   Ramsar
Wildlife   Women in Wetlands
Printed copy of the journal Wetlands:
Online electronic copy is free		 Yes ($30.00 Per Year)
To qualify for a Gratis Membership Award, the applicant must work and live in a low-to-medium economy country as defined by the world development report, and must also receive their full income from such a country. See list here Country Where I Work:
Country Where I Live:
Country Where I Receive Income:
How many people at your institution will read the SWS journal, Wetlands and the Wetland Science and Practice:
(You will receive both electronically.)
Please briefly describe your institution's interest in wetlands.
Please write a few sentences about your current research or wetland related occupation:
What are the goals in your wetland work? How will membership in SWS benefit you in your profession? How might membership in SWS benefit education or society in your country? If you received an SWS Gratis Membership Award in the past, has it contributed to your professional development? Did your last award contribute to improved wetland management or increase public awareness of wetlands in your country?