Student travel grants to the DPS annual meetings prior to 2006 had been financed mostly through the generosity of corporate and private donors. In particular, Bill Hartmann has quietly been giving money for student travel for many years. To honor Bill, and to expand the number of student grants, at the 2006 Fall meeting the DPS announced the formation of the Bill Hartmann Student Travel Grant Program, to be supported by an endowment of $100,000. All interest on this money will go to support student travel grants to DPS meetings.
We thank Bill for letting us use his name on the endowment. What's more, he also made a substantial donation to get it started.
We invite the rest of the DPS community to donate to this fund. And the DPS will match every donation, dollar for dollar, until our $100,000 goal is reached!
Making a contribution is easy, simply go to the AAS web site online donations page:
http://members.aas.org/contributions
and select "DPS Hartmann Student Travel Grant Program." The AAS will handle all the financial details including acknowledging your contribution for tax purposes. (All donations are tax deductible.)
You also can contribute to the DPS Hartmann Student Travel Grant Program by sending a check made out to the American Astronomical Society to:
American Astronomical SocietyPlease note in the memo line of your check that your contribution is to go to the DPS Hartmann Program so that it is credited to the correct account.
PO Box 79305
Baltimore, MD 21279-0305
