Qualifications:

1. Recipients of travel awards must be citizens and residents of a country with a developing economy as defined by United Nations’ criteria. Those currently enrolled in a graduate program in the U.S. or from other economically advanced, developed countries are not eligible for this program.
2. Typically, scholars who either are enrolled currently in a graduate training program or have received their Ph.D. degrees or equivalents within the past seven years and are from a developing country are the ideal candidates for this program.           
3. Program participants must be SRA members. If you are not a member, please use the link below to the SRA Membership Website to join. The Emerging Nations International membership fee is $5. Eligible countries are those classified as Low* and Middle Income** Economies based on the World Bank Classifications (http://www.worldbank.org/).
   * Low-Income Economies
   ** Middle-Income Economies

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4. Individuals on accepted submissions who attend the SRA Biennial Meeting are eligible to apply for this program.

Selection Criteria, in order of priority:

• Applicants who are from a country with a developing economy.
• Applicants with the highest numerical score from reviewer ratings on their accepted Biennial Meeting submission and who (1) are the chair or first author of a submission, and/or (2) have more than one accepted submission.
• Applicants who have been members of SRA for one year or more.