THE JOHN J. MCCOLGAN GRANT-IN-AID
The McColgan Grant-in-Aid is sponsored by
the Northeastern Mosquito Control Association, NMCA. It was created to honor the
contributions of the late John J. McColgan, Chairman of the State Reclamation
Board as a guardian of the administrative and legislative interest of
CRITERIA: The McColgan Grant-in-Aid will go to an individual
whose work is directly related to the advancement of operational mosquito
control: for example, Surveillance technology, Spray technology, Biological
control, physical control, Data processing.
JUDGING AND AWARD: The recipient of the award will be chosen by a
Scholarship Committee of the NMCA. The recipient will be designated at the
Annual Meeting of the NMCA and the award in amount equal to necessary and
appropriate expenditures as determined by the NMCA Scholarship Committee not to
exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) will be given accordingly.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE RECIPIENT: (1) To perform his or her abilities in general
compliance with known and accepted methods and/or procedures. (2) To search out
solutions to new operational methodology as well as the advancement of existing
methods. (3) To present the results in a part or in whole at the Annual Meeting
of the NMCA and subsequently thereafter until completion not to exceed three
(3) years.
APPLICATION:
The award may go to a candidate whose work is in any stage of completion, at
the discretion of the NMCA Scholarship Committee. Please submit applications by
November 10 of the year of application. Submission of
applications are to be made to:
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