Bedford/St. Martin's Diversity Scholarship

Bedford/St. Martin’s, a leading publisher of textbooks in the field of technical communication, has agreed to sponsor a scholarship to support CPTSC's goal of increasing diversity in its membership and in the field of technical communication. Winners of the scholarship are chosen by the Diversity and Social Justice Committee.

Eligible candidates for this scholarship include graduate students whose race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, and/or nationality are underrepresented in the technical communication field. The scholarship is provided to assist the recipient with expenses associated with the CPTSC conference, up to the amount of the scholarship. It waives the conference fee and provides the winner a $350 scholarship from Bedford/St. Martin’s with an additional $150 supplement from an anonymous donor for a total of $500.

2014 Diversity Scholarship winner, Isidore Dorpenyo
Current Winner, Isidore Dorpenyo

Eligibility

Applicants should satisfy all of the following criteria for the scholarship:

  • be a full or part-time graduate student (NOTE: Applicants are eligible for the scholarship if they are graduate students at the time of the conference at which the scholarship is given.)
  • be enrolled in a technical communication graduate program or closely related field
  • be a member of CPTSC by the deadline for current year conference registration
  • attend the current year annual meeting of CPTSC to receive the scholarship
  • be a member of a traditionally under-represented group (racial, ethnic, and/or LGBTQ), or
  • be a person with "a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity" (Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990), or
  • be an international student from a nation that is under-represented in the technical communication field.

Note: The scholarship recipient must attend the CPTSC conference to receive the scholarship.

Selection Factors

The scholarship will be given to the graduate student who best meets the eligibility criteria and who exhibits the most potential in the field of technical and scientific communication in his or her studies and research, as determined by the Diversity Scholarship review panel.

Deadline

Deadline announcements will be posted to this page as they are determined.

Submission Guidelines

For an application form and submission requirements, or for any questions, please contact Han Yu.

All application materials are to be submitted electronically in one PDF file to Han Yu.

Label the file as follows: CPTSC_DiversityAward_YourLastName_FirstName.pdf. See the Bedford/St. Martin’s Scholarship application form for the list of materials to be submitted.

Questions

If you have any questions, please contact Han Yu.