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January1,2009
Milton/ChangStudentTravelGrantCommittee
Incubic/MiltonChangStudentTravelGrantCommi ttee
OpticalSocietyofAmerica
2010MassachusettsAvenue,NW
Washington,DC20036
DearMilton/ChangStudentTravelGrantCommittee,
IwouldliketothankthecommitteefortheconsiderationofmyapplicationfortheMilton/Chang
StudentTravelGrant. As Iamsurethecommitteeiswellaware,Ihaverecentlybeenacceptedto
deliveranoralpresentationattheCLEOconferenceinBaltimorethisMONTH2009.Thecommitteemay
notbeaware,however,thatIamanundergraduatestudentinmythirdyearattheUNIVERSITYNAME.
Inthesummerofxxx,IperformedresearchintheOpticsLaboratoryattheUniversityXYZunderDr.Joe
Smith.Thisworkwasfundedbythexxxresearchaward,whichisanationalawardthatisgrantedto
undergraduatestudentswithsuperioracademicachievementtoallowthemtoperformresearchina
universitylaboratoryduringthesummerterm.Overthesummer,Iperformedthenovelworkthatmy
CLEOconferencepresentationisbasedon.
SinceIamanundergraduatestudent,itisratherdifficulttoobtainfundingforconferenceexpenses
througharesearchgrant.Iamthankful,then,fortheopportunitytoapplyfortheMilton/ChangStudent
TravelGrant,whichwouldenablemetomakethetriptoBaltimore.Furthermore,Iamtravellingfrom
XYZCityinSampleCountry,andassuchthecostoftravelissignificant.Thiswillbemyfirstopportunity
toattendtheCLEOconference,which,accordingtocolleaguesattheXYZUniversity,isaworldclassand
prestigiousconference.
Iamexcitedtobeginanopticscareer,andIfeelthattheopportunitytosharetheworkIhavedoneand
meetwithleadersinthefieldwillbeanexcellentplatformtoestablishmyselfandgainnewinsightinto
possibleresearchinterests.IamlookingforwardtoattendingtheCLEOconference,andIkindlyrequest
thatthecommitteelooksfavorablyonmyapplication.
Sincerely,
SampleA.Student
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