Exclusive Distributor of Stable Micro System's Texture Analyzers in North America
Support: Travel Grants for Texture Analysis Researchers
Texture Technologies Corp. of Scarsdale NY announces the continuation of a program in which grants of between US $100 and $250 each will be awarded to members of the academic and industrial communities for papers, publications and presentations covering research performed in North America in which the TA.XT2/2i, TA.XT HD, TA.XTExpress, or the TA.XTPlus Texture Analyzer is used and properly cited in the research.
The amount of each grant will be determined by the grant committee. Grants may be won by students, faculty and industrial researchers who meet the terms of the grant. The applicant must send an e-mail to the Scarsdale office requesting the grant and including a copy of the work and a mailing address for the grant if one is awarded.
Every member of our team is experienced in using both our hardware & software so we can answer any question you may have about how to operate the device, software, run tests, analyze graphs and exchange data with others.
The following rules apply for all travel grants:
1. The measurements obtained with the TA.XT2, TA.XT2i, or the TA.XTPlus Texture Analyzer must be an important part of the research. The test method and settings should be described and the model TA.XT2 must be properly credited in the work. The paper, poster or presentation MUST cite the appropriate instrument as follows:
"The [TA.XT2, TA.XT2i, TA.HDPlus, TA.XTPlus] Texture Analyzer (Texture Technologies Corp., Scarsdale, NY/Stable Micro Systems, Godalming, Surrey, UK)"
Thereafter, the instrument may be referred to as the TA.XT2, TA.XT2i or TA.XTPlus. If the paper does not use the proper citation, the grant committee reserves the right not to grant an award since a purpose of travel grants is to allow other researchers to know which model instrument and software was used in the research and where to get information about it.
2. The work must be in English and must be presented at a North American national or international meeting of a significant society such as the AAPS, CRS, PSTC, AACC or IFT or accepted for publication in a national refereed journal. Evidence of acceptance for presentation or publication is required.
3. The work may be a paper delivered, a paper for publication, or a poster-board presentation. A copy of the paper or presentation must accompany the request for a grant. Electronic submissions are required and should be sent to Marc Johnson.
4. The work may also be a Ph D. thesis in English from a North American University which has been accepted by a recognized university and has been defended.
Since another purpose of this travel grant program is to disseminate knowledge gained through research using the TA.XT family of texture analyzers to users and potential users, Texture Technologies reserves the right to reprint and distribute the work in a professional way after the work has been presented. Work accepted for journal publication will not be distributed until after the publication itself is issued, and the rules for distribution shall be those set by the journal itself.
Please note that the same or highly similar research is only eligible for a single travel grant even though it may be presented at multiple meetings and published in several journal articles or thesis.
The grant program will be in effect for applications received through December 30, 2010 and its continuation thereafter will be at the sole discretion of Texture Technologies Corp.