Beginning Scientists March 1999 allocation The Royal Society of New Zealand has recently allocated funding to enable 19 students enrolled for PhD degrees at New Zealand universities to attend their first international scientific or technological conference overseas. Forty-four applications were received. The successful applicants are: Ellen J Bennett, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Science, Massey University; VII International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology, 28 January – 2 February 2000, Varasani,. India Kirsty Bolter, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington; 18th International Meeting of the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Huntingdon’s Disease, 28-31 August 1999, The Hague, Netherlands Steven Brown, Department of Microbiology, University of Otago; 12th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation, 12-17 September 1999, Foz do Iguacu, Parana, Brazil Sarah Cridland, Agresearch Grasslands; Gordon Research Conference on Mammary Gland Biology, 6-11 June 1999, New England College, New Hampshire, USA Lincoln Dahlberg, School of Sociology and womren’s Studies, Massey University; Exploring Cyber Society, 5-7 July 1999, University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK P Anthony Enright, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury; Sixth International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, 3-9 July 1999, University of Poitiers, France Craig Gordon, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington; European Conference on Transport Psychology, 16-19 June 1999, Université Catholique de l’Quest, Angers, France Reece Fowler, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University; North American Benthological Societies Annual Conference, 25-28 May 1999, Duluth, Minnestoa, USA Robert Henriod, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Massey University; VII International Symposium on Postharvest Physiology of Ornamental Plants, 13-18 November 1999, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA Bridget Leonard, Department of Physiology, University of Auckland; Experimental Biology 1999, 17-21 April 1999, Washington, DC, USA Geoffrey Low, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago; National meeting of the American Chemical Society, 22-26 August, New Orleans, USA Nadine McCallum, Department of Microbiology, University of Otago; 12th International Congress of Nitrogen fixation, 12-17 September 1999, Foz do Igucu, Parana, Brazil Victoria Metcalf, Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Christchurch School of Medicine; 5th International Congress on Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, 23-28 August 1999, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Gary Muir, Psychology Department, University of Otago; Society for Neuroscience 1999 Annual Meeting, 23-28 October 1999, Miami, Florida, USA Angelika Paul, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago; Embryology: Concepts and Techniques in Modern Developmental Biology, 13 June – 24 July 1999, Wood’s Hole Marine Biology Laboratories, Massachusetts, USA Sven Ostring, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,. University of Canterbury; International Conference on Communications, 1999, 6-10 June 1999, Vancouver, Canada Mark Stagg, Department of Physiology, University of Otago; Meeting of the Physiological Society of the UK, 20-22 April 1999, University College, London, UK Todd White, AgResearch, Palmerston North; 42nd Annual Symposium of the International Association of Vegetation Science, 26-30 July 1999, Bilbao, Spain Richard White, Department of Physics, University of Otago; Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 23-28 May 1999, Baltimore, Maryland, USA