Poster Presentation and Contest: Students are encouraged to submit abstracts to present posters at our Annual Educational Conference. Presentations will be viewed by all attendees as well as a panel of judges. The top two presentations are announced at the installation banquet, and are given monetary awards and certificates of achievement. Applications will be announced and available near the conference date.
Student Lunch Session: The agenda for the spring conference will include a special sponsored lunch session with presentations of student interest. Be sure to register in the next upcoming conference!
Oral Presentations: The committee also encourages students to submit presenter forms to be considered for the general session agenda at either the fall seminar or spring educational conference. The submission form will be uploaded close to the seminar or conference date.
Chesapeake Examiner: Please consider submitting your written work for publication in the official magazine of the CBD-IAI. Instructions for submission and contact information for our Editor can be found on the Resources page.
If students have recommendations for future programming, please contact the student development committee:
Chair: Kelly Ayers kelly.cbd.00@gmail.com
Members: Mallory McCormick mallory.mccormick@usss.dhs.gov; Bob O’Brien rkobrien@mail.wvu.edu
Oral Presentations: The committee also encourages students to submit presenter forms to be considered for the general session agenda at either the fall seminar or spring educational conference. The submission form will be uploaded close to the seminar or conference date.
Chesapeake Examiner: Please consider submitting your written work for publication in the official magazine of the CBD-IAI. Instructions for submission and contact information for our Editor can be found on the Resources page.
If students have recommendations for future programming, please contact the student development committee:
Chair: Kelly Ayers kelly.cbd.00@gmail.com
Members: Mallory McCormick mallory.mccormick@usss.dhs.gov; Bob O’Brien rkobrien@mail.wvu.edu
FEPAC Accredited Universities
Scholarships and Student Resources
George H. Robinson Memorial Scholarship
The George H. Robinson Memorial Scholarship fund is a scholarship program for the recognition of forensic science and criminal justice students. Each year, students may be selected to receive a scholarship grant of $1000 and a certificate of recognition. The awards shall be presented at the Spring Educational Conferences of the Chesapeake Bay Division – I.A.I.
Johnson Whyte Memorial Foundation Fund
The International Association for Identification offers its Johnson-Whyte Foundation, whose purpose is to provide grants for researchers and scholarships for students who are seeking education and employment within the forensic identification community, and to promote the advancement of forensic identification as a profession on an international basis. The monetary amount of funds available in any given year for research grants and scholarships will be determined annually by the Trustees and will be based only on the income earned from investments during the previous year.
For more information, please visit: Johnson-Whyte Memorial Foundation Fund
For more information, please visit: Johnson-Whyte Memorial Foundation Fund
Certificates of Attendance
Students and interns participating in workshops and conferences earn Certificates of Attendance. These attractive documents list your name along with the training topic and the number of successfully completed training hours. Copies of theses certificates may be attached to resumes and/or job applications.
2019 George H Robinson Memorial Scholarship Winner's News Article
"WVU Student Receives National Forensic Science and Criminal Justice Scholarship" - Samantha Mehnert, A junior at West Virginia University
George H. Robinson Memorial Scholarship Application
Eligibility: Applicants shall be either full time undergraduate students entering at least their sophomore year or full or part time graduate students enrolled in a forensic science or criminal justice program at an accredited college or university with a GPA of 2.5 or better on a 4.0 scale. If enrolled in summer classes, the official transcripts needs to be submitted after the summer classes are completed.
Scholarship Fund Trustees and members of the immediate family of Trustees are not eligible.
Scholarship Fund Trustees and members of the immediate family of Trustees are not eligible.
The George H. Robinson Memorial Scholarship application is due August 31, 2021.
Scholarship will be announced at the Upcoming Spring 2022 Educational Conference.
Scholarship will be announced at the Upcoming Spring 2022 Educational Conference.
Application Instruction:
Before submitting the application, the required documents are:
Before submitting the application, the required documents are:
- Section B of the application requires the applicant to submit a transcript of all undergraduate or graduate coursework.
- Section C of the application requires the applicant to submit a document detailing a biographical sketch and include your motivation for applying for this scholarship. Also, please state your career goals and provide information about any projects and particular interest and experience in forensic science or criminal justice. You are encouraged to include any information that you feel will help CBD-IAI to better assess your suitability as an applicant.
- Section D of the application requires the submission of two (2) letters of reference, which may include employers, instructors or CBD-IAI Members, but may not include family members.
- Section E of the application requires the submission of a document that is needed to be filled out by a Faculty Member which you can find below this instruction.
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