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Graduate Student Information
Student Awards | Travel Awards | Workshops | Fundraisers Student Awards AES Carrier Award The American Elasmobranch Society will present the Carrier Award for the best student poster presentation on elasmobranch biology given during the AES Poster Session. Initiated in 1999, this award has been made possible through a donation from Jeffrey C. and Carol A. Carrier, who have been longtime advocates of student participation in the Society. AES Samuel Gruber Award The American Elasmobranch Society will present the Samuel Gruber Award for the best student oral presentation on elasmobranch biology given during the AES paper sessions. This award is named for the society's founder, who continues to be a source of inspiration for students in this challenging field of study. Gruber Award and Carrier Award Eligibility and Judging To be eligible, a student must (1) be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student, or have completed his/her degree within 12 months of the presentation; (2) be a member in good standing of AES; (3) be first or sole author of a contributed paper; and (4) indicate at the time of abstract submission his/her intention to compete for the appropriate award. To be a member in good standing, students must renew their student memberships by December 31, 2005. Students joining the society for the first time will be eligible for Society Awards provided they are also members in good standing by the December 31 deadline. Student oral presentations and poster presentations will be judged by separate panels of AES members representing various backgrounds, and will include the previous year's award recipient, whenever possible. Evaluation will be based on the quality, originality, and significance of the research, as well as the student's presentation. Each participant will receive a copy of the judging evaluation criteria prior to the meeting. A minimum of three student presenters must be eligible for judging for either award to be considered. Winners of the Gruber Award and Carrier Award will be announced at the AES Banquet. ASIH Stoye Award Stoye Awards of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists recognize the best student oral presentation in the following categories. Submission for oral presentation will be reviewed based on the following emphases:
ASIH Storer Awards Storer Awards of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists recognize the best student poster presentation in each of the following categories:
Stoye and Storer Awards Eligibility and Judging To be eligible for either Stoye or Storer Awards, the student must
Questions about the Stoye and Storer Awards should be directed to Maureen Donnelly at donnelly@fiu.edu. Southeastern Division, ASIH, Outstanding Student Paper Awards Ichthyology ($100) Students who are sole or senior authors on papers, and who are members of SD-ASIH may compete for this award in one of these two subject areas. To be considered, submit by email the abstract that was submitted for the joint meeting to the SD-ASIH president at the address below by February 28, 2006. Put "SD-ASIH" in the subject line. Send applications for both awards to: The Herpetologists' League Robert G. Jaeger Student Award For Graduate Research If you are a Master's or Ph.D. student with research results, consider participating in the annual competition for The Herpetologists' League Robert G. Jaeger Student Award for Graduate Research. There are six prizes to be won. To participate, you must (1) be a member of The Herpetologists' League in good standing, (2) be either a registered graduate student or have completed your graduate degree within 12 months of the Award presentations at the annual meeting, (3) submit a single-authored abstract by the "call for papers" before the deadline for the 2006 annual meeting (do this early; only 700 oral presentations will be accommodated – first come, first served); note on the abstract your intention to compete only in the HL Award competition (this applies only to this particular abstract, different abstracts/presentations may be submitted to other competitions), (4) submit a single-authored extended abstract to the Chair of the HL Award Committee (four pages of text, double-spaced, minimum 11 point or 12 pitch type, 1 inch [2.5 cm] margins, with additional literature cited, tables, and figures for a maximum of 10 pages in total) written in format for Herpetologica, due Monday, 15 May 2006 (approximately two months before the first day of the annual meeting), and (5) give the oral presentation at the annual meeting. Note that noncompliance with any of these requirements will result in disqualification. All participants are expected to attend the HL business meeting, where up to six finalists will be announced, and all finalists are required to attend the banquet ceremony, where the finalists will be recognized and the winner of the award will be announced. The judges will review the extended abstracts and pick up to six finalists for the rest of the competition. Their names will be announced at the HL business meeting, which will be scheduled after all presentations have been made (all presentations will be in a single session). If you are a finalist, you will receive a travel award of $200, and you are expected to attend the banquet ceremony, on the last night of the meetings. In addition, The Herpetologists' League will host a dinner for the finalists on the evening of the Award Session. The winner of the competition will be announced later at the Joint Meetings Banquet, and the award shall consist of (1) $300 (for a total of $500), (2) 10 years of back issues of Herpetologica, and (3) an invitation to submit an expanded full-length manuscript to Herpetologica/Herpetological Monographs (which will be subject to normal review) as a lead article identifying the author as winner of the Award. All participants will receive collated comments from the judges on their talk and extended abstract. Admittedly, The Herpetologists' League's student award competition is more demanding than those of the other herpetological societies but the chances of winning something are higher, and we submit that you'll get a lot out of the experience whether you win the first prize or not. For assistance on giving oral presentations and writing the extended abstract, we recommend that you refer to the June 1998 Supplement of Herpetologica (Volume 54:S42-S54 and S67-S75). For further information or questions concerning The Herpetologists' League award, contact Christopher A. Sheil (216-397-3088; csheil@jcu.edu). SSAR Henri Seibert Awards for 2006 The Henri Seibert Awards were initiated in 1992 to provide recognition for the best student papers presented at the annual meeting of the SSAR. To be eligible, the presented paper must be the result of research conducted by the individual making the presentation. The research must have been conducted while the student was enrolled in either an undergraduate or graduate degree program. Please refer to Herpetological Review 28(4):175 and the SSAR website for recommendations to students entering the Henri Seibert competition. Students entering the competition must be members of SSAR. The presentations will be judged by the SSAR student prize committee. One Henri Seibert Award of US $200 may be given in each of the following four categories: Systematics/Evolution, Ecology, Physiology/Morphology, and Conservation. Students may only win the award one time. Please indicate the appropriate category for which you are applying on the abstract submission form. Announcement of winners will be made at the SSAR Business Meeting. All participants should be present at the business meeting. Contact Margaret S. Gunzburger for further information. NIA Student Competition The Neotropical Ichthyological Association (NIA) will recognize with a cash award the best student papers (1 oral presentation and 1 poster presentation) presented on a topic that substantially includes the study of Neotropical fishes. To be eligible the student must be the first author and the presenter of the paper or poster. Multi-authored presentations are eligible. To be eligible a student must be registered in a degree program (graduate or undergraduate), or have received their degree no more than 15 months prior to the presentation, and indicate to the meeting organizers their intention to compete in compliance with the guidelines and deadlines set forth by the organizers of the JMIH meeting. For questions please contact Jonathan Armbruster armbrjw@auburn.edu or Jonathan N. Baskin jnbaskin@csupomona.edu. Travel Awards ASIH Graduate Student Travel Awards Student Travel Awards for the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists are determined by random draw. The only requirements are that you are 1) a graduate student in a Ph.D. or Master's program and 2) presenting either a poster or a talk at the JMIH. Twenty awards total (10 ichthyologists and 10 herpetologists) are available, and the amount of each individual award is $250.00. Please download the form and follow the instructions. If you are a recipient of an ASIH Student Travel Award, you will also be required to work a small portion of time at the ASIH book raffle table during the meeting. The proceeds of the raffle directly fund the Travel Awards, so we require assistance with the raffle from recipients. Checks are distributed to Travel Award recipients at the end of the meeting. The due date for travel award application is May 1, 2006. Please note that if a graduate student has received a travel award previously, he/she is not able re-apply for an award. If you have questions, please email them to Rocky Parker at: parkermi@science.oregonstate.edu *ATTENTION* ASIH travel grant winners for 2006 have been chosen by random draw, and the recipients have been sent emails containing details of the requisite duties associated with receipt of their award (see above). All questions can be sent to Rocky Parker at the above email address as well. Travel Support Awards for Student Members of the Southeastern Division, ASIH Travel grants of $50 each are available to a limited number of student members of SEASIH to attend the Joint Annual Meeting of ASIH, HL, and SSAR. Applicants must be presenting a paper or poster at the meeting and be members of SD-ASIH. Students seeking travel awards should provide a brief letter of justification for their request, all appropriate contact information, and an abstract of their paper/poster by February 28, 2006, to: Contact person TBD Put "SD-ASIH Travel" in the subject line. Recipients must be present at the SEASIH business meeting to pick up their award. SSAR Student Travel Awards - Call for Applications Ten awards of US $200 each are available. An applicant for a travel award must be a student and a member of SSAR, must not have previously received a travel award from SSAR, and must be the first author of a paper or poster to be presented. Application package must include: 1) letter signed by his/her major advisor or department chair that states: he/she is not completely funded for travel from another source; 2) an official copy of the poster or paper abstract to be presented; 3) a self-addressed, stamped envelope. If the research is co-authored, the applicant must also include a letter from his/her advisor stating that the work was primarily the product of the applicant. Qualified applicants are pooled and winners are drawn at random. Students from local meeting site and current members of the SSAR Travel Awards Committee are excluded from applying for a travel award. Applications must be postmarked by 15 April 2006. Award checks will be disbursed at the meeting. Send application package to Dawn S. Wilson, Southwestern Research Station, P. O. Box, 16550, Portal, AZ 85632 or for further information email: dwilson@amnh.org Graduate Student Workshops Thursday, July 13, 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm, Nottoway HL Grad Studies Workshop 2006: Michael Lannoo In the middle of any extended investigation conducted by large numbers of scientists working independently, it is instructive to occasionally scrutinize the effort and probe for patterns that can guide or redirect future research. In examining the amphibian declines phenomenon, for example, we see that interest—both from the public and from scientists, who often take their cues from the public—waxes and wanes. “Bubbles of interest” formed around (in roughly chronological order): the initial news of amphibian declines; acid rain and more prominently UV-B radiation as causes; the malformed frog phenomenon; and more recently pesticides, disease, and climate change as causes. Because, as Stephen Jay Gould has pointed out, science “dedicates itself above all to fruitful doing, not clever thinking, to claims that can be tested by actual research, not to exciting thoughts that inspire no activity” we will examine each of these “bubbles of interest” in light of the larger problem of amphibian declines. In doing so we will discuss potential flaws in logic or in approach, such as: 1) the division between known and mysterious causes of amphibian declines (either way, amphibian populations are being extirpated, and that should be our concern); 2) the focus on mysterious causes in specific high-profile sites or regions while ignoring widespread causes such as habitat loss, habitat alteration and habitat fragmentation; 3) the assumption that there is a single cause or “smoking gun” that applies everywhere; 4) the implication that the demonstration of one cause provides evidence against other causes; 5) treating each publication as the final word rather than as a point in the process of discovery; 6) the under-usage of the scientific method when arguing amongst scientists for preferred ideas; and 7) the focus on identifying causes of amphibian declines rather than effecting solutions to ensure population or species stability. We will then discuss Gould’s “fruitful doing:” what can and should be done to actually slow the rate of amphibian declines. Friday, July 14, 12:00pm - 1:30pm, Bayside A Course design and implementation: starting a teaching program from scratch This workshop, created by members of ASIH, will consist of a panel of professors spanning the many levels of research and teaching institutions. The goal of the workshop is to give graduate students interested in academia an idea of what goes into creating and implementing successful courses at the college and university levels. Topics will include laboratory development, field course creation, and basic elements involved in designing classes. The format will be an informal Q&A session with the panel so graduate students can inquire about what's to be expected when starting a position in academia. Graduate Student Fundraisers SSAR Frameable Art Silent Auction The SSAR STAC announces the Eleventh Annual Frameable Art Silent Auction to be held at the 2006 SSAR meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, from 12-17 July 2006. Preferred donations include herp-related photos, line drawings, prints, paintings, plates, engravings, or anything frameable, if not already framed. If you are interested in donating an item (tax deductible for U.S. residents), please email Thomas Eimermacher, Thomas.Eimermacher@selu.edu. Please notify Thomas if you will be bringing silent auction items with you to the meeting. ASIH Graduate Student Travel Award Book Raffle A book raffle will be conducted to raise funds for graduate student travel awards. Tickets may be purchased during the Joint Meeting, with the funds going directly toward student travel awards for 2006. The books are donated by publishers, booksellers, society members, etc. Additional information to follow. Graduate Student Reprint and Book Scavenge Do you have extra or duplicate reprints, books, or other publications taking up valuable shelf space in your office? If so, please consider donating them to the Graduate Student Reprint & Book Scavenge, to be held at the 2006 Joint Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. Both herp and fish reprints are requested. This is a great opportunity for younger herpetologists and ichthyologists to add to their research libraries. Additional information to follow. |
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