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Call for Graduate Student Honoraria Papers

Student members of the American Society of Mammalogists are encouraged to submit manuscripts to the competition for honoraria to be awarded at the 2004 Annual Meeting. Participants must not have received the Ph.D. prior to the end of the 2003 summer session and must not have received a previous honorarium from ASM. Three honoraria of $600 are available for the winners of the competition. The Honoraria Committee will select honoraria recipients based on originality, quality, and written presentation of the research.

Applicants should submit an original and 10 copies of a manuscript on their current research written in the format of an article for the Journal of Mammalogy (please consult a recent issue of the Journal for style. Manuscripts must be single-authored and should not exceed 12 double spaced pages in length (plus figures, tables, and references). Authors who wish to save paper may submit electronically with either pdf or Word files. No other formats will be accepted. Applicants should submit written material to:

Virginia Hayssen
Biology Department
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063

[413 585 3856] posted before 15 February 2004. Electronic submissions with an accompanying email should be sent to vhayssen@science.smith.edu. Papers that do not meet the above requirements or are received after the deadline will not be considered. Applicants will be notified of award recipients around 15 March 2004.

Winners of honoraria will be invited to present their research at the Plenary Session of the Annual Meeting. These platform presentations will be 15 min in length (12 min for the presentation, 3 min for questions). Regardless of the outcome of the competition, applicants intending to present a paper at the meeting must submit the usual abstract and pre-registration material to the Local Committee before their deadline (15 March 2004).

 

Call for Undergraduate Student Honoraria Papers

Undergraduate students are encouraged to apply for the Undergraduate Student Research Awards to be presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting. Students currently enrolled in an undergraduate program or who have not graduated prior to May 2004 and have not received a previous Undergraduate Award from ASM are eligible to apply. Three awards of $350 are available for winners of the competition. The Honoraria Committee will review applications and select award recipients on the basis of the originality and quality of research and the student's curriculum vitae. Students applying for the awards also must present an oral or poster presentation at the Annual Meeting.

Applicants should submit an original and 10 copies of an abstract for an oral or poster presentation, a 1-page summary of the research project, a curriculum vitae, and a letter from their research advisor. Applicants should submit the written material to

Virginia Hayssen
Biology Department
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063

[413 585 3856] posted before 15 February 2004. Authors who wish to save paper may submit electronically with either pdf or Word files. No other formats will be accepted. The advisor must submit his or her letter separately from the student with an accompanying email. Electronic submissions with accompanying emails should be sent to vhayssen@science.smith.edu. Packets that do not meet the above requirements or are received after the deadline will not be considered. Applicants will be notified of award recipients around 15 March 2004.

Applicants must submit the usual abstract and pre-registration material to the Local Committee before their deadline (15 March 2004).