If you are a student giving a statistical ecology talk at the ESA meeting in Ft. Lauderdale, please consider entering yourself in the Pielou award competition. Email Beth Gardner at [email protected] with the subject "Pielou award entry" if you want to be evaluated for the E.C. Pielou award. Please see the details below for information about the award and eligibility. If you are advising a student who would be a good candidate, encourage them to participate. You can join the statistical ecology section this year, still plenty of time before the meeting!
Email me by July 1 to enter the competition. Please let me know the title and, if you have this information, the date, time, location, and session code (e.g. COS-31) of your presentation. If you haven't been scheduled in a session yet, you can send me that information later but please let me know now that you want to enter the competition. We also need judges for the award! If you are willing to help out as a judge, which usually involves evaluating just 2-3 presentations, please email with the subject "Pielou award judge". Look forward to seeing you all in August in Ft. Lauderdale!! Cheers, Beth Gardner _____________________ The E.C. Pielou Award is a competitive award made annually to a graduate student or recent Ph.D. graduate based on overall quality of the student’s scientific contribution to statistical ecology, as evidenced by his or her oral presentation at the Annual Meeting. 1. To be eligible, you must be currently enrolled as a graduate student, or have received your degree within a calendar year of the ESA meeting, and be a member of the Statistical Ecology section of the ESA. 2. The paper must include novel statistical research such as the development of new statistical methods or innovative application of an existing statistical method to an ecological question. 3. The officers of the Statistical Ecology Section will assemble the awards committee. 4. The winner will receive a copy of a book by Pielou (winner’s choice) and a cash prize of $200.
