The Researchers at Undergraduate Institutions Section of the Ecological Society of America is offering awards in the amount of $500 to help defray the cost of supporting the attendance and presentation of research by undergraduate students at ESA’s 2018 annual meeting in New Orleans.
For a PDF version of this announcement: https://tinyurl.com/yc7jmg83 Direct all emails to: [email protected] To be eligible: • The presenting author of the research presentation must be or have been an undergraduate student during the time the study was conducted (within the last two years) • The undergraduate student and/or the research advisor must be current members of the Researchers at Undergraduate Institutions Section of ESA To be submitted by the student (single email, multiple attached files are ok): • Statement by the undergraduate student naming their research advisor and institution, and describing the research study conducted, their contribution to the study, and the reason they want to attend ESA’s 2018 annual meeting to present the study • Screenshot, email confirmation, and/or any other documentation that an abstract for presentation has been submitted, that the undergraduate student is the presenting author, and the type of presentation (contributed oral, poster) proposed • Screenshot, email confirmation, and/or any other documentation that the undergraduate student is a member of the Researchers at Undergraduate Institutions Section of ESA (if the faculty advisor is not) To be submitted by the research advisor (single email, multiple attached files are ok): • Statement by the study’s research advisor (e.g. the faculty member that supervised the undergraduate student’s work on the study) naming the undergraduate student, attesting that the student is a current undergraduate or was at the time the study was conducted (within the last two years), and explaining the undergraduate student’s meritorious contribution to the study and the degree to which the undergraduate’s attendance and presentation at ESA’s annual meeting is financially constrained • Screenshot, email confirmation, and/or any other documentation that the research advisor is a member of the Researchers at Undergraduate Institutions Section of ESA (if the undergraduate student is not) Award decisions will be made via the following parameters: • Up to three awards, based on the size of 2018 RUI section membership, in the amount of $500 each • Priorities: #1 Need (attendance and presentation is constrained without substantial financial support), #2 Student merit and contribution to diversity (e.g. to allow for a diversity of awardee institutions and study topics), #3 Current undergraduates preferred, #4 Oral presentation preferred • Before awards are distributed, documentation will be requested to confirm that the abstract has been approved for presentation and that the undergraduate student has registered for the meeting • Before awards are distributed, receipts will be requested to confirm to whom the award check will be made (to reimburse for costs associated with the undergraduate student’s attendance and presentation) • Checks will be distributed at (in person) or shortly after (via mail) ESA’s 2018 annual meeting • In order to make award decisions promptly after abstracts are approved by ESA for presentation, applications for support of Late-Breaking Poster presentations may not be considered All materials should be sent via two separate emails (one from the undergraduate student, one from the research advisor) to: Daniel Scholes, University of Indianapolis, Chair of the Researchers at Undergraduate Institutions Section [email protected]
