in Scranton, PA
22nd - 25th of October, 2008
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NASBR GUIDELINES: 2008 STUDENT AWARDS
COMPETITIONS •Graduate and undergraduate students are invited to present the results of their research in the platform or poster competitions at the 38th Annual Meeting of NASBR at Scranton. Students must be the principle investigator on the research. Papers and posters will be judged on their scientific merits and clarity of presentation. To enter the student awards competitions, students must indicate their desire to participate when they register by checking the appropriate box on the registration form. •A student may enter a platform paper in the student awards competition one (1) time during a given candidacy for a degree program (once as a bachelor’s degree candidate, once as a Master’s degree candidate, and once as Ph.D. candidate). Similarly, a student may enter a poster for student awards competition one (1) time during a given degree candidacy. •Adherence to the one time per degree policy is by honor system. Students entering competition must sign a statement on the registration form indicating that they have not entered a prior competition under the current degree program. • Students must enter awards competition before the abstract deadline, 31 August 2008. Late entries will not be accepted. • Awards will be presented to the winners at the Saturday evening banquet (25 October). All students entering the competition are urged to purchase banquet tickets and be present at the banquet. • The competition is adjudicated by a panel of anonymous judges and all decisions of the judges are final. The forms used by the judges for evaluating presentations are available on the meetings website. Students entering the competition are encouraged to review the evaluation forms as they prepare their presentations. Compiled and reviewed by NASBR officers and representatives
May 2008 There are six “traditional awards” given by NASBR each year for outstanding student presentations. Each is available to students from all countries in the student competition. Note that some awards have restrictions and others have suggested topics. Awards without restrictions can be used to “even out” the distribution of awards and to reward outstanding research not covered by a specific award. Awards include a cash prize and a certificate. Previous award winners are listed in summary reports in the conference summaries on the Symposium’s home page: www.nasbr.org. Winners are announced at the closing banquet that concludes the annual conference. Bat Conservation International Award: Sponsored by Bat Conservation International for any aspect of the biology of bats. Bat Research News Award: Sponsored by Bat Research News for platform papers on any subject area. Karl F. Koopman Award: Sponsored by North American Symposium on Bat Research for platform papers, usually given in the field of zoogeography or systematics if possible. Luis F. Bacardi Bat Conservation Award: Sponsored by the Lubee Bat Conservancy and preferably given for work on ecology, behavior, reproductive biology, or conservation of Old World fruit bats. Speleobooks Award: Sponsored by Speleobooks for a poster on any subject matter. Basically Bats Wildlife Conservation Society Award: Sponsored by Basically Bats-Wildlife Conservation Society for a poster on any subject matter.
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