ISE Student/Recent Graduate Prize to be awarded during the 2010 ISE Congress
Participating students presented in the very last sessions of the Congress. Due to this, the Student Prize Selection Committee will confer and announce the awards after the Congress. Winners of the student prize will receive a small cash prize, and their work will be profiled both on the ISE website and int he upcoming ISE Newsletter.
For further information, please contact the Natasha Duarte at: isecoordinator@gmail.com
NOTE: You must already be an accepted presenter at the 12th ISE Congress in order to participate
Win recognition for your work as a student of ethnobiology! The ISE will award two prizes to student presenters at the Congress: (1) for a paper presentation (either oral or as a poster) and (2) for an alternative format contribution (video, non-academic poster, poetry, performance, other). To be eligible for consideration, you must be either a current student or have completed your studies within one year of the congress (i.e., no earlier than May 2009). Co-authored papers by students or recent graduates, as noted above, are accepted. Co-authorship with non-students is allowed only if the student or recent graduate is the major author and presenter.
Interested candidates should submit the following via email, fax, or mail to the ISE Coordinator, and indicate the prize for which their contribution should be considered:
(1) a one-page cover letter, with title of the contribution, names, affiliations, address and emails,
(2) the abstract submitted for the Congress, and
(3) a two page (maximum) description of the contribution with relevant subsections as appropriate, e.g., Introduction/Background – Purpose – (Methodology - Results for paper presentations) - Discussion - Conclusions. For alternative format contributions please include video, audio, or other material.
Deadline for submissions is April 15, 2010.
Written materials should be spaced one and a half lines, 12-point type with one inch margins. Video or audio submissions should be 15 minutes or less in length. Please contact the ISE Coordinator if you have any questions.
Materials submitted in advance of the Congress as well as presentation at the Congress will be used by a Selection Committee with assessment based on criteria such as:
- Scholarly merit of the work (e.g., originality, rigor, sound methodology);
- Ethical commitment of researchers (e.g., evidence of consideration and adherence to ISE Code of Ethics);
- Degree of partnership with local communities;
- Pertinence of research for current local and indigenous priorities;
- General applicability of results in community projects or activities;
- Potential of results to engage public opinion or be of wider interest beyond the specific field;
- Policy impact of research (potential or realized);
- Timeliness of topic;
- Lay-out and format of presentation, including staying within time constraints; and
- Ability to field questions from audience.
The prizes will be awarded at the 12th ISE Congress. The prize winners will receive a small cash award, a selection of books, and a profile in the ISE Newsletter.
Please send application material to Natasha Duarte at isecoordinator@gmail.com.