Win recognition for your work as a student of ethnobiology! The ISE will award three prizes to student presenters at the Congress for: (1) an oral presentation, (2) a poster presentation and (3) an alternative format contribution (video, non-academic poster, poetry, performance, other).
The application period for the 2012 ISE Student/Recent Graduate Prize is now closed.
Student eligibility:
- MSc and PhD students currently enrolled or who have received the degree less than one year before the ISE congress (students with a graduation date of May 20th 2011 or later are eligible to apply).
- Students must already be confirmed as Congress presenters (either oral or as a poster), or for an alternative format contribution (video, non-academic poster, poetry, performance, other).
- Presentations co-authored by students or recent graduates are accepted. Co-authorship with non-students is allowed only if the student or recent graduate (a) is the first author, (b) is the presenter, and (c) has led most of the research and writing.
Evaluation criteria:
For the three categories (oral presentation, poster presentation, alternative format):
- Creativity in the approach
- Clarity and well-structured organization
- Ethical commitment, community involvement and social significance of research
- Layout and format of presentation, staying with time constraints
- Fielding of questions from the audience (when applicable)
Additionally, for oral and poster presentations:
- Scholarly merit of the work (originality, rigor, novelty)
- Potential of results to engage public opinion or be of wider interest beyond the specific field
Application:
Interested candidates should submit the following via email in a single pdf document to the ISE Admin ([email protected]):
- A one-page cover with title of the contribution, name of the session, category (oral presentation, poster presentation, alternative format), the name of each author, including affiliation, address, email, degree pursued and graduation date.
- The abstract submitted for the Congress
- For oral and poster presentations: a two page (maximum) description of the contribution with the following subsections:
a) Introduction/Background, including objectives
b) Methodology
c) Results
d) Discussion and conclusions
e) Ethical considerations of conducted research
f) Community involvement
g) Social significance
- For alternative format contributions: a two page (maximum) description of the contribution, containing subsections e), f) and g) from above. Please include video, audio, or other material. Video or audio submissions should be 15 minutes or less in length.
If too many applications are received, a pre-congress assessment will be made by the panel of jurors based on the written submissions and only the finalists will be judged during the congress.
Please indicate in the subject of the email: “Application for ISE student prize”.
The prizes will be awarded at the 2nd General Assembly during the 2012 ISE Congress. The prize winners will receive a Certificate of Merit, a selection of books and a profile in the ISE Newsletter.