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STUDENTS AWARDS

Travel Awards

Three $100 travel-awards will be awarded by NEERS, plus additional awards have been donated by our sponsors. Graduate and undergraduate students who are giving presentations at this meeting and are members of NEERS (by the meeting date) may apply. Selection will be made by lottery and will not affect eligibility for student presentation prizes.

To apply for a travel award, send an email with your abstract attached to NEERS treasurer by March 7. Provide your name, address, college or university, email, and telephone number. In addition, please have your faculty advisor send the treasurer an email certifying that you are a student in good standing.

As always, NEERS greatly appreciates donations to the Bill Niering Student Travel Endowment fund (student endowment contributions can be made when you pre-register). Travel awards may be offered to non-presenting students if sufficient funds are available; students are welcome to contact the NEERS Treasurer about availability of such support for general student travel.

Presentation Prizes

Prizes will be awarded to students chosen by the judging panel in four categories: graduate student oral presentation (Buck Ketchum Prize, $100), undergraduate student oral presentations (Stubby Rankin Prize, $100), graduate student poster presentation (David Dean Prize, $100) and undergraduate student poster presentation (Scott Warren Prize, $100). All eligible students will be automatically entered into the appropriate presentation prize competition.

Papers and posters are judged by a committee in terms of overall effectiveness, scientific content, and quality of the presentation. Students are stongly encouraged to review the scoring criteria in advance.

Students who have won an award are not eligible for that award again, but can compete for a different award. NEERS appreciates contributions towards the endowment fund for these prizes, so give generously when you pre-register. One free Banquet ticket is provided for the lead author of each student presentation.