This award was
established to celebrate the life and work of Stan Rowe, eminent
Canadian Plant Ecologist. Applications from students who published a
paper in plant ecology should be
sent the chairs of the Ecology Section of
the Canadian Botanical Association.
Terms of
Reference for Student Paper Awards
- All
students who have graduated from, or are currently enrolled in, a
Canadian university or Canadian students who have studied abroad are
eligible.
- The award
is for work published while the author is still a student, or based
on work done while a student, and published within two years of
graduation. This makes allowance for students who do not write
until after thesis (graduate or undergraduate) completion and normal
publication delays.
- Students
do not have to be CBA members to be eligible.
- No
candidate may submit a paper for more than one CBA award.
- The paper
must have been published during the year preceding the annual
meeting of the CBA/ABC
- Joint
papers must be accompanied by a statement on university letterhead,
signed by all the authors, estimating responsibility of each author
for:
- the
ideas that lead to the initiation of the project
- the
actual research skill demonstrated
- the
writing of the manuscript
- Student
award winners receive a one year membership in the Canadian
Botanical Association.
- The Judging
Committee reserves the right to make no award if submissions are not
considered of sufficiently high quality, or to share the award
between two applicants if their papers appear to be of equal merit.
The winner will be notified, and the award will be presented during
the Annual Meeting of the CBA.
- The
Treasurer of the CBA will be pleased to accept donations
(tax-deductible) to the fund which finances these awards. Please
publicize these awards as widely as possible and contribute to
the capital fund if you can afford to do so.
Application
Checklist
Please send each of the following
electronically to the Ecology Section Chair
A reprint of the paper (or proof of
the paper plus a letter from the editor of the journal stating that the
paper is in press within the eligible publication date)
The candidate’s curriculum vitae
including current address and email information
A statement indicating that the
student is currently enrolled in a degree program, or has completed such
program during the calendar year for which the award is to be made
(except for extenuating circumstances with respect to timing of
publication as outlined above in B).
A statement from the supervisor, the
student, and any co-author establishing responsibility for the paper as
outlined above in F.
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