Student Presentation Awards Grant

The Student Presentation Awards, organized by the American Society of Primatologists, recognizes outstanding student presentations at the annual ASP meeting. Categories include Outstanding, Outstanding First Place, and more, with awards for both oral and poster formats. Up to eight awards will be granted, including cash prizes and a one-year membership to ASP. Eligibility requires being a student registrant and first author of the submitted work, while ineligibility includes those who have completed terminal degree requirements prior to the submission deadline.

Note: If the student cannot attend the meeting, online or in-person, to which an abstract has been submitted, the abstract should be withdrawn in writing to the ASPEC Co-chairs.
The American Society of Primatologists Education Committee (ASPEC) will hold the Student Competition sponsored by the American Journal of Primatology (AJP) at the annual ASP meeting to recognize high quality, first-authored student presentations. Prize winning categories may include Outstanding, Outstanding First Place, Outstanding Second Place, and Honorable Mention for both Oral and Poster presentations.
Prizes:
Up to eight student awards will be given: two for in-person poster presentations, two for in-person oral presentations, two for online poster presentations, and two for online oral presentations. Awardees for the best in a given category will receive a certificate, a cash prize of $150, and a one-year membership to ASP with electronic access to the American Journal of Primatology. Honorable Mention in-person and online oral and poster awardees will each receive a certificate, a cash prize of $100, and a one-year membership to ASP with electronic access to the American Journal of Primatology.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the Student Competition, a paper or poster must meet the following criteria:The first author (Principal Investigator, PI) must be a student registrant* of the ASP meeting who has not previously won a prize for a paper or poster in Student Competition. Student registrants are strongly encouraged to become members of ASP. The research to be presented must be primarily the work of the first author(s) (PI), and PIs must attest to their contribution to the research in the Application.Abstracts for each oral or poster presentation must be ACCEPTED by the ASP Program Committee for the presentation to be eligible for the Student Competition.The student contestant must personally make the oral or poster presentation.
To be eligible for participation, the competitor:Must be first author, but need not be sole author.Must be a student (graduate or undergraduate, or post-baccalaureate trainee) as of the time the abstract is submitted to the Program Committee.Must present the paper or the poster.Cannot have won this competition previously.
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Ineligibility

Individuals who have completed all terminal degree requirements before the abstract submission deadline are INELIGIBLE for the Student Competition.Co-PIs are not permitted for presentations.