ESA Biogeosciences Junior Scientist Best Paper Awards On behalf of ESA's Biogeosciences Section, we are pleased to announce the creation of two new awards to be first given at the 2007 ESA/SER Meetings in San Jose, and hopefully each year thereafter. It is our belief that two of the most important roles that the ESA Biogeosciences section can play are to promote graduate student and postdoctoral researchers in our field, and to highlight our best science. Thus, these new awards seek to do both. Each award will be for the first author of a notable paper in biogeosciences that is published between January 2006 and May 2007. One will be for a current graduate student (must still be in graduate school in August of 2007), and one will be for a postdoctoral scientist who received his or her degree in or after August of 2004. The winner of each award will receive a modest cash prize and formal recognition by ESA.
Nominees should be members of ESA, but need not be members of the Biogeosciences section. Nominations for each award should include the following, and self-nominations are allowed: 1) The paper's citation, and a pdf if possible 2) The first author's current contact information 3) A statement of eligibility (e.g. current grad student, or postdoc <3yrs from Ph.D.) 4) A short letter in support of the nomination from a colleague or advisor (sent separately from above materials unless also submitting the nomination itself) We note that while self-nominations are entirely appropriate, the above process does not require that a potential awardee be a part of the process. This, in part, is why we are asking for a statement in support of the nomination from a colleague or advisor. Nominations must be received by May 31st, 2007, and should be sent jointly to Alan Townsend ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Emily Bernhardt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). A panel of scientists representing a broad array of disciplines within the biogeosciences will then evaluate the submissions and decide upon the winning entries. Award winners will be notified in advance of the San Jose meeting, and the awards will be announced to at the annual section mixer on Wednesday August 8th. Winners need not be present, but we hope they will be! All nominated papers will be listed on the ESA Biogeosciences web site as a way to begin building a community resource of notable papers by junior scientists. Please direct any questions to either Alan or Emily, and please help contribute to the nomination process so that we can have an excellent and diverse pool of entries to consider. Finally, if you are not a section member, please consider joining, and we hope to see you in San Jose. Sincerely, Alan Townsend and Emily Bernhardt Chair and Secretary, ESA Biogeosciences Section http://www.esa.org/biogeosciences/
