Dear ECOLOG,
I'm writing to announce 3 opportunities for graduate students and
early-career researchers. You must be a member of the Plant Population
Ecology section of the Ecological Society of America to apply. If you
are already an ESA member, you can join PPE for $5.
*Postdoctoral Excellence Award in Plant Population Ecology*
The Plant Population Ecology (PPE) section of the Ecological Society of
America (ESA) is pleased to announce the Postdoctoral Excellence Award
in Plant Population Ecology, sponsored by the journal AoB PLANTS.This
honor is presented at ESA’s annual meeting each August and recognizes a
distinguished journal contribution to plant population ecology within
the past three years by a postdoctoral member of the PPE section.The
winner will receive an award of $500 from AoB PLANTS.Established in 2010
and published by Oxford University Press, AoB PLANTS is a non-profit,
open-access journal specializing in environmental and evolutionary plant
biology.The journal has distinguished Advisory and Editorial Boards,
renders first decisions on manuscripts in an average of 35 days, and has
a 2014 Impact Factor score of 2.273.
/Eligibility /– Applicants must have *received their Ph.D. degrees
between January 1, 2013 and April 15, 2016* and be a current member of
the PPE section (if applicants are not a member of ESA or the PPE
section, they can join prior to applying).Applicants must be first
author on the publication, which may result from either dissertation or
postdoctoral research.Publications in any journal are eligible, provided
they were *published within the past calendar year (January *-*December
2015)*.Manuscripts that were accepted for publication by December 2015
may also be submitted for consideration.Only one publication will be
considered per applicant.//
/Application /– To apply, submit as a single, merged pdf file with both
a qualifying manuscript and a 200-word statement describing how the
paper advances the field of plant population ecology.Applications should
be emailed to the PPE Secretary Aldo Compagnoni
(aldo.compagn...@rice.edu <mailto:aldo.compagn...@rice.edu>) *by 5 pm
EST on April 15, 2016, *using “ESA PPE – AoBP Postdoc Award” as the
subject line.
Applications will be assessed by the PPE Executive Board.The award will
be announced at the annual meeting of the ESA in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida during the PPE section mixer on Wednesday, August 10, 2016.The
recipient is strongly encouraged to attend the PPE mixer to be
recognized and to accept the award.
*Plant Population Ecology Student Travel Awards
*
The ESA-PPE provides funds each year for students to travel to the
national meeting. The student must:
1. be the presenter/first author of a talk or poster at the meeting, and
2. be a member of the section (if you are not sure whether you are up
to date with the section dues, please contact members...@esa.org
<https://mail.okstate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=IqLuLrciL70aLcsyxB6v6y6zznO9GRVUTvO8Cpqugf64ZA6XRKfSCG0AYQBpAGwAdABvADoAbQBlAG0AYgBlAHIAcwBoAGkAcABAAGUAcwBhAC4AbwByAGcA&URL=mailto%3amembership%40esa.org>).
If you would like to be considered, please send a *SINGLE PDF FILE*
containing your CV and a budget detailing your expected expenses for the
meeting to Aldo Compagnoni (aldo.compagn...@rice.edu
<https://mail.okstate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=j2Zv_fHO2l0H2lruN5imGxXH4iE4jJI-FRsSXp1dCBG4ZA6XRKfSCG0AYQBpAGwAdABvADoAYQBsAGQAbwAuAGMAbwBtAHAAYQBnAG4AbwBuAGkAQAByAGkAYwBlAC4AZQBkAHUA&URL=mailto%3aaldo.compagnoni%40rice.edu>)
by *May 1, 2015*. We plan to inform the selected students by the end of
June. If we receive more requests than we have funds available, we will
chose recipients based primarily on economic need and geographical
distance from their home institution to Fort Lauderdale, FL, and
secondarily on scientific accomplishments (normalized by academic stage).
Travel support will range between $200-300 and will be given to the
winners during the PPE mixer in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, August 10,
2016. Recipients are highly encouraged to attend the PPE mixer to be
recognized and to receive the check. Awardees are also expected to
serve at the PPE silent auction in Fort Lauderdale, which will help fund
future student travel awards.
*Early-career PPE Member of the Month*
We continue to *highlight recent research by early-career members* of
the section on the PPE website (esa.org/plantpopulation). We welcome
nominations for “Early-career PPE member of the month” at any time
(including self-nominations). Please nominate yourself and/or your
early-career (student and post-doctoral) colleagues by sending a brief
email to Aldo (aldo.compagn...@rice.edu
<https://mail.okstate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=mlPykPdZd5h2MeSE1vUgu-Q_2JurH05jfzWWHDArqSyMMB22RKfSCG0AYQBpAGwAdABvADoAYQBsAGQAbwAuAGMAbwBtAHAAYQBnAG4AbwBuAGkAQAByAGkAYwBlAC4AZQBkAHUA&URL=mailto%3aaldo.compagnoni%40rice.edu>)
stating why a particular paper should be highlighted and the career
stage of the early-career author.
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Lynn S. Adler, Professor
Biology Department
221 Morrill Science Center South
611 North Pleasant Street
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003
lsad...@ent.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-1060
FAX: 413-545-3243
people.umass.edu/lsadler/
