About SCB




About SCB

2010
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

2009
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

2008
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.

2007
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

2006
San Jose, California, USA

2005
Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil

2004
Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

2003
University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota, USA

2002
University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom

2001
University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii, USA

2000
University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA

1999
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

1998
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

1997
Victoria University, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

1996
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

1995
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

1994
University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

1993
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA

1992
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

1991
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

1990
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

1989
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1988
University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA

1987
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA

   


Student Award Competition

Each year, students are encouraged to submit extended abstracts for the SCB Student Awards programme. Abstracts are rated for: 1) relevance to conservation, 2) scientific merit and 3) presentation [that is, did you follow the format and was it well-organised]. The student awards subcommittee selects 12 finalists to present their oral papers at the International Congress. These presentations are judged on the three criteria listed above. Each judge attends all the talks. Monetary awards are provided to all finalists.

We encourage you to attend this year's student award finalist presentations, and to participate in future years.

The Abstract Deadline for this year's Student Awards was 30 April 2011.

STUDENT AWARD CANDIDATES
Student award candidates (restricted to 15-minute oral presentations, no posters, no speed presentations) must submit two (2) abstracts. BOTH abstracts should be submitted online by 30 April 2011 and formatted according to the instructions provided.

Your first abstract will be submitted following the instructions to submit abstracts (see INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING ABSTRACTS) and following the submission pages.

The extended abstract needs to be emailed to StudentAwards@conbio.org after submitting the standard abstract. You may send one document of the following formats: Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, Word Perfect, Plain Text, Rich Text Format (rtf). Both text and figures of the extended abstract should be saved in a single document, which you must email.

The extended abstract should have a minimum of 500 words and a maximum of 800 words. The abstract must include a maximum of three (3) figures or tables (total, not three figures and three tables).

Abstracts that are not submitted according to these guidelines (and below) will not be accepted. In recent years, the rejection rate has been approximately 85%. Many abstracts have been rejected simply because these instructions were not followed.

Please include:
1. Presentation title
2. Names and complete contact information for all authors and the roles of each author if you have two or more authors on the abstract you are submitting
3. The student must be the primary author and must submit the abstract under that name. In other words, please make certain that the name of the student applying for the award and the name of the primary author are identical.
4. Degree pursued or date of defence, for those who already have received a Ph.D.

All current students (ranging from highschool to Ph.D.) and students with a graduation date of 15 November 2010 or later are eligible to apply.