The Coastal Society's
21st Biennial Conference

June 29 - July 2, 2008 
Redondo Beach, CA
 

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Student Awards Program

The Coastal Society actively supports opportunities for students to present emerging concepts and enrich the coastal community’s collective knowledge. Student awards provide a means of acknowledging the best student paper, poster and presentation. Awards will be presented at The Coastal Society 21st International Conference.

Students wishing to submit papers or posters for consideration for these awards should indicate so on their online abstract submission. Students interested in awards should contact Dr. Rick Burroughs, the Education Committee Chair.

Three student awards will be presented - the Society's Thomas E. Bigford Student Awards (for Paper and Poster) and the Sea Grant Association Award.

Thomas E. Bigford Awards
Award for Best Student Paper and Award for Best Student Poster

Award: $350 cash awards and plaques
Eligibility: Presently matriculated graduate students and law students
Conditions: Students must make an oral or poster presentation, and paper must be published in TCS21 Proceedings following extended abstract guidelines

Sea Grant Association Award
Award for Best Student Paper or Best Student Poster

Award: $350 cash award and plaque
Eligibility: Presently matriculated graduate students and law students presenting marine or Great Lakes research
Conditions: Student must make oral or poster presentation and paper must be published in TCS21 Proceedings. (If research is Sea Grant funded, appropriate acknowledgement of that support is required.)

Evaluation Criteria (for both awards)

• originality/creativity of the research
• quality/rigor of the research
• contribution towards a broader understanding of a coastal issue
• clarity/quality of the written extended abstract
• quality of oral presentation of paper
• quality of communication of poster

Co-authored papers
Co-authored papers are acceptable, provided that the student applying for the award is the primary author.

For more information, contact:
Dr. Rick Burroughs
Education Committee Chair
E-mail: rburroughs@uri.edu

last updated 02/03/2008
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