The Coastal Society 
2002 Conference
 CONVERGING CURRENTS: 
SCIENCE, POLICY AND CULTURE AT THE COAST
May 19 - 22, 2002
Moody Gardens Hotel
Galveston, TX

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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 18th International Conference. 

Students wishing to submit papers or posters for consideration for these awards should indicate so on their abstract submission.

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 TCS17 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 TCS17 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.

Submission

After your initial abstract is accepted, please submit a separate letter with your proceedings paper that includes the name, affiliation, addresses, phone and FAX number of the student author. Indicate that the paper or poster is to be entered into the student awards competition. In addition, please supply a letter from your advisor stating that the work reported on is exclusively or largely that of the student's, and that it was performed while matriculated in a degree program.

For more information, contact:

Tammy Shaw, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program, (662) 915-7775 or tlshaw@olemiss.edu

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