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Asa Gray Award
Call for Nominations for 2008
The Asa Gray Award is given by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists to an individual for outstanding accomplishments pertinent to the goals of the Society. The award is intended to be international in scope. All persons, from any country, who have made significant contributions to plant systematics may be considered. Previous recipients of the award have been Rogers McVaugh (1984), Arthur Cronquist (1985), Lincoln Constance (1986), Reed C. Rollins (1987), Charles B. Heiser (1988), Rupert C. Barneby (1989), Warren H. Wagner, Jr. (1990), Billie L. Turner (1991), Albert C. Smith (1992), Sherwin Carlquist (1993), Hugh H. Iltis (1994), Jerzy Rzedowski (1995), Peter Raven (1996), Daniel J. Crawford (1997), Ghillean Prance (1998), Tod Stuessey (1999), William T. Stearn (2000), Robert F. Thorne (2001), Nathalie Uhl (2002), Beryl B. Simpson (2003), John Beaman (2004), Grady Webster (2005), Pam and Doug Soltis (2006), and Scott A. Mori (2007).
ASPT members are encouraged to submit nominations for the 2008 Asa Gray Award, which will be presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting in Vancouver. The nomination materials should include a letter of nomination, a fairly complete curriculum vitae for the nominee, and three or more supporting letters from others familiar with the nominee and his or her career.
All nomination materials should be sent to:
ROBERT NACZI
DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES
1200 N. DuPONT HIGHWAY
DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY
DOVER, DE 19901-2277
E-MAIL: rnaczi@desu.edu
TELEPHONE: 302-857-6450
Deadline for receipt of all materials is 1 April 2008.
Peter Raven Award
Call for Nominations for 2008
The Peter Raven Award is given by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists to a plant systematist who has made exceptional efforts at outreach to non-scientists. Examples of outreach may include, but are not limited to 1) workshops or seminars for K--12 teachers, local horticultural societies, garden clubs, and schools or businesses; 2) special events for the general public (e.g., nature hikes, wildflower workshops); 3) newspaper columns or op-ed articles; 4) freelance articles in newspapers, on the worldwide web, and in horticultural or popular science magazines; 5) taxon-oriented websites or books that are aimed at a lay audience; 6) TV spots; 7) legislative testimony; and 8) legal defense of rare or endangered plant species. The award is intended to be international in scope. All persons, from any country, who have made significant contributions in this area, may be considered. The first recipient of the award was Peter Raven in August 2000, followed by Richard C. Harris (2001), Charles Heiser (2002), Frederick W. Case (2003), David J. Mabberley (2004), Alan W. Meerow (2005), Art Kruckeberg (2006), and John T. Mickel (2007).
ASPT members are encouraged to submit nominations for the 2008 Peter Raven Award, which will be presented at the annual meeting in Vancouver. The nomination materials should include a letter of nomination, a fairly complete curriculum vitae for the nominee (emphasizing the outreach areas), and three or more supporting letters from others familiar with the nominee and his or her career.
Nomination materials should be sent to:
ROBERT NACZI
DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES
1200 N. DuPONT HIGHWAY
DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY
DOVER, DE 19901-2277
E-MAIL: rnaczi@desu.edu
TELEPHONE: 302-857-6450
Deadline for receipt of all materials is 1 April 2008.
George R. Cooley Award
for Best Contributed Paper in Plant Systematics
Each year the American Society of Plant Taxonomists recognizes an outstanding paper presentation by awarding the George R. Cooley Award to the presenter of a paper judged to be the best among those eligible. Candidates for the award must be 1) a graduate student or within five years of having received the Ph.D., 2) first author and presenter of the paper being judged, and 3) a member of ASPT at the time the abstract is submitted. Additionally, only one paper will be judged for any candidate. When submitting an abstract, be sure to indicate your desire to be considered for this award (http://www.botanyconference.org/).
Note:
1. The Abstract will be part of the criteria by which the talk is judged.
2. A student should NOT sign up to be evaluated unless a good presentation has been prepared (and that
means practicing!).
3. There should be a substantial amount of data presented (the award will generally not be given for a talk about work to
be done).
3. Generally (but not always), master's degree work is not competitive, as it often lacks the experience and
the body of data found in the research of a third- or fourth-year Ph.D. student.
For questions about eligibility, contact the chair of the ASPT Awards and Honors Committee:
ROBERT NACZI
DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES
1200 N. DuPONT HIGHWAY
DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY
DOVER, DE 19901-2277
E-MAIL: rnaczi@desu.edu
TELEPHONE: 302-857-6450