2004 WARDER CLYDE ALLEE COMPETITION

The Warder Clyde Allee Competition for Best Student Paper will take place at the 2004 Annual Meeting in Oaxaca, Mexico, 12-16 June 2004. All eligible graduate students are encouraged to participate.Eligibility requirements: Any independent graduate student research (including, but not limited to, the doctoral dissertation) most of which is unpublished at the time of submission for the session is eligible. The work presented may be part of a larger collaborative effort, but the graduate student should have the principal responsibility for the conceptualization and design of the research, collection and analysis of data and interpretation of results. Only single-authored papers are eligible (though they may eventually be published with other junior authors). Entrants cannot have completed defense of the doctoral dissertation before the preceding ABS annual meeting (July 2003) and an individual can enter the Allee Competition only once per lifetime.To enter: Students must indicate their desire to be considered for the competition by checking the appropriate box on the abstract submittal form for the annual meeting, submit a written version of their paper which includes their addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses, fill out a signed and dated form indicating that they meet all eligibility requirements (to be supplied to entrants after receipt of their written papers), present a spoken version during the 2004 Annual Meeting, attend both the Allee welcoming dinner on the evening before the competition day, and attend the banquet during the Annual Meeting. The spoken portion of the competition is limited to 13 students. If more than 13 students enter, the Allee Judges will select the best 13 submitted papers for the spoken paper session and further eligibility. Four (4) copies of a written version of no more than 7 double-spaced text pages and no more than a total of 4 tables and/or figures (this limit does not include abstract, references or acknowledgments) must be received by ABS 2nd President Elect, Dr. Stephen Nowicki, Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0338 USA. E-mail: snowicki@duke.edu by the abstract deadline. THOSE INTERESTED IN THE COMPETITION MUST ALSO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING BY THE ABSTRACT DEADLINE, 1 APRIL 2004. If significant new results arise after submission, students may submit a one page addendum to their papers up to 30 days before the first day of the Annual Meeting. Electronic submissions can be accepted. Questions should be addressed to Dr. Stephen Nowicki, E-mail: snowicki@duke.edu