64th Annual Meeting of the NCWSS Student Paper and Poster Contest
Hyatt Regency, Kansas City MO, Dec. 7-10, 2009
Graduate Student Paper Contest
| Eligibility: | Any graduate student who is registered at the NCWSS meeting and has conducted the research being reported while a student in
the North Central Region is eligible to compete, with the exception of those having won first place in a previous contest. |
| Awards: | Awards will be presented to the first and second place winners in the graduate student
paper contest at the banquet on Wednesday evening. |
| Procedure: | Graduate students
may enter the paper contest by checking the appropriate box when submitting
the paper’s title. Abstracts must be submitted electronically
via email prior to the meeting. A call for abstracts and instructions
for submitting the abstracts will be sent to the corresponding authors
by the Proceedings Editor after titles are submitted. The criteria
for evaluation of presentations in the student contest can be found
at the NCWSS Web Site in the Manual of Operating Procedures (www.ncwss.org). |
| Chair: | The
chair of the graduate student paper contest is John Lindquist (402-472- 2771; [email protected]). |
Graduate Student Poster Contest
| Eligibility: | The graduate student poster contest is similar to the graduate student paper contest. |
| Awards: | Awards consist
of certificates of achievement and a minimum monetary award of $100
for first place and $50 for second place to winners in each division. |
| Procedure: | Graduate students may enter the poster contest by checking the appropriate box
when submitting the poster’s title. Abstracts must be submitted electronically via e-mail prior to the meeting. A Call for
Abstracts and Instructions for Submitting Abstracts will be sent to the corresponding authors by the Proceedings Editor after titles
are submitted. The criteria for evaluation of presentations can be found at the NCWSS web site in the Manual of Operating Procedures (www.ncwss.org). |
| Chair: | The chair of the
graduate student poster contest is Brady Kappler, (402-432-1469;
[email protected]). |
Undergraduate Student Poster Contest
| Purpose: | The
NCWSS will sponsor an undergraduate poster contest at the annual meeting
in Kansas City. The purpose of this contest is to encourage undergraduate
students who have conducted research in weed science to present their
results to the society in poster format and to gain experience and
interaction with other scientists and students. The contest will be
held in conjunction with the Graduate Student Poster Contest, with
the same rules and evaluation guidelines. The criteria for evaluation of presentations can be found at the NCWSS web site
in the Manual of Operating Procedures (www.ncwss.org). |
| Award: | Awards will consist
of certificates of achievement and a minimum monetary award of $100
for first place and $50 for second place to winners in each division. |
| Procedure: | Students should have a faculty sponsor who is a member of the NCWSS to provide guidance in poster preparation. |
| Chair: | The chair of the undergraduate student poster contest is Brady Kappler, (402-432-1469; [email protected]) |
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