ArcticNet Graduate Student Poster Awards
One of ArcticNet's main objectives is to contribute to the training of the next generation of scientists needed to study, model, manage and ensure the stewardship of the changing Canadian Arctic. To encourage student research, ArcticNet holds an annual poster competition for excellence in research and presentation.
This competition is open to any Graduate Student whose research is funded by ArcticNet, whose abstract is approved for presentation and who attends the 2010 Annual Scientific Meeting. Only one poster per person can be presented at the meeting. Although Network Investigators are encouraged to bring posters for students that cannot attend the meeting, only Graduate Students present at the poster session and able to discuss their work with members of the jury are eligible for the awards.
During the dedicated poster sessions on 15 and 16 December, a panel of judges will evaluate eligible posters based on the clarity, comprehensiveness and conciseness of the abstract, and the scientific quality of the research. The winners of the Poster Award will receive $500 for first place, $400 for second place and $300 for third place in each of the following four categories: Social Science, Human Health, Marine-Natural Science and Terrestrial-Natural Science. An additional Inuit Partnership of Excellence Award will be awarded to the poster that best addresses Inuit priorities, involves Inuit partners and builds capacity. The winner of the Inuit Partnership of Excellence Award will be presented with an Inuit carving.
The winners of the ArcticNet Graduate Student Poster Awards will be announced and prizes awarded at the Banquet Dinner on 16 December 2010.
