Vol. 67, No. 2 | Fall 2022
 
 

Call for Nominations and Outreach Grants


CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR 2023 CAREER AWARDS

The Animal Behavior Society has a series of Career Awards which include the following:

  • Distinguished Animal Behaviorist - outstanding lifetime achievement in animal behavior
  • Exemplar Award - major long-term contribution to animal behavior
  • Outstanding New Investigator - outstanding contribution by a new investigator
  • Quest Award - outstanding seminal contribution
  • Exceptional Service Award - sustained service contributions to the Animal Behavior Society
  • *Penny Bernstein Distinguished Teaching Award- recognizes a sustained record of excellent teaching of animal behavior in the classroom or informal education setting

All members of the society are encouraged to submit nominations for the above awards. To aid the Selection Committee and to help codify the procedures involved, the following items must be submitted for a nomination:

  1. A letter of nomination indicating the award for which the nominee is being proposed which should provide details on the reasons the nominee should be considered for that award.
  2. A curriculum vitae of the nominee.
  3. Additional supporting letters from colleagues solicited by the nominator.
Materials for the Distinguished Animal Behaviorist, Exemplar, Outstanding New Investigator, Quest and Exceptional Service Award can be submitted using the online upload system here.

* For the Penny Bernstein Distinguished Teaching Award, submit a one-page letter providing evidence to support the nomination to Leslie Curren ([email protected]). Click here to review award criteria.

The deadline for all career awards nominations is January 2, 2023.


Call for nominations for the 2023 Richard Buchholz Award in Conservation Behavior

Richard Buchholz Conservation Behavior Award- outstanding contributions to integrating the fields of animal behavior and conservation biology. Click Here for more information, deadline January 15


Outreach Grants

The Animal Behavior Society is excited to offer Outreach Grants to support outstanding community engagement efforts by ABS members. Each award is $1000, you must be a member of ABS to apply, and the application (a 1-page proposal) is due December 1, 2022.


 

 
ABS Newsletter

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Animal Behaviour

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