Meeting related awards

Warder Clyde Allee Competition

Eligibility requirements: Any independent graduate student research (including, but not limited to, the doctoral dissertation) is eligible and must be an ABS member in good standing. The work presented may be part of a larger collaborative effort, but the student should have the principal responsibility for the conceptualization and design of the research, the collection and analysis of the data, and the interpretation of the results. The entrant cannot have completed defense of the doctoral dissertation before the preceding ABS annual meeting. An individual can enter the session only once per lifetime.

Founders Memorial Poster Paper Award

Eligibility: All members of the society in good standing are eligible to enter the competition. Applicants can indicate their intention to enter the competition by marking the appropriate box on the Meeting Abstract submission form.

Genesis Award for Undergraduate Research

The Genesis award was created to encourage undergraduates from academic institutions of all sizes to participate in research and present their findings at the Animal Behavior Society annual meeting.

Diversity Grant

Each year, the Animal Behavior Society offers a limited number of awards from the Diversity Fund to cover registration fees for graduate students attending the annual ABS Meeting, with the goal of broadening the minority and ethnic representation. Applicants must be enrolled in a graduate program at the time of application and must be members of under-represented minorities, including those living in North America who are African American, Native American, Asian American, and Hispanic American, or are citizens of Central or South America.

Turner Award

Beginning in 2002, the Animal Behavior Society created the Charles H. Turner Program for undergraduate participation at the annual Society meetings. With generous support from the National Science Foundation, the ABS Diversity committee brings a group of about 10 undergraduates to the meetings each year, covering all expenses, and providing a full program of mentoring events including a pre-meeting workshop and mentors. Charles Turner was one of the very first African-American researchers in animal behavior. Among other things, his research showed that insects can hear and exhibit trial-and-error learning. By naming the undergraduate program after him, the ABS Diversity Committee emphasizes its goal to increase the diversity of its membership by encouraging researchers of all ages, levels, and ethnic groups to participate in the annual meetings.