DONATIONS TO ABS FUNDS - A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL CONTRIBUTORS!
Over $11,000 was contributed in the calendar year from May 1, 2016 to April 30, 2017 to support the student grant competitions and other ABS activities, as detailed here:
| Student Research Grants: | $1,350 |
| Unrestricted Funds (Includes $2,850 to the Puerto Rico Grant): | $5,730 |
| Cetacean Award: | $45.72 |
| Tuber Award: | $79.24 |
Donations to ABS Funds (contributors in alphabetical order by first name):
Christine Boake, Jane Brockmann, Richard Connor, Lee Drickamer, Lynne Houck, Stephen Jenkins, Janet Mann, Ian Sherman, Jill Soha, Joan Strassmann, Peter Tyack, Henry Whitehead, Arlene Zarembka. ABS received royalties from the University of Chicago Press: (Henry Whitehead, Janet Mann, Lee Drickamer, Lynne Houck, Peter Tyack, and Richard Connor).
GIFT STUDENTS WITH AN ABS MEMBERSHIP
Student members in the Animal Behaviour Society are very inexpensive ($25/year for online subscription or $60/year for paper and online subscription; $15 or $45, respectively, for students in developing nations). Given graduate students usually have minimal disposable income, please consider purchasing ABS memberships for your students. You will support your students and your society with one small donation.
Please contact the ABS Central Office for more information on how to purchase a gift a membership: [email protected]
GEORGE W. BARLOW AWARD
FOR OUTSTANDING STUDENT RESEARCH PROPOSAL
An endowment fund was established in 2014 in memory of George W. Barlow for the purpose of encouraging excellence in graduate student research in the field of animal behavior. The Barlow Award is awarded annually to one top-ranked proposal in the Student Research Grant cycle in accordance with the most recent ABS Student Research Grant competition rules. A cash award and a certificate will be given to the student selected. The amount of the Barlow Award will be the maximum amount allowed for a Student Grant Award as specified in the most recent ABS bylaws or policies.
If you would like to make a US tax-deductible donation to this cause, please send your donation to: Animal Behavior Society, 2111 Chestnut Avenue, Suite 145, Glenview, IL 60025, USA (with appropriate notation for this fund). We will recognize major donors in a future issue of the newsletter. Thanks to Dr. Judy Stamps for arranging for ABS to manage this endowment and for her generous seed donation.
If you would like to make a US tax-deductible donation to this cause or any of the other funds listed on the webpage, you may do so online by visiting the ABS donations page at: http://www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/support.php
CALL FOR SYMPOSIA, INVITED SESSIONS & WORKSHOP PROPOSALS FOR THE 2019 ABS & ICE JOINT MEETING
Interested in proposing a Symposium or Workshop for Behaviour 2019? Please complete the proposal form found in the link below to submit your invited paper session and/or workshop proposal for consideration.
Selections will be made in consultation with the ABS Executive Committee and ICE Council Members.
Behaviour 2019 proposal form: https://www.research.net/r/TTW9JPL
The deadline to submit this form is July 09, 2018.
If you have any questions, please contact the ABS 2018 Program Officer Jonathan Pruitt: [email protected]
CALL FOR RESOLUTIONS
Resolutions that deal with timely and substantive political or social issues that members wish to submit for the consideration of the ABS membership should be submitted by July 31, 2018 to Jeff Podos, E-mail: [email protected]. Submitted resolutions should provide direction to the ABS President to facilitate prompt action and will be evaluated by the Public Affairs Committee for appropriateness. Resolutions will be voted on at the annual business meeting in Toronto. Approved resolutions reflect the views of the Animal Behavior Society membership and are sent to the appropriate external agencies, organizations, or to the general public.
Send resolution proposals to the Chair of the Public Affairs Committee Danielle J. Whittaker, Michigan State University East Lansing, MI, Email: [email protected]
FOLLOW ABS ON FACEBOOK
Go to http://facebook.com/animalbehaviorsociety/ to stay on top of the latest news, events, and announcements about the Animal Behavior Society, its members, and their research. Members are welcome to contribute to our wall and share their ABS-related photos and experiences. Invite all your friends to help continue to expand the society!
SUPPORT THE ANIMAL BEHAVIOR SOCIETY
Contributions to the Animal Behavior Society are US tax-exempt under code 501(c)(3). DONATIONS make a big difference in our Society. YOU CAN HELP! The Animal Behavior Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the scientific study of animal behavior. We pride ourselves on being a top quality professional society with very low membership costs. Our Society supports and encourages animal behavior research and outreach through a number of programs and grants. With contributions from you, we can keep these programs in place and help to support animal behavior research, teaching, and outreach. Membership dues include a member's subscription to our journal Animal Behaviour, the monthly Newsletter, and all of the operating expenses of the Society. In order to provide grants and other forms of financial support, we rely on contributions from members like you. Our members, especially our students, need your help. Please access our website to make contributions.
NOTICE TO DEVELOPING NATION SCIENTISTS PLANNING TO ATTEND ABS 2018
The Latin American Affairs Committee and/or Diversity Committee can provide letters of invitation to help scientists (faculty or students) from developing countries obtain travel funding from their universities in order to attend the ABS meeting in 2018. If such a letter would be useful in helping you to obtain funding, please contact the following person, depending on whether you are from a Latin American country or elsewhere, to request an invitation. Please provide your name and address, as well as the title or topic of the paper you will be presenting at the conference.
Latin American Countries: Lilian Tonelli Manica, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR 81531-990, BRAZIL. E-mail: [email protected]
Other Countries: Daniel Howard, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, US. E-mail: [email protected]
JOIN AN ABS COMMITTEE!
If you would you like to volunteer for one of the society's active committees listed below, contact the ABS President, E-mail: [email protected]
ABS STANDING COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRS 2015-2017
Animal Care Committee: Alexander Ophir, Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US. E mail: [email protected]
Conservation Committee: Barbara A. Clucas, Department of Wildlife, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, US. E-mail: [email protected]
Nominations Committee: William A. Searcy, Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, US. E-mail: [email protected]
Education Committee: Susan W. Margulis, ABEC Department, Canisius College, Buffalo, New York, US. E-mail: [email protected]
Film Committee: Barbara A. Clucas, Department of Wildlife, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, US. E-mail: [email protected]
Applied Animal Behavior Committee: Robin L. Foster, Department of Psychology, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, US. E-mail: [email protected]
Public Affairs Committee: Kaci V. Thompson, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, US. and Danielle J. Whittaker, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, US. E mail: [email protected]
Board of Professional Certification Subcommittee: Crista Coppola, Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, Dog and Company Behavior Consulting, Tucson, Arizona, US. E-Mail: [email protected]
Latin American Affairs Committee: Lilian Tonelli Manica, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected]
Student Research Grants Committee: Emily DuVal, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, US. E-mail: [email protected]
Advancement and Investment Committee: Dan Rubenstein, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton NJ, US. E-mail: [email protected]
Diversity Committee: Daniel Howard, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Hampshire,Durham, New Hampshire, US. E-mail: [email protected]
ANNUAL MEETINGS
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR SOCIETY
August 2-6, 2018: 55th Annual Meeting Animal Behavior Society - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, US. http://www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/2018/
OTHER MEETINGS
July 4th-7th, 2018. The 30th annual HBES conference will be held July 4th-7th, 2018 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
July 16-20, 2018. 13th Annual International Congress of Neuroethology, Brisbane, Australia. http://icn2018.com/news/1.html
August 8-11, 2018. The 41st meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, San Antonio, Texas.
August 19-22, 2018. The 2nd Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology will be held in Montpellier, France. https://www.evolutionmontpellier2018.org
August 19-25, 2018: , International Primatological Society Conference, Nairobi, Kenya. http://www.internationalprimatologicalsociety.org/meetings.cfm
July 23-28, 2019. BEHAVIOUR 2019. A joint meeting of the International Council of Ethologists (ICE) and the Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society (ABS) July 23-28, 2019 University of Illinois Chicago, IL. http://www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/2019/
January 3-7, 2020. SICB 2020 Annual Meeting Jan 3-7, Austin, TX: Call for Symposia. Deadline is August 24, 2018. http://www.sicb.org/meetings/