STUDENT AWARDS |
Starting with the 2025 conference, SCAS has developed two new awards to recognize outstanding student presenters. Best Oral Presentation Award (Ph.D. students) Objective The Best Oral Presentation Award recognizes the excellence in aquatic scientific research and communication by Ph.D. students and is given for the best talk at the Annual Conference of the Society of Canadian Aquatic Sciences. Award The award is administered and supported by SCAS and Canadian Science Publishing (CSP). The winner receives free registration at the following Annual SCAS conference and CSP will provide an open-access article processing charge (APC) waiver. Both the winner and runner-up receive recognition on the SCAS website and through social media. Frequency of Availability Once per year. SCAS reserves the right not to make this award if either the quantity or quality of applications is deemed insufficient. Eligibility To be eligible for the award, all candidates must be a Ph.D. student at the time of the competition and must present work completed towards their degree program. The award is not restricted to students with Canadian citizenship but students must be registered at a Canadian institution. The applicant must be a current member of SCAS; if they are not, they can join at the time of applying for the award. The Best Oral Presentation Award focuses on completed work of a high caliber. A winner can only win once. There is no restriction for runners-up or other candidates to reapply. Application Procedures
Obligations of Awardee The winner will be asked to provide the Communication Committee with a photo of themselves and caption for social media and the webpage. Scoring rubrics will be posted at a later date. |