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Asa Gray Award
Call for Nominations for 2013
The Asa Gray Award may be bestowed annually by the Society upon an individual for outstanding accomplishments pertinent to the goals of the Society. The awardee need not be a member of the Society. The awardee shall be recognized at the Annual Dinner and in Systematic Botany.
Previous recipients of the award have been Rogers McVaugh (1984), Arthur Cronquist (1985), Lincoln Constance (1986), Reed C. Rollins (1987), Charles B. Heiser (1988), Rupert C. Barneby (1989), Warren H. Wagner, Jr. (1990), Billie L. Turner (1991), Albert C. Smith (1992), Sherwin Carlquist (1993), Hugh H. Iltis (1994), Jerzy Rzedowski (1995), Peter Raven (1996), Daniel J. Crawford (1997), Ghillean Prance (1998), Tod Stuessey (1999), William T. Stearn (2000), Robert F. Thorne (2001), Natalie Uhl (2002), Beryl B. Simpson (2003), John Beaman (2004), Grady Webster (2005), Pam and Doug Soltis (2006), Scott A. Mori (2007), William R. Anderson (2008), Alan Graham (2009), Harold E. Robinson (2010), Walter S. Judd (2011), and Noel and Patricia Holmgren (2012).
ASPT members are encouraged to submit nominations for the 2013 Asa Gray Award, which will be presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Nomination materials, including a letter of nomination, a fairly complete curriculum vitae for the nominee, and three or more supporting letters from others familiar with the nominee and his or her career, should be submitted as pdf files.
All nomination materials should be submitted electronically as pdf files to aweeks3@gmu.edu. Deadline for receipt of all materials is February 18, 2013.
Further questions should be addressed to:
Andrea Weeks
Chair ASPT Awards & Honors Committee
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA
Tel: 703-993-3488
Email: aweeks3@gmu.edu
Peter Raven Award
Call for Nominations for 2013
The Peter Raven Award is given by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists to a plant systematist who has made exceptional efforts at outreach to non-scientists. Examples of outreach may include, but are not limited to 1) workshops or seminars for K--12 teachers, local horticultural societies, garden clubs, and schools or businesses; 2) special events for the general public (e.g., nature hikes, wildflower workshops); 3) newspaper columns or op-ed articles; 4) freelance articles in newspapers, on the worldwide web, and in horticultural or popular science magazines; 5) taxon-oriented websites or books that are aimed at a lay audience; 6) TV spots; 7) legislative testimony; and 8) legal defense of rare or endangered plant species. The award is intended to be international in scope. All persons, from any country, who have made significant contributions in this area, may be considered. The first recipient of the award was Peter Raven in August 2000, followed by Richard C. Harris (2001), Charles Heiser (2002), Frederick W. Case (2003), David J. Mabberley (2004), Alan W. Meerow (2005), Art Kruckeberg (2006), John T. Mickel (2007), W. Hardy Eshbaugh (2008), Sandra Knapp (2009), Barney Lipscomb (2010), and Robbin C. Moran (2011).
ASPT members are encouraged to submit nominations for the 2013 Peter Raven Award, which will be presented at the annual meeting in New Orleans. The nomination materials should that include a letter of nomination, a fairly complete curriculum vitae for the nominee (emphasizing the outreach areas), and three or more supporting letters from others familiar with the nominee and his or her career should be submitted as pdf files.
All nomination materials should be submitted electronically as pdf files to aweeks3@gmu.edu. Deadline for receipt of all materials is February 18, 2013.
Further questions should be addressed to:
Andrea Weeks
Chair ASPT Awards & Honors Committee
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA
Tel: 703-993-3488
Email: aweeks3@gmu.edu
George R. Cooley Award
for Best Contributed Paper in Plant Systematics - 2013
Each year the American Society of Plant Taxonomists recognizes an outstanding paper presentation by awarding the George R. Cooley Award to the presenter of a paper judged to be the best among those eligible. Candidates for the award must be 1) a graduate student or within five years of having received the Ph.D., 2) first author and presenter of the paper being judged, and 3) a member of ASPT at the time the abstract is submitted. Additionally, only one paper will be judged for any candidate.
Note:
1. A student should NOT sign up to be evaluated unless a solid presentation has been prepared (and that means practicing!).
2. There should be a substantial amount of data analysis and results presented (the award will not be given for a talk about work to be done).
For questions about eligibility, contact the chair of the ASPT Awards and Honors Committee:
Andrea Weeks
Chair ASPT Awards & Honors Committee
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA
Tel: 703-993-3488
Email: aweeks3@gmu.edu