Postdoctoral Excellence Award in Plant Population Ecology Deadline Apr 15
The Plant Population Ecology (PPE) section of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) is pleased to announce the Postdoctoral Excellence Award in Plant Population Ecology, sponsored by the journal AoB PLANTS. This honor is presented at ESA’s annual meeting each August and recognizes a distinguished journal contribution to plant population ecology within the past three years by a postdoctoral member of the PPE section. The winner will receive an award of $500 from AoB PLANTS. Established in 2010 and published by Oxford University Press, AoB PLANTS is a non-profit, open-access journal specializing in environmental and evolutionary plant biology. The journal has distinguished Advisory and Editorial Boards, renders first decisions on manuscripts in an average of 35 days, and has a 2016 Impact Factor score of 2.238. Eligibility – Applicants must have received their Ph.D. degrees between January 1, 2015 and Dec 31, 2017 and be a current member of the PPE section (if applicants are not a member of ESA or the PPE section, they can join prior to applying). Applicants must be first author on the publication, which may result from either dissertation or postdoctoral research. Publications in any journal are eligible, provided they were published within the past calendar year (January – December 2017). Manuscripts that were accepted for publication by December 2017 may also be submitted for consideration. Only one publication will be considered per applicant. Application – To apply, submit as a single, merged pdf file with both a qualifying manuscript and a 200-word statement describing how the paper advances the field of plant population ecology. Applications should be emailed to the PPE Secretary Nick Barber (nbar...@niu.edu) by 5 pm EST on April 15, 2018, using “ESA PPE – AoBP Postdoc Award” as the subject line. Applications will be assessed by the PPE Executive Board. The award will be announced at the annual meeting of the ESA in New Orelans during the PPE section mixer. The recipient is strongly encouraged to attend the PPE mixer to be recognized and to accept the award.
