F.W. Karasek Student Poster Award

 Up to three students will be honoured for their excellent work by receiving the F.W. Karasek Student Poster Award, as judged by an award selection committee nominated by the EnviroAnalysis conference chairs.

To be eligible for this award, a student must deliver a Poster presentation at EnviroAnalysis, and must be the first author of this paper. Each award consists of a trophy and a monetary gift.

How to Apply

1.      Students who are first authors of their posters must email a copy of their abstract to – Dr. Ray Clement, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Toronto, Canada at the following address: ray.clement@ontario.ca.  NOTE: abstracts must still be submitted to the conference through the web site www.enviroanalysis.ca – it is not the responsibility of the conference organizers to determine whether any submitted poster should be considered for the Karasek Award.

2.      Abstracts may be sent as either MS Word or Adobe pdf file attachments.

3.      Abstracts must be received by Thursday, April 15, 2010.

4.      Abstracts will be pre-screened for scientific content and quality of writing.

5.      Posters chosen from a short-list of the best abstracts will be evaluated during EnviroAnalysis by the award selection committee.

6.      Students who are presenting oral talks may be considered for the Karasek award, but students in such cases must prepare a poster for judging in addition to their oral presentation.

7.      The best posters in a variety of topic areas will receive the F.W. Karasek Student Poster Award at the conference banquet Tuesday, May 11. Student finalists will be given complimentary tickets to the banquet. 

Important:      The conference organizers do not know which authors are students. To be considered for this award, students MUST apply by submitting their EnviroAnalysis poster abstract to ray.clement@ontario.ca no later than Thursday, April 15.