SEEDS Graduate Alumni Participation Awards:

The SEEDS program offers Alumni Participation Awards to former SEEDS students who continued their education to a graduate degree and wish to attend the ESA Annual Meeting and serve as near peers in the support network for SEEDS undergraduate students. 

The 106th ESA Annual Meeting – Vital Connections in Ecology, will be held virtually from August 2-6, 2021.

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Participation Requirements:

• Participation in a past SEEDS event as an undergraduate (Field Trips, ESA Annual Meetings, Leadership Meetings or Fellowship)
• Attended a large science meeting, such as ESA.
• Completed or are currently enrolled in a graduate program in an institution within the United States
• Submitted a presentation for the ESA Annual Meeting

Participants are selected based on; potential for serving as a mentor or teacher, and demonstrated pursuit of a career in ecology and commitment to increasing opportunities for underrepresented students.  Each selected SEEDS Alumni will be mentoring a group of undergraduate participants.

Preference will be given to students who:

• have experience mentoring
• demonstrate the pursuit of ecology (i.e. attending graduate school)
• plan to present research at the meeting
• exhibit promise in contributing to the ecology program at their home institution or in their community
• show promise as an educator or mentor.

Students that submit abstracts to present have a better chance of being selected for the award.

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Application Requirements:

• Contact Information
• Academic Information
• Meeting presentations (oral or poster) information
• Resume or CV (PDF preferred – add your name to the document title)
• An Essay (500 word max.)

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Applications deadline is June 3rd, 2021 at 5PM ET.

 

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