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Senior Awards
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WOS senior award, honoring contributions to ornithology
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WOS senior award, honoring service to the Society
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Best major paper in each volume of the Journal
for attendance at WOS annual meeting
Presentation Awards
WOS Presentation Awards for 2012 will be administered as part of the collective awards program for the 5th North American Ornithological Conference (Vancouver, BC; 14 - 18 August). Students interested in competing for a presentationa award will need to submit an application (deadline: 29 Feb 2012), in addition to submitting an abstract for the Scientific Program separately.
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Best student talk at annual WOS meeting
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Best student poster at annual WOS meeting
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Best undergraduate talk and best undergraduate poster at annual WOS meeting
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Each year, the Wilson Ornithological Society offers three
categories of research grants. The focus of each differs somewhat, as does the
amount of the awards.
Online application for 2012
Deadline: 1 Feb 2012
Louis Agassiz Fuertes Award
The Wilson Society's most prestigious award is
available to all ornithologists, although graduate students and young
professionals are preferred. Any avian research is eligible. Up to two
awards of $2500 are given.
George A. Hall / Harold F. Mayfield Award
This award is limited to independent researchers
without access to funds and facilities available at colleges,
universities, or governmental agencies, and is restricted to
non-professionals, including high school students. Any kind of avian
research is eligible. One $1000 award is given. Paul A. Stewart Awards
Preference will be given to proposals for studies
of bird movements based on banding, analysis of recoveries and
returns of banded birds, with an emphasis on economic ornithology. Up
to eight awards of $1000 are given annually.
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