{"id":96,"date":"2021-02-18T17:59:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T17:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/canada\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2025-04-30T17:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:29:18","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/canada\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">News!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2025-04-29<\/p>\n<p><b>Canada Chapter Registration Grants for the ESA 2025 Annual Meeting<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Canada Chapter of the Ecological Society of America will offer <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">four registration grants<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to support attendance at ESA 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. We encourage you to share this information with your lab members and colleagues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Each grant will be valued at $200 USD, with a discount code entered at the time of registration payment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The grants are not intended to cover the full costs of registration or attendance but instead, allow us to offer modest support to several individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eligibility requirements @ the time of application:<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You must be an active (dues paid up) member of the Canadian Chapter of ESA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You must attend the 2025 ESA meeting IN-PERSON, in Baltimore, Maryland.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You must give an oral presentation at an ESA-scheduled session.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students, PDFs, and all ecological researchers are encouraged to apply for these grants. However, to be eligible, you must not have access to alternative financial support to attend a research conference, such as Discovery Grants, Employer Grants\/Funds, travel funds associated with a Fellowship, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Application<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Complete and submit the questionnaire.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The application deadline is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">5 pm EST on Friday, May 30th<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adjudication<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We will randomly select the grant recipients if we receive more applications than there are available funds.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A request. If you are a PI and currently have sufficient funds to cover these costs for your lab members, please discourage them from applying. This is not a \u2018competition-based\u2019 award; thus, it should not have value on a CV. Instead, we intend to help increase attendance at ESA by those who either would not be able to attend or would face financial hardship.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Any questions can be directed to : <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #3366ff\">esacanadachapter@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The questionnaire to complete is available at the following link : <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdk5GUMv2f-1YpK8EJpAESNkH_6pNOvCzq1orsBs4LmaT6jEA\/viewform?usp=dialog\">questionnaire<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2024-03-18<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>Canada Chapter Registration Grants for the ESA 2024 Annual Meeting<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Canada Chapter of the Ecological Society of America will offer <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">six registration grants<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to support attendance at ESA 2024 in Long Beach, California. We encourage you to share this information with your lab members and colleagues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Each grant will be valued at $150 USD, with a discount code entered at the time of registration payment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The grants are not intended to cover the full costs of registration or attendance but instead, allow us to offer modest support to several individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eligibility requirements @ the time of application:<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You must be an active (dues paid up) member of the Canadian Chapter of ESA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You must attend the 2024 ESA meeting IN-PERSON, in Long Beach, California.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You must present a poster or talk at an ESA-scheduled session.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students, PDFs, and all ecological researchers are encouraged to apply for these grants. However, to be eligible, you must not have access to alternative financial support to attend a research conference, such as Discovery Grants, Employer Grants\/Funds, travel funds associated with a Fellowship, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Application<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please send a brief statement attesting to the above to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:esacanadachapter@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">esacanadachapter@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please include a copy of your submitted ESA abstract<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The application deadline is 5 pm MST on Wednesday, May 31st.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adjudication<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We will randomly select the grant recipients if we receive more applications than there are available funds.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A request. If you are a PI and currently have sufficient funds to cover these costs for your lab members, please discourage them from applying. This is not a \u2018competition-based\u2019 award; thus, it should not have value on a CV. Instead, we intend to help increase attendance at ESA by those who either would not be able to attend or would face financial hardship.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>2023-10-30<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Needs-Based <span class=\"il\">Registration<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Grants<\/span> for <span class=\"il\">ESA<\/span> Memberships<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We are pleased to offer a number of needs-based <span class=\"il\">registration<\/span> <span class=\"il\">grants<\/span> to cover up to $140 USD towards <span class=\"il\">ESA<\/span> memberships for 2024! <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We will help to support anyone who wants to join our Chapter and<\/span>\u00a0will offer these awards on a first-come basis, until available funds are exhausted. It is unclear how many awards will be given, as there are various rates for different membership options. Please note that these awards will only go toward the core one-year <span class=\"il\">ESA<\/span> membership and the included <span class=\"il\">Chapter<\/span>\/Section membership, and not towards add-ons that members may select (e.g. additional chapters\/sections, donations, etc).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To be eligible for consideration, applicants must:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Renew or sign up for 2024 memberships <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">including continued membership in the <span class=\"il\">Canada<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Chapter<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Complete <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1XBjENYNvNl2HqA49BoOMAdWaU36BdpDH\/edit?usp=share_link&amp;ouid=111881086428107343507&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">this form<\/a> except the payment portion and return the form with a separate statement acknowledging financial need to <a href=\"mailto:esacanadachapter@gmail.com\">esacanadachapter@gmail.com<\/a>. Please note that we do not need any information about the type or cause of financial need, just the presence of a need. This will help us ensure these awards go toward those who would most benefit.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Applications must be received by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">November 30, 2023<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Please note: due to accounting constraints, these memberships will be processed at the end of 2023\/beginning of 2024, so your renewed membership will not be visible until early 2024.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Questions? Please reach out to <a href=\"mailto:esacanadachapter@gmail.com\">esacanadachapter@gmail.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2023-03-31<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Canada Chapter Registration Grants for the ESA 2023 Annual Meeting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Due to a change in budgeting at ESA, we as a chapter find ourselves in a one-off position to offer support for some people attending the ESA meeting in-person in Portland. We encourage you to share this information with your lab members and colleagues.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Student registration grants. We anticipate offering up to six registration grants for students (undergraduate and graduate). The grants will cover full student-member registration costs (approx $230 USD) but not associated travel costs.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Eligibility requirements @ the time of application:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">You must be an active (dues paid up) member of the Canadian Chapter of ESA.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">You must attend the 2023 ESA meeting IN-PERSON, in Portland.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">You must present a poster or talk at an ESA-scheduled session.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">You must either be enrolled as a full-time student or have finished your program no more than six months prior to the time of application.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Application<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Please send a brief letter attesting to the above above to <a href=\"mailto:esacanadachapter@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">esacanadachapter@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Please include a copy of your submitted ESA abstract<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">The application deadline is 5 pm MST on Wednesday, May 31st.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Adjudication<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">We randomly select the grant recipients if we receive more than six applications.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">A request. If you are a PI, and at this point in time have sufficient funds to cover these costs for your students, please discourage them from applying. This is not a \u2018competition-based\u2019 award; thus, it should not have value on a CV. Instead, we intend to help increase attendance at ESA by those who either would not be able to attend or would face financial hardship. However, we do not require students to attest to \u2018need\u2019 in the application.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">PDF, contingent faculty, and personally-funded researcher registration grants. In the modern research landscape, we recognize that many individuals actively engaged in ecological research are neither lab PIs with research grants nor students. Here, we are trying to facilitate conference lab attendance by this diverse set of researchers by offering up to four additional registration grants (approximately $500 USD each).<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Eligibility requirements @ the time of application:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">You must be an active (dues paid up) member of the Canadian Chapter of ESA.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">You must attend the 2023 ESA meeting IN-PERSON, in Portland.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">You must present a poster or talk at an ESA-scheduled session.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">You can NOT have access to alternative financial support to attend a research conference, such as Discovery Grants, Employer Grants\/Funds, travel funds associated with a Fellowship, etc.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Application<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Please send a brief letter attesting to each of the above to <a href=\"mailto:esacanadachapter@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">esacanadachapter@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Please include a copy of your submitted ESA abstract.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>The application deadline is 5 pm MST on Wednesday, May 31st.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Adjudication<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">We randomly select the grant recipients if we receive more than four applications.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>3. Increasing representation of international science at ESA.<\/p>\n<p>Though our chapter has substantial funds for this one year, most other chapters and sections do not. This coincides with a broad need for travel support from many ESA members. Portland is very expensive relative to many other locations, and consequence is that several invited symposium\/organized sessions speakers from outside of North America cannot afford to attend the conference. We have decided to use a small amount of the chapter funds (up to 2 registration grants) to specifically facilitate the presentation of research by other international researchers in ESA. We believe this is consistent with the overall goals of this Chapter and also can help enhance a collaborative culture among Chapters and Sections going forward. However, we welcome feedback from members.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Note: The new executive plans to post upcoming information on this webpage. Any member seeking to post information can reach out to <a href=\"mailto:esacanadachapter@gmail.com\">esacanadachapter@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News! \u00a0 2025-04-29 Canada Chapter Registration Grants for the ESA 2025 Annual Meeting The Canada Chapter of the Ecological Society of America will offer four registration grants to support attendance at ESA 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. We encourage you to share this information with your lab members and colleagues. 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