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Awards

J.T. Callahan Student Travel Award

Each year the Long-Term Studies section of ESA offers the J.T. Callahan Student Travel Award to help support student travel to the annual Ecological Society of America meeting.

We are excited to announce that this year, the Long-Term Studies Section (LTSS) of the ESA will be offering up to (2) J.T. Callahan Memorial Student Travel Awards of $475.00 to partly cover travel to the 2024 ESA annual meeting.

Application Process:

To apply, please submit your application as a PDF through this online form!

Applications shall consist of an extended version of your ESA abstract. Applicants should add a couple of sentences stating what years your dataset includes and highlight why long-term data are required for your study. Thats it!

For full consideration, your abstract should:

  • be less than 500 words.
  • describe the study and include the years involved.
  • explicitly state why long-term data are important for this study.

The next deadline for receipt of applications for the 2024 meeting is June 15, 2024 and successful applicants will be notified of their award by July 1, 2024.

Eligibility:

Specifically, we are seeking any abstracts whose study is based on datasets that are at least 5 years in length (not necessarily continuous). Abstracts will be judged by LTSS elected officers and volunteers from the section. Criteria for the awards will be the overall quality of the abstract and the degree to which the abstract and research described reflects a long-term perspective, as shown by the effective use of long-term data. Applicants must be members of the Long-term Studies Section (so apply online!). Applicants must be the presenting author of a paper or poster that has been accepted for presentation at the annual ESA meeting. Applicants must be enrolled as graduate or undergraduate students at the time of their application. Students, co-authors, or employees of current section officers are ineligible for this award. Applications are due June 15th, 2024, by 11:59 pm (EST). We will aim to make award decisions no later than July 1st. For Any questions, feel free to email LTSS section leadership at longtermstudies.esa@nullgmail.com.