{"id":117,"date":"2012-12-05T16:06:18","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T16:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds2\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2026-01-20T13:47:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:47:55","slug":"seeds-alumni-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/meetings\/annual-meeting\/seeds-alumni-awards\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-39443 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/IMG_9635-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/IMG_9635-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/IMG_9635-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/IMG_9635-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/IMG_9635-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/IMG_9635-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">SEEDS Graduate Alumni Travel Awards:<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The SEEDS program offers Alumni Participation Awards to <strong><em>former SEEDS students who continued their education to a graduate degree<\/em><\/strong> and wish to attend t<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">he ESA Annual Meeting and serve as near peers in the support network for SEEDS undergraduate students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/\"><strong>111th<\/strong><strong> ESA Annua<\/strong><strong>l Meeting<\/strong><strong> \u2013 Ecology in an Era of Uncertainty<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah from July 26-31.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Selected Graduate Students will receive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$1,000 travel award to attend the ESA Annual Meeting<\/li>\n<li>Mentoring experience with a group of undergraduate students<\/li>\n<li>Networking opportunities at SEEDS only events<\/li>\n<li>Give back to your SEEDS family!\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Participation Requirements:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong><em>Participation in a past SEEDS event as an undergraduate<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(Field Trips, ESA Annual Meetings, Leadership Meetings or Fellowship)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Attended a large science meeting, such as ESA<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Completed or are currently enrolled in a graduate program in an institution within the United States <\/span><\/li>\n<li>Plan to present research at the meeting (Submit an abstract to present before the <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/call-for-proposals\/call-for-contributed-abstracts\/\">ESA Annual Meeting deadline<\/a> \u2013 February 19, 2026 at 5PM ET) \u2013 you can also submit your presentation for the late-breaking poster session at a later deadline.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Preference<\/span> will be given to students who:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">have experience mentoring<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">demonstrate the pursuit of ecology (i.e. attending graduate school)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">plan to present research at the meeting<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">exhibit promise in contributing to the ecology program at their home institution or in their community<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">show promise as an educator or mentor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Students that submit abstracts to present have a better chance of being selected for the award.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Application Information:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Contact Information<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Academic Information<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Meeting presentations (oral or poster) information \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/call-for-proposals\/call-for-contributed-abstracts\/\"><strong>you submit that directly with ESA<\/strong>,<\/a> we just need the presentation code.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Resume or CV (PDF preferred \u2013 add your name to the document title)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">An Essay (500 word max.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esa-seeds.secure-platform.com\/a\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1845 size-full img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/01\/apply-button.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"66\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Click on the image above to visit the\u00a0SEEDS Application Portal<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Applications will be accepted until March 2, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-41785 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/01\/esa26_x250-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/01\/esa26_x250-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/01\/esa26_x250.png 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<div id=\"content\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"post-14\" class=\"post-14 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/\"><strong>111th<\/strong><strong> ESA Annua<\/strong><strong>l Meeting<\/strong><strong> \u2013 Ecology in an Era of Uncertainty<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah from July 26-31.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEEDS Graduate Alumni Travel 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.\u00a0 The 111th ESA Annual Meeting \u2013 Ecology in an Era of Uncertainty\u00a0will be held in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":6192,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-117","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41789,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions\/41789"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}