Merian Award

In honour of Maria Sibylla Merian the best three oral presentations and posters will be awarded a prize. Eligible candidates are students and PhDs who finished their dissertation less than three years ago. Please subscribe for participation using the on-line registration/submission form. Orals and posters participating in this competition will be marked in the program displayed in front of each Lecture Halls. You will find your ballot paper in your conference bag. The deadline for posting your ballots is Thursday (30 July) at 2 pm.

The award ceremony takes place during the Farewell Party on Thursday evening.

Alwyn Gentry Student Awards and Luis F. Bacardi Advances in Tropical Conservation Award

1) Only members of the ATBC are eligible for the awards;
2) Only one award per candidate can be applied for;
3) Only a single presentation or poster per candidate will be judged;
4) Candidates must indicate their desire to be considered for any of these awards on the conference registration site as well as inform Dr. Susan Laurance (laurances@si.edu).
5)To subscribe on-line please log in to your registration by using your password and username and check the appropriate box in the paper submission section of the form.
After you have entered your application on the on-line registration form please always click the submit button at the bottom of the form to save the changes.

Alwyn Gentry Student Awards for Best Oral or Poster presentation

The Alwyn Gentry Award was established to recognize outstanding student presentations at the annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation.
Eligibility is open to all individuals who have been students of Masters and Ph.D. programs within the previous 12 months, including those who will complete the Ph.D. in 2009.

The winners will receive a year's subscription to Biotropica, a cash award from ATBC, and a book grant from the University of Chicago Press.

Luis F. Bacardi Advances in Tropical Conservation Award

This Award is designed to foster high-quality conservation science in the tropics and is awarded to the individual who gives the best oral presentation.
Eligibility is limited to those who have received their Ph.D. within five years before the conference date.

The winner receives a certificate from the ATBC, a 1-year subscription to Biotropica, book grant from from the University of Chicago Press and a $300 award provided by the Lubee Bat Conservancy, an international organization based in Gainesville, Florida, founded in 1989 by the late Luis F. Bacardi that is devoted to the preservation of fruit- and nectar-feeding bats.

Photo Award 2009

During the Conference, awards will be hand out for the best photos, which optimal reflects the topic of the Conference "Impacts of global change".
Please select your favourites among the photos presented at the information desk or among the conference posters. Fill in the number of your favourite photo in your personal ballot you will find in your conference documents. The ballots are collected in a box at the conference information desk.

The deadline for posting your ballots is Thursday (30 July) at 2 pm.

The award ceremony takes place during the Farewell Party on Thursday evening.

Competition Rules:

(1) Organizers.

The organizers of the contest "Photo Award 2009" is the ATBC and the gtö. The contest is open for members of the ATBC and/or the gtö. Members of the jury are not allowed to submit photos.

(2) Number and deadline of submitted photos.

Each member is allowed to submit one photo. The deadline for submission is June 30, 2009 (email submission date).

(3) Submission of photos.

The organizers only accept digital submission via email attachment to the following address: E-Mail: info@gtoe-atbc2009.com. Only photographs in JPG format (*.jpg, *.jpeg) are admitted. The organizer will exclude other file formats from the competition. Please note that the data volume must be suitable for a large format print-out for presentation (e.g. 30 x 40 cm). The minimum resolution is therefore 3 megapixel with a minimum pixel resolution of 2.000 pixel in length (landscape format) or height (portrait format). Accepted formats are: 3:2 (small format), 4:3 (fourthird standard).

(4) Marking Digital photographs.

The submitted jpg.-file must be named as follows: The filename should include a) the authors Name and b) the title of the Photo; separated by underscore ("_"). e.g. KathrinMueller_PolarbearOnIceberg.jpg

(5) Permission of the authorities.

The organizer expects that photographs have been taken according to the applying nature preservation laws. In certain cases, permissions by the relevant authorities will need to be enclosed.

(6) Copyright and reproduction.

The photographer must have all rights to the photographs. The ATBC and gtö organizers reserve the right to use the awarded photographs of the contest for such commercial purposes and publications in all media that directly affect the current contest and later contests. The use of the photographs for this purpose is free of charge. The Names of the Photographers will be given accordingly.

(7) Participation fee.

There will be no fee.

(8) Jury.

The Jury for the competition is: scientific committee

(9) Final Clauses.

Submissions that do not fulfil the entry conditions in all points cannot receive consideration. With the participation in the contest, in terms of file submission via email, the sender accepts the terms of competition.