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Student Awards

RES STUDENT AWARD

Award Criteria Any article about an Entomological topic that would be of interest to the general public. The article to be easy to read, in a popular style and no longer than 800 words.
Prize Winner £350, runner up £250, third place £150, all three articles published in 'Antenna'.
Eligibility Undergraduates and postgraduates on both full and part-time study.
Cycle Annual, entries accepted until 31st December, winner/s announced early in the following year.
Adjudication Three Fellows of the Society.
Entry Entry forms downloadable or available from the Society. All entries to the Registrar.

 

RES STUDENT AWARD

STUDENT AWARD ENTRY FORM

 

Prizewinners for the Student Essay Award 2012 are as follows:-

FIRST PRIZE £350

Ciarán Pollard - National University Ireland, Maynooth

The trials and tribulations of a researcher - the case of the mysterious iron capsules

RUNNER UP £250

Isobel Routledge- Oxford University (Wadham College)

Parasitic Puppetry: Modification of Host Behaviour

THIRD PRIZE £150

Kayla Barnes - LSTM

The Chosen One

Prizewinners for the Student Essay Award 2011 are as follows:-

FIRST PRIZE £350

Lizzie Elliot, University of Plymouth

A not so brief encounter. My tentative steps into the world of classification

RUNNER UP £250

Karina Vanadzina, University of Warwick

Engineering the Brocade of Life: What it Takes to Be a 21st Century Silkworm

THIRD PRIZE £150

Maria Grant, University of Plymouth

Ultrasonic Battles - The ancient sonar arms race between prey & predator

 

Prizewinners for the Student Essay Award 2010 are as follows:-

FIRST PRIZE £300

Beatrice Cockbain - Magdalen College, Oxford

How to Attract a Mate: Stomach Swelling and the Risks of Sex

RUNNER UP £200

Ben Jarrett - Imperial College London

Sleeping Beauty

THIRD PRIZE £100

Nick Balfour - Imperial College London

Of Kings and Queens

 

The President, Officers and Trustees congratulate the winners and offer thanks to all the entrants for a most interesting selection of essays.

 

 

ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE AWARD

Award Criteria For post-graduates who have been awarded a PhD, whose work is considered by their Head of Department to be outstanding. The research involved should be a major contribution to the Science of Entomology.
Prize £800 plus Certificate, plus one years free Membership. The winner will also be invited to present their work at a Society Meeting and submit an article to Antenna.
Eligibility All post-graduates who have been awarded a PhD degree, on the basis of a thesis written in the English language, within the twelve months preceeding the closing date for nominations.
Cycle Annual, entries to be received by 1st October in any year. Winners announced in the following year.
Adjudication A group of senior Fellows of the Society.

Entry

The candidate's supervisor should complete the entry form (link below), have it signed by the Head of Department, append a copy of the abstract of the thesis, and send it to the Registrar to arrive by 1st October. Please do not send the thesis itself until requested to do so. The candidate will at that stage be asked to provide a 500 word statement expressing in layman's terms the contribution that their work has made to entomology.


Entry Form

Further information Link to Website
ALFRED WALLACE AWARDS

The winner for 2004/05 of this new Award is Dr Joseph Parker of M.R.C Cambridge for his work on size control mechanisms in fruit fly embryos.

2005/06 Dr James Logan for his studies of differential resonses of mosquitoes and biting midges to human host odours.

2006/07 Dr Timothy C Hawes for his studies of Plasticity in arthropod cryotypes - a polar perpective.

2007/08 Dr Hannah M Rowland for her studies of the visual and behavioural ecology of countershading and other prey defences.

2008/09 Dr Tom Fayle for his studies on the ant community structure in a rain forest microcosm.

2009/10 Dr Katherine Barry for her work on the evolution of mating behaviour in mantids.

2010/11 Dr Ben Longdon for his ground-breaking work and the outstanding contribution that he has made to knowledge of the evolution of sigma viruses in Drosophilidae, which opens up new avenues for research.

2011/12 Dr Richard Merrill for his ground-breaking work on Heliconius that has contributed some major new knowledge and insights, in a field that is basic to our understanding of insect biodiversity.

 

 

OUTREACH (ORF) AND CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION GRANTS(CPF) GRANTS

Award Criteria ORF: Grants to support activities which further the Society's aims. This may range from, help to purchase equipment, to help in funding expeditions/meetings. Rules and regulations.
  CPF: Grants to assist applicants who are participating in a meeting or conference in some way, e.g. presenting a paper/poster. Rules and regulations.
Prize ORF: Monetary grant.
  CPF: Monetary grant.
Eligibility ORF: Any project or purpose which fulfils the Society's aims or stimulates interest in such aims. Priority will normally be given to RES membership.
  CPF: Where participation in a conference or meeting will assist an individual in the study of Entomology and/or with the aims of the Society in dissemination of Entomological Science. Priority will normally be given to RES membership.
Cycle ORF: Continuous.
  CPF: Continuous.
Adjudication ORF: Determination of all aspects is by the Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Officers together with the Registrar.
  CPF: Determination of all aspects is by the Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Officers together with the Registrar
Entry ORF: Application form Send your completed application as an email/attachment to the Honorary Treasurer, Hugh Loxdale. loxdale@web.de or by email/attachment to the Registrar, W H F Blakemore, bill@royensoc.co.uk or by letter to the Registrar ,The Mansion House, Chiswell Green Lane, St Albans, Herts, AL2 3NS.
  CPF: Application form Send your completed application as an email/attachment to the Honorary Treasurer, Hugh Loxdale. loxdale@web.de or by email/attachment to the Registrar, W H F Blakemore, bill@royensoc.co.uk or by letter to the Registrar ,The Mansion House, Chiswell Green Lane, St Albans, Herts, AL2 3NS.