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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 £300, runner up £200, third place £100, 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 2009 are as follows:-

FIRST PRIZE £300

Lue Cuttiford - Imperial College

‘Insects: The incidental investigators'

RUNNER UP £200

Borame Dickens - Imperial College London

‘Carmine: The Colour of Desire?’

THIRD PRIZE £100

Chris Ayre - University of Plymouth

‘WANTED'

Prizewinners for the Student Essay Award 2008 are as follows:-

FIRST PRIZE £300

Chris Hassall - University of Liverpool

‘Dragon flies and man’

RUNNER UP £200

Lindsay McMenemy - SCRI Invergowie

‘One way or another: Blondie’s infectious record explains plant-virus interactions’

THIRD PRIZE £100

Nina Stanczyk - Rothamsted Research

‘If I drink beer will the mosquitoes stop biting me?'

 

Prizewinners for the Student Essay Award 2007 are as follows:-

FIRST PRIZE £250

John James Wilson - University of Guelph, CA, USA

"Biodiversity in Crisis: Butterflies get Barcodes"

RUNNER UP £150

Jo-Anne Nina Sewlal - University of the West Indies

"Ants: who is using whom"

THIRD PRIZE £100

Mohammed Shebl Elfattah - Kyushu University, Japan

"Ancient Egyptian Beekeeping"

Prizewinners for the Student Essay Award 2006 are as follows:-:

FIRST PRIZE £250

Rebecca Nesbit - Rothamsted Research

"You are what you eat in the butterfly world"

RUNNER UP £150

Elizabeth Franklin - Universtiy of Plymouth

"Ants go through moving stress too"

THIRD PRIZE £100

Isobel Jones - University of Plymouth

"Gardeners of the Rainforest"

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 £750 plus Certificate, plus one years free Membership. The winner will also be invited to present their work at a Society Meeting.
Eligibility All post-graduates who have earned a PhD.
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

By letter of nomination from the students Head of Department, to be accompanied by relevant abstract of thesis, but do not send thesis itself or any other supporting documentation until requested to do so, sent to the Registrar.

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.

 

 

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.
  CPF: Grants to assist applicants who are participating in a meeting or conference in some way, e.g. presenting a paper/poster.
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: Whose 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.
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: By written application to the Honorary Treasurer Professor J Hardie, Imperial College, Lees Building, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, SL5 7PY or by email j.hardie@ic.ac.uk
  CPF: By written application to the Honorary Treasurer Professor J Hardie, Imperial College, Lees Building, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, SL5 7PY, or by email j.hardie@ic.ac.uk

 

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