ASN: Awards

Awards

Honorary Lifetime Membership
Presidential Award
Sewall Wright Award
E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award
Young Investigators' Prizes
Travel Awards for Graduate Students

Previous Presidential Award Winners
Previous Sewall Wright Award Winners
Previous E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award Winners
Previous Young Investigators' Prize Winners

Honorary Lifetime Membership

Honorary lifetime membership in the American Society of Naturalists is intended to recognize scientists whose research careers epitomize the goals of the Society, which is the conceptual unification of the biological sciences. The society limits the number of honorary lifetime memberships to twelve.

The current Honorary Lifetime Members are Margaret Davis, Peter Grant, Rosemary Grant, Daniel Janzen, Ruth Patrick, Joseph Connell, Robert Sokal, George Williams, Mary Willson, and E. O. Wilson.

Presidential Award

This award is for the best paper published in The American Naturalist during the calendar year preceding the President's term of office. The President of the American Society of Naturalists (ASN) makes this award.

Sewall Wright Award

The Sewall Wright Award, established in 1991, is given annually and honors a senior but still active investigator who is making fundamental contributions to the Society's goals, namely, promoting the conceptual unification of the biological sciences. The award includes an honorarium of $1,000. The winner need not be a member of the Society or an American. For the 2009 Sewall Wright Award, the nomination packet, which must include a letter of nomination and a curriculum vitae including a publication list, should be sent by November 1, 2008, to Ellen Ketterson. Please indicate “Sewall Wright Award” in the subject line.

E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award

In recognition of the lifetime of outstanding contributions of Professor E. O. Wilson in the areas of ecology and evolutionary biology, including the study of social insects, biodiversity, and biophilia, this award was established in the year of Professor Wilson's retirement from Harvard University. The E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award will be given to an active investigator in mid-career who has made significant contributions to the knowledge of a particular ecosystem or group of organisms. Individuals whose research and writing illuminate principles of evolutionary biology and an enhanced aesthetic appreciation of natural history will merit special consideration. Nominations for the award will be solicited on an annual basis, and a committee appointed by the president of the American Society of Naturalists will select recipients of the award. The award will consist of an especially appropriate work of art and an honorarium of $2,000, presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Naturalists. For the 2009 E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award, a nomination packet, including a letter of nomination, a curriculum vitae including a publication list, and three key publications, should be sent by November 1, 2008, to Robert E. Ricklefs. Please indicate “E. O. Wilson Award” in the subject line.

Young Investigators' Prizes

The Young Investigators' Prizes recognize outstanding and promising work by investigators who received their doctorates in the three years preceding the application deadline or who are in their final year of graduate school. The prizes include presentation of a research paper at the annual meeting of the American Society of Naturalists, an award of $500, a travel allowance of $700, and a supplement of $500 in case of international travel. The prize committee requests applications for the 2009 prizes from anyone supporting the objectives of the Society. Suggested names and addresses of people who should be encouraged to apply are also welcome. Applications consist of no more than three pages (excluding tables, figures, and references) that summarize the applicant's work, no more than four appropriate reprints, a curriculum vitae, and two letters from individuals familiar with the applicant's work. Application materials should be sent via e-mail by November 1, 2008, to Troy Day. Please indicate “Young Investigators' Prize” in the subject line.

Travel Awards for Graduate Students

The American Society of Naturalists will award $300 each to ten graduate students to help defray the cost of attending the annual meeting of the American Society of Naturalists. Awards will be chosen from a random drawing of eligible students who have submitted an application before the deadline. To be eligible, the student must be a student member of the American Society of Naturalists, and must not have received a travel award the previous year. The student must also be presenting a paper or a poster at the meeting.

Awards

Honorary Lifetime Membership

Travel Awards for Graduate Students

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