2004 Luella K. Weresub Memorial Award

Wendy A. Untereiner, Associate Professor of Botany at Brandon University sent us the following announcement: “Applications are now being accepted for the 2004 Luella K. Weresub Memorial Award which will be presented at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association / Association Botanique du Canada. If you are an undergraduate or a graduate student working with fungi, or if you supervise a mycology student who may be eligible for the award, please read this announcement carefully.

Conditions: This prize will be awarded to the undergraduate or graduate student who published the best paper in mycology in 2004. Papers in all areas of mycology will be considered. Please note that the paper must be published. Preprints and galley proofs are not accepted.

Value of the award: CAN $1000

Application deadline: Applications must be post-marked no later than 31 March 2005. Applications submitted by e-mail or fax will not be accepted.

Requirements for eligibility: Applicants must be undergraduate or graduate students working with fungi at a Canadian University or Canadian students studying at universities abroad. This award is for work published in 2004 while the author was a student. Applicants who completed their degree requirements in 2004 are also eligible. Previous recipients of the Luella K. Weresub Memorial Award are not eligible to apply.

Although it is preferable that the student be the sole author of the paper, joint papers will be considered if they are accompanied by a statement printed on University letterhead and signed by all of the authors, estimating the percentage responsibility of each author for: (a) the ideas that led to the initiation of the project; (b) the actual "hands-on" research; and (c) the writing and revision of the manuscript.

Documents required (five copies): (1) a cover letter addressing the student's eligibility for this award; (2) a copy of the applicant's curriculum vitae; (3) the actual publication (only one submission per applicant); (4) a letter of recommendation from the student's supervisor or thesis advisor stating that the student is currently enrolled in a degree program or that the student completed such a program in 2004; and, (5) a statement from the student and any co-authors establishing responsibility for the paper as outlined above.

The award committee will take into account originality, presentation, scientific significance, and the use of language. The decision of the award committee will be final. The award committee reserves the right to make no award if submissions are not considered to be of sufficiently high quality, or to share the award between two applicants if their papers appear to be of equal merit. The Chair will appoint an ad hoc member to replace any committee member who has a student applying for this award or who otherwise feels a conflict of interest. The winner will be notified before 30 April 2005 and the award will be presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the CBA / ABC.

To apply: Send 5 copies of the completed application to the committee Chair, Dr. Wendy A. Untereiner, Botany Department, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, R7A 6A9, Canada. Phone: (204) 727-9603. Fax: (204) 728-7346. Email”

Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 3:16 PM on February 11, 2005