Call for Applications
"Triarch "Botanical Images"
Student Travel Award
Botanical Society of America
Botany 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana

The Botanical Society of America is pleased to open the Triarch “Botanical Images” Student Travel Awards for 2013. Three awards are available to undergraduate and graduate students registered for, and attending, the Botany 2013 Conference to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, July 27 - 31.

Awards will be given for the top three botanical images ($500, $300 and $200) as judged by the 2013 Triarch Image Panel. Although the presentation of a paper/poster at Botany 2013 is not a requirement, students who are presenting will be given the highest priority. View 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 submissions. Images and associated metadata must be provided by APRIL 10, 2013.

Award Criteria
The Triarch “Botanical Images” awards are given for the outstanding botanical images, provided by a student member of the Botanical Society of America. Images must be accompanied by a well written explanation outlining the significance of the image to botany in language understandable to non-professionals.

Submissions must include (filled out in the form below):
1. A brief paragraph explaining the image to a non-professional audience using, and explaining, botanical terms.
2. Metadata fields (filled out in the form below).
     a. Name(s) of creator(s), including institutional information, address, one phone number and one contact email;
     b. Image title, botanical discipline represented;
     c. Botanical name(s), common name(s), when the image was taken, where it was taken (longitude/latitude if available and appropriate);
     d. Links to online publication (i.e. if used in the AJB). If published elsewhere, we will need proof of copyright permission.

All submitted images will be peer-reviewed and assessed for placement in the BSA online image collection. All images passing the peer-review process will be placed in the BSA Online Image collection, may be used in whole or in part on BSA web sites, may be printed in the American Journal of Botany in recognition of this award and/or used in BSA promotional materials. Please note: image creators retain all rights to their images, images will be used as outlined in the BSA’s Terms of Use (http://images.botany.org/index.html#license) and we will always seek the authors permission before use.

3. TIFF (2-10mb) image created by you or as part of a team/lab you are working with.


Applicants, please use the form below to apply for this award by APRIL 10, 2013.

YOUR DETAILS
BotanyID (Your Username on the BSA System)

First Name
 		Last Name
 		Email Address

Institution
 		Department
 Your Year of Study

IMAGE DETAILS
Image Title:

Family or other higher level rank(s)
 		Species epithet(s)
 		Common Name

Area/City/Place
 		State/Province
 		Country

Longitude
 		Latitude
 		Season/time of year

Caption

Scientific Description/Explanation
(please provide as much detail as possible in an effort to make the image interesting and understandable to the general public - publication quality)

Credits for other people (please list all)

Other interesting information (camera, lens, f/stop, ISO, extreme conditions etc.)

BOTANY 2013 ACTIVITIES
If you will be presenting a Paper(s) and/or Poster(s) at Botany 2013 please list list your top two (if more than one)
First Abstract
      Paper       Poster 		First Abstract URL
Title


Second Abstract
      Paper       Poster 		Second Abstract URL
Title
Faculty Advisor
 		Advisor's Email
 		Your Phone Number

CONTEST IMAGE
Please note, your image should be between 2mb and 10mb, and preferably in TIFF format.
Image

Deadline for submissions is April 10, 2013

This request will be sent electronically by pressing the "Submit Application" button.
If you do not receive a confirmation email back within 48 hours, please contact us at triarch-sta@botany.org. Thank you.

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