Student Paper Awards and Travel Grants

Here is an excellent opportunity for students who would like to present their research at a professional meeting. Students benefit from the challenge of presenting to a diverse audience and receiving expert feedback. To encourage participation and to recognize and reward meritorious student scholarship, the APCG offers the following awards. Note that student presenters may also apply for a travel grant of $200. (Student Awards Flyer PDF)

Doctoral Level
    President's Award for an Outstanding Paper
    Tom McKnight & Joan Clemons Award for an Outstanding Paper
   Geosystems Award for Best Applied Geography/Earth Systems Student Paper
   APCG Award for Best Poster
Master's Level
    President's Award for an Outstanding Paper
    Tom McKnight & Joan Clemons Award for an Outstanding Paper
    Harry & Shirley Bailey Award for an Oustanding Physical Geography Paper
    APCG Award for Best Poster
Baccalaureate Level
    President's Award for an Oustanding Paper
    Geosystems Award for Best Applied Geography/Earth Systems Student Paper
    APCG Award for Best Poster

Notes:
    Judges will evaluate all papers within a single degree level.
    Paper and poster awards carry a $200 cash prize; the Geosystems Awards are $500.
    Faculty may not co-author or present in any student competition.
    Judges may withhold awards.

The Awards are open to undergraduate and graduate students who are APCG members. The paper or poster must be presented at the annual meeting. Evaluation is made by the APCG Awards Committee based on the extended abstract and the presentation.

To enter the student paper or poster competition, please register and submit the regular short abstract to the 2022 conference coordinator for Bellingham, WA, by Friday, September 16, 2022, as outlined on the Call for Papers/Abstracts. If you wish to be considered for the Student Paper and Poster Competition, please click the relevant checkbox as part of the registration process. For details, check the 2022 Conference website.

For doctoral students only: Submit an extended abstract (1,200 words max) as part of your registration process.

Deadline for applying for the Student Paper and Poster Competition
is Friday, September 16, 2022.

To encourage student participation, the APCG will commit $5,000 to travel grants of $200 each (except for students from the local area who will be eligible to receive travel grants of $50).  If grant applications exceed the $5,000 total, recipients will be selected by a random lottery.  To be eligible for a travel grant, a student must be an APCG member and must present a paper or poster at the annual meeting.  However, you do not need to be entered into the paper/poster competition to be eligible for a travel grant. If you wish to be considered for a Travel Grant for Students, please click the relevant checkbox as part of the registration process by September 16, 2022.  Recipients will be notified by September 23, 2022, and will be awarded grant checks at the banquet in Bellingham (or by mail afterward).

Deadline for applying for a Travel Grant for Students is Friday, September 16, 2022. (PDF of announcement)