We are delighted to announce you that the 7th English Presentation Award (EPA) will be organized in the 67th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan (ESJ67) in Nagoya in March 2020.
Aim of the award
The English Presentation Award (EPA) aims to promote English presentations in the ESJ annual meetings and to give all participants more opportunities to share scientific ideas with international students and visiting researchers from abroad. At the same time, the EPA working group gives students and early career members an opportunity to gain experience in scientific communication, particularly experience that will be useful in international meetings. All presentations will be scored and excellent presenters will be awarded by the EPA working group.
Important announcements
Compared with the previous EPAs, important changes have been made in 7th EPA in ESJ67.
1) Applicants are no longer required to pre-register EPA.
Registrations of EPA will be the same as those of other oral and poster presentations.
2) All of critical information on EPA will be announced here.
Links to previous EPA websites (2014–2019) are also available.
3) As with Japanese sessions, prior registration of the presentation file is no longer required.
The presentation file must be uploaded to PC with a USB flash drive at the speaker-ready-room in the venue before the EPA session.
Eligibility
Eligibility is limited to Ecological Society of Japan (ESJ) members who are students (undergraduates, graduate students, and PhD candidates) or early-career researchers who have received PhD, no more than 5 years before March 2020. Work weeks of parental leave or family leave are not included in this 5-year limitation. Past EPA winners are also eligible to submit their applications. Please note that the eligibility may be revised in ESJ68.
Judgment criteria
A few judges are assigned in each session, and all presentations are judged and scored based on the quality of research (50%) and quality of presentation (50%). “Best award” and “Excellent award” will be awarded to first and second place finishers of each session.
Registration site (http://www.esj.ne.jp/meeting/67/index-e.html) will be open at the end of September. We are looking forward to your application for the English Presentation Award!
The EPA working group, ESJ67