Student Presentation Award Program

IALE-North America annually presents a "Best Student Presentation Award" to a student for the outstanding oral paper or poster given at the Society's annual meeting. The winner will receive a $300 cash award and a waiver of one future meeting registration fee. Waiver of registration may be applied to one of the next two subsequent IALE-North America annual meetings.

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ELIGIBILITY: 
To be eligible, students must:

• be registered for the conference by the presenter registration deadline for the current year's annual meeting, and
• be an active student member of IALE-North America (i.e., membership dues paid for and current at the time of registration).

​Students are eligible to be considered for a best student presentation award only once per degree program and must be enrolled in the same degree program at the time of the conference that is relevant to their abstract.

How To Apply

Please note: we are not yet accepting applications for this award for 2020 Meeting. Please check back for updates. 

​First, please be sure to select “IALE-North America Student Member” as your registration type when you register to attend the conference. Then look for “Student Presentation Award” option on the registration form. 

​DEADLINE: TBD

MORE INFORMATION: 
​In order for judges to best evaluate student presentations that will be most competitive, it is encouraged that students enter this competition only if they have completed or nearly completed research results. Students interested in participating in the presentation contest must mark the appropriate box on the conference registration form AND have paid their membership dues by the presenter registration deadline for the conference. Students may review the presentation judging form.

Contact Sarah Goslee, USIALE Awards Committee, at sarah.goslee@ars.usda.gov if you have any questions.