American Society of Naturalists

Congratulations to Eleanor Caves, Jean Philippe Gibert, Ambika Kamath, and Stilianos Louca

A checklist to remind authors and reviewers of best practices for papers submitted to The American Naturalist
 

Applications due Januart 15 for a travel grant to Evolution 2019 in Providence, Rhode Island

ASN seeks proposals from Regional Meetings in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior for meeting support, especially to support attendance of ASN members at the meetings.

Nominations/Applications for the 2019 Young Investigator Award are due January 15, 2019

As scientists, the Joint Societies write to express our concerns about the attempt by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to claim that there is a biological basis to defining gender as a strictly binary trait (male/female) determined by genitalia at birth.

The Edward O. Wilson Naturalist Award is given to an active investigator in mid-career who has made significant contributions to the knowledge of a particular ecosystem or group of organisms. Nominations are due January 15, 2019.

The ASN Student Research Awards support research by student members that advances the goals of the society: the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, and behavior. Each award consists of a $2,000 check to the candidate. Deadline for submission of all materials is January 31, 2019. See rest of announcement for details.

The Sewall Wright Award is given annually and honors a senior but active investigator who is making fundamental contributions to the Society's goals in promoting the conceptual unification of the natural biological sciences. Nominations due January 15.