Student Presentation Awards

The A. Brazier Howell Award is given for the best paper presented at the annual meeting. The candidate must be an amateur, a student, or must have received his/her degree since the last annual meeting, and must be the sole author (or senior author, if the paper is co-authored). The recipient must be a member of the society. This award comes with a cash award, one year paid membership in the COS, and a book on some ornithological topic. Brazier Howell was noted for his research on birds and mammals during the early 1900’s, and created the endowment that allows COS to publish The Condor and Studies in Avian Biology.

The Frances F. Roberts Award is given for an outstanding paper presented at the annual meeting. The candidate must be an amateur, a student, or must have received his/her degree since the last annual meeting, and must be the sole author (or senior author, if the paper is co-authored). This award comes with a cash award, one year paid membership in COS, and a book on some ornithological topic. Mrs. Roberts was a well known bird photographer and prominent member of the COS during the 1940s to1960s.

Up to two Board of Directors Awards are given annually by the board to those students who present worthy papers or posters at the annual meeting and who do not win either the A. Brazier Howell Award or the Frances F. Roberts Award. The candidate must be an amateur, a student, or must have received his/her degree since the last annual meeting, and must be the sole author (or senior author, if the paper is co-authored). These awards come with a cash award, one year paid membership in COS, and a book on some ornithological topic.

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