Olaf Larson Graduate Student Paper Award Support graduate student involvement and development through paper presentation
Award Overview
Encourages graduate student involvement and professional development by awarding the best graduate student paper submitted for the RSS Annual Meeting.
Eligibility
- RSS graduate student member
- Papers must be authored by graduate students who are members of the Society; for multiple authored papers, all authors must be graduate students, although only the first author must be a member of the RSS
- Master’s theses and dissertations will not be considered
- Society-wide, but interest groups are encouraged to nominate candidates
Requirements
- Completed paper of standard journal article length and format – 12 pt font, double-spaced, 20-30 pages
- CV
- Faculty advisor letter certifying student status
Award
- Award Recognition and Certificate
- $300.00 Honorarium
- Three nights hotel coverage at the conference hotel
- One year student member to RSS
Previous Award Winners
In Fall 2009, the Graduate Student Paper Award was renamed the Olaf F. Larson Graduate Student Paper Award.