American Society Of Naturalists

THE OLDEST SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY DEDICATED TO THE STUDY OF ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, AND BEHAVIOR.

AWARDS - TO HONOR SCIENTISTS OF GREAT DISTINCTION WHO CONTRIBUTE FUNDAMENTALLY TO ADVANCE AND DIFFUSE KNOWLEDGE OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION AND BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES. AWARDS INCLUDE:1. SEWALL WRIGHT AWARD: ACTIVE SENIOR INVESTIGATORS MAKING FUNDAMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIETY'S GOALS (INCLUDES A $2000 AWARD).2. E. O. WILSON AWARD: ACTIVE MID-CAREER INVESTIGATOR WHO HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF A PARTICULAR ECOSYSTEM OR GROUP OF ORGANISMS (INCLUDES A $1,000 AWARD). SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF ALL OF THE AWARDS.3. YOUNG INVESTIGATORS AWARD: AWARDED ANNUALLY TO FOUR PROMISING INVESTIGATORS WHO RECEIVED THEIR DOCTORATES IN THE THREE YEARS PRECEDING THE APPLICATION DEADLINE OR WHO ARE IN THEIR FINAL YEAR OF GRADUATE SCHOOL (INCLUDES A $700 AWARD).4. STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD: AWARDED ANNUALLY TO TEN GRADUATE STUDENT MEMBERS OF THE ASN WHO HAVE PASSED TO CANDIDACY IN A PH.D. PROGRAM. INCLUDES A $2,000 AWARD TO DEFRAY THE COSTS OF CONDUCTING PHD RESEARCH (E.G. SUPPLIES, TRAVEL). TO RECEIVE THE AWARD, STUDENTS WRITE A PROPOSAL DESCRIBING THEIR RESEARCH, INCLUDING A BUDGET ITEMIZING HOW THE $2,000 WILL BE SPENT.5. RUTH PATRICK AWARD: AWARDED ANNUALLY TO AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT POSTER AT BOTH THE BIENNIAL STANDALONE MEETING AND TYPICALLY THE TRI-SOCIETY MEETING (INCLUDES A $400 AWARD). NO AWARD WAS GIVEN IN 2021.6. STUDENT PAPER AWARD: AWARDED ANNUALLY TO THE BEST PAPER BY A GRADUATE OR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PUBLISHED IN THE AMERICAN NATURALIST (INCLUDES A $500 AWARD).7. ED RICKETTS AWARD: AWARDED BIENNIALLY TO THE AUTHOR OF THE BEST STUDENT TALK AT THE STANDALONE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS MEETING (INCLUDES A $400 AWARD). NO AWARD WAS GIVEN IN 2021.8. JULIA PLATT POSTDOC AWARD (FORMERLY THE DON ABBOTT POSTDOC AWARD): AWARDED BIENNIALLY TO THE AUTHOR OF THE BEST POSTDOC TALK AT THE STANDALONE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS MEETING (INCLUDES A $400 AWARD). NO AWARD WAS GIVEN IN 2021.9. ANNUAL EVOLUTION MEETING GRAD STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD: AN ANNUAL AWARD THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO ARE ASN MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING (INCLUDES A $500 AWARD). NO AWARD WAS GIVEN IN 2021.10. ASN 150 GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS: AN AWARD, ESTABLISHED IN 2018, THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO ARE ASN MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE BIENNIAL STAND-ALONE MEETING (INCLUDES A $500 AWARD). NO AWARDS WERE GIVEN IN 2021.11. VICE-PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM: FUNDING FOR THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF ASN TO PRESENT A SYMPOSIUM ON A TOPIC OF HIS/HER CHOICE AT THE ANNUAL EVOLUTION MEETING. UP TO $8,000 CAN BE AWARDED TO REIMBURSE SPEAKERS IN THE SYMPOSIUM FOR THEIR COSTS TO ATTEND THE EVOLUTION MEETINGS. NO AWARD WAS GIVEN IN 2021 DUE TO THE MEETING BEING DRAMATICALLY REDUCED DUE TO COVID. 12. OTHER SYMPOSIA: FUNDING TO SUPPORT A SYMPOSIUM AT THE ANNUAL EVOLUTION MEETING AND OTHER MEETINGS (E.G. ESA IN 2017). UP TO $8,000 CAN BE AWARDED TO REIMBURSE SPEAKERS IN THE SYMPOSIUM FOR THEIR COSTS TO ATTEND THE EVOLUTION MEETINGS. NO SYMPOSIA OCCURRED IN 2021 DUE TO THE MEETING BEING DRAMATICALLY REDUCED DUE TO COVID. 13. WORKSHOPS: FUNDING TO SUPPORT ATTENDANCE OF ASN MEMBERS AT WORKSHOPS. TO RECEIVE FUNDING, THE WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS MUST WRITE A PROPOSAL DESCRIBING HOW THE FUNDS WOULD BE SPENT. THERE WERE NO WORKSHOPS FOR 2021.14. REGIONAL MEETINGS: FUNDING TO SUPPORT ATTENDANCE OF ASN MEMBERS (PARTICULARLY STUDENTS) AT REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS. TO RECEIVE FUNDING, THE MEETING ORGANIZERS MUST WRITE A PROPOSAL DESCRIBING HOW THE FUNDS WOULD BE SPENT. NO REGIONAL MEETINGS TOOK PLACE IN 2021 DUE TO COVID. 15. PRESIDENTIAL AWARD: AN ANNUAL AWARD FOR THE BEST PAPER PUBLISHED IN THE AMERICAN NATURALIST DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR PRECEDING THE PRESIDENT'S TERM OF OFFICE (INCLUDES A $1,000 AWARD).16. GRADUATE STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: NEW IN 2021, THE GRADUATE STUDENT MEMBERS OF ASN OFFERED A "SPOTLIGHT" TO PARTICULAR SCIENTISTS WITH INTERESTING RESEARCH AND PERSONAL STORIES. EACH SPOTLIGHT FELLOW RECEIVED $100.

SOCIETY MEETINGS - THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS (ASN) HOLDS TWO MEETINGS FOR ITS MEMBERS. A STAND-ALONE MEETING IS HELD BIENNIALLY IN ASILOMAR, CA. DUE TO THE DISRUPTION OF THE SUMMER 2020 MEETINGS, ASN HELD A VIRTUAL, STAND-ALONE EVENT IN JANUARY 2021. TYPICALLY, ASN CONTRIBUTES TO A TRI-SOCIETY ANNUAL SUMMER EVOLUTION MEETING WITH THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF EVOLUTION AND THE SOCIETY FOR SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY. IN SUMMER 2021, THE MEETING WAS HELD ONLINE WITH 2,640 REGISTRANTS. THERE WERE PRESENTATIONS, POSTERS, PLENARY TALKS, AS WELL AS SEVERAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS. ADDITIONALLY, ASN HELD A DEI WORKSHOP IN 2021 AND 711 PEOPLE ATTENDED.

PUBLICATIONS - SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1867, THE AMERICAN NATURALIST HAS MAINTAINED ITS POSITION AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S PREMIER PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS IN ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, AND BEHAVIOR RESEARCH. ITS GOALS ARE TO PUBLISH ARTICLES THAT ARE OF BROAD INTEREST TO THE READERSHIP, POSE NEW AND SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS, INTRODUCE NOVEL SUBJECTS, DEVELOP CONCEPTUAL UNIFICATION, AND CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE THINK. THE AMERICAN NATURALIST EMPHASIZES SOPHISTICATED METHODOLOGIES AND INNOVATIVE THEORETICAL SYNTHESES - ALL IN AN EFFORT TO ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION AND OTHER BROAD BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES. TWELVE ISSUES ARE PUBLISHED EACH YEAR IN TWO VOLUMES.