NORTHEAST ADSA-ASAS
GRADUATE STUDENT PRESENTATION COMPETITION
ENTRY GUIDELINES

The Northeast ADSA-ASAS Graduate Student Presentation Competition will be held in conjunction with the National ADSA and National ASAS joint meeting in St. Louis, MO. The meeting dates are July 25-29, 2004.

All graduate students are invited to participate! Student competitors must be members in good standing of ADSA or ASAS and have their sectional/regional affiliation be the NE. An individual student may not enter more than two Northeast ADSA-ASAS competitions over the course of their graduate program.

The Northeast ADSA-ASAS will provide $200 in travel support for all participants in the competition. First, second, and third place winners will be recognized with a certificate and will be awarded one of three cash awards ($500 for 1st, $350 for 2nd, and $200 for 3rd.). Awards will be presented at the NE ADSA/ASAS annual business meeting/luncheon. Awardees will have their lunch ticket paid for by the society.

In preparing the abstract and oral presentation, competitors must follow the same requirements for all other presentations of technical papers at the meeting. Graduate students will not be able to participate in both the national and Northeast competition unless they submit 2 different abstracts--one for Northeast and one for the National. The complete instructions for preparation of abstracts, submission guidelines, and entry in the Northeast ADSA-ASAS competition can be found on the web site:

http://www.fass.org/2004/gradcomp.asp

Abstracts must be submitted electronically, with the NE graduate paper competition indicated as the section preference. They are due by midnight CST on March 3, 2004.

Inquiries before the meeting regarding the format of the competition can be made to:

Dr. Tom Hartsock
Institute of Applied Agriculture
2123 Jull Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: 301/405-4684
Fax: 301/314-9343
Email: TH9@umail.umd.edu