Goal: The Award recognizes an outstanding empirical research abstract from an early career researcher, with the goal of stimulating that person’s long term participation in the ACBS conference as an outlet for presenting empirical science within the broad domain of CBS.
Eligibility: The winner must be both the first author AND the presenting author of a paper accepted for oral presentation at the ACBS World Conference Buenos Aires, Argentina 2024. If you completed your terminal degree within the past 7 years (or 10 years if you took time off for personal reasons such as family), you are eligible and would be considered “Early Career.”
You must submit your Paper and CV at the link below by April 15 in order to qualify (after you've received notification of acceptance to the conference program).
Selection: The Awards Committee will read the accepted abstracts for the significance of the research question and methodological quality. CVs will be reviewed for quality of academic training and scholarship. One paper will be selected for the award.
Announcement: The winner will be announced on the ACBS listservs, on the ACBS website, and at a plenary session.
Award: The winner will receive a certificate, complimentary (non-transferable) registration at 2025 ACBS Conference. This registration discount cannot be used for the 2024 conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina for any reason.
If awarded, the registration scholarship is only valid for the 2025 World Conference and may only be used to offset the main conference registration fees (the scholarship may not be applied to any other expense). If an individual is awarded more than one scholarship in the same conference year, the total value of all scholarships may not exceed the total cost of the ACBS World Conference registration fee.
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