The CAP Student Research Award

The Canadian Association of Palynologists Annual Student Research Award was established in 2009 to recognize students' contributions to palynological research. The award is open to any undergraduate or graduate student who is a member, in good standing, of CAP, regardless of their nationality or country of residence. The intent of the research award is to support student research with a strong palynological component. The award consists of a three-year membership in the Association and $300 CDN, to be put toward some aspect of the student's research.

The application should consist of: 1) a one-page statement outlining the nature of the research project, its scientific importance, the approximate timeline to completion of the project, and the aspect of the research the funds would be directed toward; (2) a CV; and, (3) a letter of support from the student's supervisor.

Applications may be submitted in French or English and should be submitted by email. Completed applications are due by March 1.

Note: Only one award will be given per year, and there will be no limit to the number of times a student can submit an application.

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2012 CAP Student Research Award winner

Andrea M. Price, from University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, was the winner of the 2012 CAP Student Research Award for her M.Sc. project on Late Quaternary Climatic and Oceanographic Changes in the North Pacific as Recorded by Dinoflagellate Cysts.

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2011 CAP Student Research Award winner

Laura May, from University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, was the winner of the 2011 CAP Student Research Award for her M.Sc. project on Morphological Differentiation of Alder Pollen in Western North America.

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2010 CAP Student Research Award winner

Matthew Batina, from the University of Southern Mississippi, USA, was the winner of the 2010 CAP Student Research Award for his project on Comparative, High-Resolution Pollen Analysis of a Stratigraphic Bat Guano Deposit and Proximate Lake Record to Evaluate Guano’s Potential as a Paleoenvironmental Archive.

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2009 CAP Student Research Award winner

Susann Stolze, from Kiel University, in Germany, was the winner of the 2009 Canadian Association of Palynologists student research award. Susann received the award to put towards her PhD project: High-resolution temporal and spatial reconstruction of the vegetation history in western Ireland: Neolithic landnam and climatic oscillations during the Holocene.