W. S. Cooper Award (ESA)

Award given by the Ecological Society of America.

The W. S. Cooper Award is given to honor an outstanding contributor to the fields of geobotany and/or physiographic ecology, the fields in which W. S. Cooper worked. This award is for a single contribution in a scientific publication (single or multiple authored).

Nominations for awards to authors for specific publications (George Mercer Award, W. S. Cooper Award, Sustainability Science Award) should include:

  • a letter of nomination with the full citation, and
  • a copy of the publication (electronic if possible).

Unless otherwise stated, nominees may be of any nationality or place of residence with priority given to ESA members.

A nomination should be submitted as a single PDF file to E-mail: awards@esa.org with the name of the award in the subject line.

Deadline:October 19, 2017
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