The AAG-RTS offers a prize to the best student paper(s) presented at the conference. This prize is open to RTS student members at both the Master’s and PhD level. The prize is a cash award of up to $200. We reserve the right to award more than one paper with a prize, and in such a case will split the award.
Eligibility Criteria & Deadlines
To be eligible, you must

• be enrolled as a graduate student by the AAG’s official abstract submission date
• submit a research paper - Deadline: February 21st

Members of the AAG-RTS board will review each submission.

*Students are encouraged to submit a single-authored paper. However, we will accept papers co-authored with other students. We cannot accept papers co-authored with non-students (e.g., supervisors or other faculty).

Papers should be submitted to AAG-RTS Chairs, Mary Mostafanezhad (mostafan@hawaii.edu) & Elizabeth Vidon (esvidon@esf.edu). In the subject heading please write: Student Paper Award Submission

Please note that the the maximum word count is 10,000 including the abstract, manuscript, tables and references.
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Instructions for paper submission
Please also include a Cover Page, with the following information:

1. Name
2. Affiliation
3. Paper title 

*Please note that for the 2022 paper competition, your paper does NOT need to be presented at the AAG Annual Conference.