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Botanical Society of Scotland Student
Prize Each
year the Botanical Society of Scotland awards a prize to the final year student of a Scottish University who submits the best dissertation on a botanical
investigation carried out during the course of their final year. The rules governing
the award of this annual prize are as follows:
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The competition is open to
undergraduate students in the final year of their degree course who have been recommended by their course director.
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The prize will consist of a certificate and £100. It will be presented at a meeting of the Botanical Society of Scotland.
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The
dissertation should be of an investigation on plants carried out as
a research project in part fulfilment of
the requirements for the author's degree.
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The thesis should be submitted
to BSS after it has been assessed by the student's institution and the student's degree results have been announced. It must be received by 1st July of the current year. Only one submission may be made from each degree course.
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The dissertation must be accompanied by a note from the student's academic supervisor stating the proportion of the student's course time allocated to the project and indicating the degree of assistance given.
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A summary of not more than 200 words outlining the content and main findings of the work should accompany the submission. This summary will normally be published in the Society's Newsletter.
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The decision of the adjudicating committee will be announced by 31st
October
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An award will be made only if a treatise of sufficient merit is received.
Full details and a list of previous prizewinners may be obtained from:
Hon General Secretary,
Botanical Society of Scotland,
c/o Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh,
20a Inverleith Row,
Edinburgh, EH3 5LR.
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BOTANICAL