EARLY CAREER OCEAN PROFESSIONAL (ECOP) AWARD


An ECOP is someone who self-identifies as an early career professional in the beginning of their career, with ten years or less of professional experience.
All students are ECOPs by default and should identify themselves as an "ECOP" during on-line pre-/registration.


Outstanding Presentation Awards

Three awards were given to Early Career Ocean Professionals for outstanding oral presentations and three awards for outstanding poster presentations.


Objective of the Award

  • Recognize and encourage excellence and engage early career professionals.


Who is eligible?

A scientist is eligible for the best oral or poster presentation, if:

  • they self-identify as an early career professional in the beginning of their career, with ten years or less of professional experience and
  • the presentation is primarily their work and
  • they will present the information


How to apply?

  • No special application is required. All eligible Early Career Ocean professional (ECOP) will be automatically included in the judging for presentation awards if they identified themselves as "ECOP" during on-line registration or if they checked the box "Consider this abstract for an ECOP Award" during on-line abstract submission.

    If you do not wish your paper to be included in the judging for presentation awards, or if you forgot to identify yourself as an ECOP (check here to check), please contact organizers.


Who will decide?

  • Selected members of the symposium steering committee and later-career symposium attendees will evaluate oral and poster presentations.


When the Award is announced?

  • The announcements about the Outstanding Presentation Awards are made during the Symposium’s Closing Ceremony on June 7.
Important Dates
April 20, 2024
Deadline
April 24, 2024
Deadline
Apr. 27 (JST 24:00PM)
SIGN-UP FORM deadline (25 max capacity)
COOP Event is FULL
  • Evening Workshop for Early Career Ocean Professionals (June 4). This event is no longer available for sign-up.
June 4, morning, 2024
Deadline
June 5, evening, 2024
Deadline
September 30, 2024
  1. Manuscript submission for publication
February 7, 2024
PAST Deadline (midnight, Victoria BC, Canada)
  1. Confirm your presentations and attendance
  2. Confirm your financial support acceptance
January 26, 2024
PAST Deadline
  1. Financial support grant notification
January 22, 2024
PAST Deadline
  1. Abstract acceptance notification
December 8, 2023
PAST Deadline (midnight, Victoria BC, Canada) PAST Deadline
  1. Early Registration
  2. Abstract Submission
  3. Financial Support Application
November 15, 2023
PAST Deadline (midnight, Victoria BC, Canada) Place holders expire for Abstracts accepted for MSEAS-2020 if the abstracts are not resubmitted.
October 1, 2023
PAST Deadline
  1. Abstract Submission
  2. Financial Support Application