GENERAL INFORMATION

Graduate Competition submission options have been adjusted for the 2004 ADSA/ASAS/PSA Joint Meeting. ADSA Production Division Graduate Members, ADSA Dairy Foods Graduate Division Members, ADSA Southern Branch Graduate Members, NE ASAS/ADSA Graduate Members, and PSA Student Competitors will present their papers in competition sessions early in the course of the 3 ½-day meeting. ADSA Production Division Members will also be allowed to present their papers within their subject area. National ADSA Production Members are also eligible for sectional competition.

ADSA/ASAS Graduate Student Competitions

Your 1st Section Preference should be one of the following Graduate Student Paper Competitions:

National ADSA Foods Only
National ADSA Production Only
ADSA-ASAS NE Branch Only
ADSA Southern Branch Only

ADSA National Production Graduate Competition Members must also select their subject area as the 2nd Preference and contact Headquarters if they would like to present that abstract within that section as a poster only. You MUST email your intent to present the abstract as a poster to abstract@assochq.org no later than March 4, 2004. Please include your tracking number, title, subject area and corresponding author in the email.

PSA Student Competition

Please submit your abstract to the correct subject area and indicate that you would like it to be considered for the PSA Student Competition on the abstract form
.
Consult the information below for complete information regarding each award.

NATIONAL ADSA COMPETITION

GENERAL INFORMATION

Contests for the ADSA Graduate Student Paper Presentation Contest will be held in both Dairy Foods and Production Divisions of ADSA. A certificate and cash award will be presented to first, second, and third place winners in each division. All participants must be members of ADSA. A photograph and a brief résumé including name, address, telephone number, degrees and date received, professional work experience, areas of research, scholarships and fellowships received, professional activities and memberships, and other special interests should be sent along with the abstract to the Division Contest Chairperson (see subsequent information). The résumés will be used to write the citations of the winners. Papers will be presented as a separate session within the Production Division. The paper is to represent original research by the contestant. In development of the plan of research and in preparing for the oral presentation, the contestant should have such counsel from the major professor as is expected normally. Some requirements for submission of abstracts differ between the two divisions. Consult the information on the appropriate Division.

PRODUCTION DIVISION

An institution is entitled to enter one participant per department in the Production Division contest. Students who have won previously may not enter the contest again. Students who placed second or third may only compete again if they have changed degree programs. Contestants must submit an Oral entry for the competition. If they wish, this can also be presented in the regular subject matter session as a poster presentation. It is not required that the graduate student present in both the Graduate Contest and the regular section. To enter the contest, follow the instructions for submitting an abstract using the web abstract submission form at www.fass.org/2004 and also submit a letter indicating appropriate Division and your desire to enter the contest signed by your major professor and department head. A letter and 1 copy of the abstract including the online submission tracking number, a brief résumé (see General Information), and a photograph should be sent to Mark A. McGuire, University of Idaho, Department of Animal & Veterinary Science, PO Box 442330, Moscow, ID 83844-2330, Phone: 208-885-7683, Fax: 208-885-7036, Email: mmcguire@uidaho.edu. All submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. CST on March 3, 2004.

DAIRY FOODS DIVISION

There is no restriction on the number of participants from each institution for the Dairy Foods Division Contest. To enter the contest, follow the instructions for submitting an abstract using the web abstract submission form at www.fass.org/2004. Also send a letter indicating a desire to enter the contest, signed by your major professor, by 11:59 p.m. CST March 3, 2004 to Phil Tong, California Polytechnic State University, Dairy Science Department, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, Phone: 805-756-6102, Fax: 805-756-6667, E-mail: ptong@calpoly.edu. The submitted abstracts will be evaluated by a committee and up to 10 finalists will be selected for the Dairy Foods Graduate Paper Presentation Contest. The selected finalists will be notified by April 2. Contestants selected as finalists will give their presentations in the same session. Contestants not selected as finalists will present their papers as part of the regular research paper sessions. The selected finalist will also be required to submit 4 copies of an extended abstract to Dr. Tong by April 30. The extended abstract will consist (typed single-spaced) of a one-page Introduction, one-page Materials and Methods, and a two-page Results, Discussion, and Conclusions (no more than four pages total). Judging criteria and point distribution for the expanded abstract and oral presentation are located online at www.fass.org/2004. Finalists will be asked to send a brief résumé and a photograph as described in General Information.

SCORECARDS

The criteria used for judging these contests are located online at www.fass.org/2004.

NORTHEAST ADSA-ASAS GRADUATE PAPER COMPETITION

The Northeast ADSA-ASAS Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with the national joint meeting of ADSA-ASAS-PSA. Graduate students will not be able to participate in both the national and the Northeast competition unless they submit 2 different abstracts--one for the Northeast and one for the National. If an ADSA student wishes to participate in the national competition, the student must follow the procedures for either the Production or Dairy Foods Division as previously stated. If you have any questions regarding the Northeast competition please contact Thomas Hartsock, Institute of Applied Agriculture, University of Maryland, 2123 Jull Hall, College Park, MD 20742, Phone: 301-405-4684, Fax: 301-314-9343, E-mail: TH9@umail.umd.edu. All abstract submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. CST on March 3, 2004.

SOUTHERN ADSA GRADUATE PAPER COMPETITION

The Southern ADSA Branch Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with the national joint meeting of ADSA-ASAS-PSA. Graduate students will not be able to participate in both the National and Southern competition unless they submit 2 different abstracts--one for the Southern Section and one for the National. If a student wishes to participate in the National competition, the student must follow the procedures for either the Production or Dairy Foods Division competition as previously stated. If you have questions regarding the Southern ADSA competition, please contact Dr. Brinton A. Hopkins, North Carolina State University, Department of Animal Science, 108-B Polk Hall NCSU, Box 7621, Raleigh, NC 27695-7621, Phone: 919-515-7592, Fax: 919-515-2152, Email: Brinton_Hopkins@ncsu.edu. All abstracts submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. CST on March 3, 2004.

PSA STUDENT COMPETITION

• The Student Research Paper Certificates of Excellence winners will be selected by the PSA Program Committee Members.
• In special recognition of high-quality research papers presented by students at the Annual Meeting, the Program Committee for the Annual Meeting shall evaluate these papers for the purpose of awarding Certificates of Excellence. The awards shall be based on both the quality of research and excellence of presentation. Only one paper per author shall be eligible to compete for any given year. This paper will be so designated on the abstract form.
To be eligible for consideration a student must be:
• Actively engaged in a college program at the time the abstract is submitted
• The senior author and the person presenting the paper
The number of students selected to receive the PSA Certificates of Excellence shall not exceed 15 percent of those students presenting papers at the annual meeting