ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Awards

Eligibility

To be eligible, a student must be an ENAR member (either when submitting the manuscript or when the work was completed), a degree candidate at an accredited institution in any term during 2009, and able to present the research during the ENAR Spring Meeting, March 21-24, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Reported research should be the work of the student and relevant to biometric applications. The student must be the first (senior) author, although the manuscript can be coauthored with a faculty advisor or a small number of collaborators. The paper must not be published or accepted for publication at the time of submission. Previous recipients of a Distinguished Student Paper Award from any region of the International Biometric Society and students presenting papers on the 2010 invited program are not eligible.

All required materials for a Student Paper Award must be received by the ENAR Business Office, including the electronic submission of the manuscript and the abstract through www.enar.org, by November 1, 2009. Only complete submissions that meet the eligibility requirements, follow the described guidelines, and are received by November 1 will be considered. (Please refer to the complete details of Submission of Manuscripts below.) Manuscripts are reviewed without author or institutional identification. Please be certain the text contains no such identifying information or obvious cues.

ENAR Student Paper Awards Guidelines for Manuscript Preparation

Manuscripts should be no more than 25 pages in length, with one-inch margins, a 12-point font size, and no more than 25 lines per page, double-spaced. The paper should include a one-paragraph summary (abstract) with keywords at the beginning. References should be typed using the style of the Biometrics journal. Tables and figures should be separated from the text and included at the end of the manuscript. Tables and figures, appendices, acknowledgments, and references are included in the 25-page limit. The title page with summary abstract and keywords is excluded from the 25-page limit.

Review Criteria

Up to 20 award winners will be selected through review, blinded to authorship and institutional affiliation, by the ENAR Student Awards Committee chaired by 2009 ENAR Immediate Past President Eric (Rocky) Feuer.

Selection criteria will emphasize the strength of the manuscript in four areas:

• Motivation by a relevant problem;
• Methodological development or investigation relevant to the motivating problem;
• Scientifically meaningful illustration of proposed methodology;
• Clarity and style of presentation.

Submission of Student Papers

All manuscripts and supporting documentation must be received by November 1, 2009, and will be acknowledged by a receipt email. The submission materials will be submitted both electronically and by mail and must include the following: You must complete both steps 1 and 2 below.

STEP 1: Mail all materials to the ENAR Business Office. All materials MUST be received by November 1, 2009.

• A cover letter with contact information;
• A completed copy of the form on page 25 of the ENAR 2010 Spring Meeting Preliminary Program;
• One (1) complete title page with author(s), institutional affiliation, address, phone/fax numbers;
• One (1) copy of the manuscript with only a title, abstract, and keywords on the first page;
• A letter signed by student and the faculty advisor or other department representative, confirming that:
  1. the student has been a degree candidate in at least one term during the calendar year 2009;
  2. the reported work is that of the student (although the manuscript may be co-authored, the student must be the first (senior) author);
  3. the work is not published and has not been accepted for publication as of the submission date; and
  4. the student is not the recipient of a previous Distinguished Student Paper Award from any region of the International Biometric Society and is not presenting a paper in the 2010 ENAR invited program.

STEP 2: Electronic Submission of Manuscript by November 1, 2009:

• Electronic submission (via pdf) of the manuscript, please click the registration form at the bottom of the page or go to ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Awards. Please note that the submitted manuscript should not include a title page, or any other identifying information regarding the author.

STEP 3: Electronic Submission of Abstract by November 15, 2009:

• Electronic submission of the abstract at ENAR Abstract Submission Process

Mailed materials must be received by November 1. Please send to the following address:
Mailed Materials
ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Awards Committee
International Biometric Society (ENAR)
12100 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 130 Reston, VA 20190

Inquiries can be directed to:
Telephone: 703-437-4377
Email: enar@enar.org