AWARDS + HONOURS :: CSM Awards
CSM Awards
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CSM Murray Award for Career Achievement |
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R.G.E. Murray |
The CSM Award is the Society's Premier award for senior researchers. After several recent name changes over the last few years, the CSM Executive has decided to permanently name the award in honour of the Murray family.
Professor R.G.E. Murray and his father E.G.D Murray had a seminal role in the genesis of the CSM, and both had storied careers in microbiology. The Society is honoured that Professor R.G.E. Murray has agreed to have the family name affiliated with the CSM Award. We are delighted that the Award will be sponsored by the Publisher of the Canadian Journal of Microbiology, Canadian Science Publishers, formerly NRC Research Press.
We are now accepting nominations for the 2012 CSM Murray
Award - the deadline for nominations is April 8, 2012.
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Microbiology in Canada received national attention when Professor Emeritus
R.G.E. Murray, University of Western Ontario, was appointed as an officer of the Order of Canada. He was honoured for his lifetime contributions to the development of microbiology in Canada. The Canadian Society of Microbiologists owes a special debt of gratitude to Dr. Murray. He was chairman of the Founding Committee for the Society, 1950-1951 and Founding President, 1951-1952. The Society, he said, was "a much-needed catalyst and unifier for the diverse applied and basic microbiologists of the country". He has remained an active member of the Society throughout his scientific career and was elected an honorary member in 1985. Societies and their journals, particularly the Canadian and American Societies, continued to be important to Dr. Murray over the years. He persuaded the National Research Council of Canada that a microbiology journal was a justifiable publication and was appointed the founding editor of the Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 1954-1960. Prior to this appointment, he was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Bacteriology, 1951-1954, and again from 1980-1986. He found his editorship of Bacteriological (later Microbiological, then Microbiology and Molecular Biology) Reviews, 1969-1979, to be a challenge, during which he honed his editorial skills. This involvement with the review journal increased his interest in the affairs of the American Society for Microbiology. He was elected President, 1972-1973, and an honorary member in 1988. He was also elected an honorary member of the Society for Applied Bacteriology in 1988. One of Dr. Murray's passions in life has been taxonomy. He inherited this interest honestly from his father, E.G.D. Murray, who was a trustee of Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1936-1964. After his father's death in 1964, he was asked to join the Bergey's Manual Board of Trustees, and thus began another long association of a Murray with Bergey's Manual. He was Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1976-1990. He has been a member of the International Committee for Systematic Bacteriology (International Association of Microbiological Societies) since 1962, and chairman from 1982-1990. He was elected an honorary member of ICSB in 1990. He was associate editor of the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1982-1990 and editor from 1991-1994, and he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network of Centres of Excellence in an advisory capacity.
Dr. Murray's research in bacterial cytology, structure and function, and systematics and taxonomy has brought numerous honours and awards: the Harrison Prize, Royal Society of Canada (shared with C.F. Robinow), 1957; Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada, 1958; the Canadian Society of Microbiologists Award, 1963; election to the American Academy of Microbiology, 1973; the Flavelle Medal, Royal Society of Canada, 1984; and the J. Roger Porter Award, American Society for Microbiology (U.S. Federation of Culture Collections), 1987. He also holds honorary degrees from the University of Western Ontario and the University of Guelph and was granted the degree Doctor of Science honoris causa by McGill University in 2007. And, many of his students and postdoctoral fellows continue the fine road in microbiology he has forged for them.
This award is given
to stimulate and recognize new researchers in
the microbiological sciences. The award
comprises $1,500.00 and an inscribed scroll.
More information about the award and the
nominations process is available soon. We are now accepting nominations for
the 2012 Fisher Scientific award - the deadline
for nominations April 8, 2012.
| Canadian Graduate Student Microbiologist of the Year
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University nominations are reviewed and ranked
by a 5-member International Scientific
Committee. The award consists of a quality gold
coin from the Royal Canadian Mint, travel,
accommodation, and registration to the annual
meeting. The Gold
Medal competition is made possible by the
generous financial support of CSM. We are now accepting nominations
for the 2012 Canadian Graduate Student
Microbiologist of the Year award. The
nominations deadline is April 8, 2012.
Information about the award and a nomination
form (in PDF and Word format) is available soon.
| CSM Undergraduate Award |
Up to six awards valued at $500 each. The award is accompanied by a certificate of merit.
Purpose
To recognize outstanding promise in an undergraduate student for early career contributions to microbiology and to encourage continued interest in microbiology.
Criteria
Recipients must be enrolled as a full-time student in a Canadian university and be nominated by an instructor of a microbiology course within one year of completing the course. Nomination letters must be accompanied by a 1-page (single-space, 12pt font, 3/4 inch margins) essay by the nominee called “Why the study of small things is big science” and an unofficial transcript of the nominee. Applications should be sent as a PDF format to the CSM Secretariat and will be accepted until March 16 . Applications will be evaluated by the Education and Careers Committee.
Conditions
The nominating instructor must submit a photograph of the recipient receiving the award certificate for use on the CSM website within one month of presenting the award.
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| CSM Graduate Ambassador Award |
Up to two awards valued up to $1500 each. The award includes a $200 honorarium and up to $1300 to cover travel-associated expenses.
Purpose
To enable outstanding graduate students or early career postdocs (within 2 years of graduating) to present research at (at least) two Canadian academic institutions (typically a regional location and national location). The ambassador’s home institution is not an eligible regional location. A pizza lunch, intended for other graduate students to network with the Ambassador, is recommended if the budget permits.
Application
A graduate student or early career postdoc must submit electronically an application in PDF format to the CSM Secretariat by March 16. To be eligible, the applicant must be a current member of the CSM and have been a member for at least one year prior to application. The application must include
- a letter of reference that specifically comments on the oral communication skills of the applicant (typically the student supervisor)
- an abstract of the talk written by the applicant (100 words or less), a justification for two target institutions for presentations (50 words or less) and a digitally recorded video. The 5-minute (or less) video must feature the applicant explaining why the committee should select him or her to serve as a CSM Ambassador, entitled “Why I want to be a CSM Graduate Ambassador”. Note that priority will be given to applicants from institutions that have not been awarded a CSM Graduate Ambassador Award previously.
Conditions
The CSM Graduate Ambassador must be a standing member of the CSM for at least two years at the time of application. The recipient must submit receipts for reimbursement within 8 months of receiving the award. The recipient must also submit a short 100-word summary of the outcomes as well as a photographs of the talk to be shown on the CSM website. The Ambassador is also invited to present their summary in person during the Council and Annual General Meetings the following year if they are already attending the conference. |
| Cedarlane Student Award,
CCM Student Award, ISME 8 Student Award
and the ASM Student Award |
Cedarlane student award
Two awards of $500 each and a plaque. The first Award is sponsored by
Cedarlane and will be presented to the best student presentation as
part of the student symposium competition. The second award is a joint
award sponsored by Cedarlane and ATCC for one of the best student
posters. The plaques will be prepared by Cedarlane and forwarded to
the winners after the conference. |
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CCM student awards
Two awards of $500 and a certificate. One for the best student symposium and the other for the best poster.
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ISME-8 student awards
Two awards each worth $500 and a certificate presented by the Atlantic Canada Society for Microbial Ecology. One award will be presented for the best student oral presentation in microbial ecology and another for the best student poster presentation in microbial ecology. |
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ASM student awards
The ASM will provide awards for two students. The awards will consist
of a presentation (oral) award and a poster award. Each award will
consist of:
1. A one-year membership to the ASM
($20)
2. Up to $100 credit at the ASM
bookstore
3. A $350 cash award
4. An ASM plaque. |
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