Awards

The Biometrics Working Group has five awards that they can award annually – Award of Excellence, Student Award of Excellence, David. R. Anderson Outstanding Student Paper Award, Special Recognition Award, and Appreciation Award. 

These awards are for individuals or groups that have made a special contribution to the Biometrics Working Group or through the application of biometrics to wildlife management and research. See Award Procedures to learn more about nomination and selection process and Award Recipients to see previous recipients.

Award of Excellence

The Biometric Working Group’s Award of Excellence recognizes an individual Biometrics Working Group member for their career-long contribution to the field of biometrics and the application of biometrics to the field of wildlife science and management.

Student Award of Excellence

The Biometrics Working Group Student Award of Excellence recognizes the contribution of a student or recent graduate TWS member for their ongoing research developing and/or applying biometrics to the field of wildlife management, conservation, and ecology, and supports that research with a personal fellowship.

David R. Anderson Outstanding Student Paper Award

The Biometrics Working Group Outstanding Student Paper Award recognizes the contribution of an early career TWS member for their contribution to the development and/or application of biometrics to the field of wildlife management, conservation, and ecology.

Special Recognition Award

The Biometrics Working Group’s Special Recognition Award is meant to recognize a group or an individual that has made an outstanding contribution to the development and application of quantitative methods to the fields of wildlife science and management. A group may consist of multiple individuals who worked as a team, a governmental group or agency, a non-governmental group, a company, or a university department or departmental subsection. A non-wildlife oriented individual may be someone who made a significant impact on the fields of wildlife science and management in establishing, developing, or teaching quantitative methods.

Appreciation Award

The Biometrics Working Group Appreciation Award recognizes a long-term or life-time achievement, or an exemplary short-term contribution by a Biometrics Working Group member on behalf of the Biometrics Working Group. This award can also be presented to a group of individuals not affiliated with the Biometrics Working Group that have made a significant sacrifice of their time, talents, financial resources, or energies by providing a direct service to the Biometrics Working Group.