Target dates for tasks (by 5 pm unless otherwise noted)
§ Week 3 (28 January): Define teams, select problem
§ Week 5 (9 February): Submit proposal for peer review
Develop conservation problem, the experimental situation, and the methods used to collect data.
In some cases no data may be available; in those cases data will be simulated under assumptions and design specified by the student team.
§ Week 6 (22 February): Proposal peer reviews completed
§ Week 8 (4 March): Revised proposal (response to reviews)
§ Week 9 (17 March) : Deadline to define the final analyses to be used for the data
§ Week 11 (5 April) : Submit Final Completed Project for peer review
§ Week 12 (14 April): Peer reviews completed and returned to authors
§ Week 15 (26 & 28 April): Formal project presentations
§ Week 15 (28 April): Final Revised projects due
Address or rebut peer review comments