ECOLOGY CENTER ASSOCIATES
QUALIFICATIONS:
Must do one of the following:
Be a major professor for a student pursuing the Ecology degree
Publish articles of an ecological nature in appropriate, peer-reviewed journals
Teach courses that support the education of EC graduate students
APPLICATION PROCESS:
Submit a letter of application that contains demonstration that the applicant meets one of the
above criteria
From the letters of application, the EC director will choose those who qualify and will have their
membership ratified by a simple majority of the EC Advisory Committee
Applications submitted, but rejected by the EC Director can be appealed to the EC Advisory
Committee
BENEFITS:
Receive email notice of EC activities, job openings, grant applications, etc.
May apply for travel funds to help support presentation of papers or posters of an ecological nature at
appropriate national meetings
May apply for page charges for ecological papers in appropriate peer
reviewed journals
May use the EC as a cost center for grants and contracts
EXPECTATIONS:
EC Associates should cite the EC on title slides/poster at meetings and in
articles supported in part by the EC. Ordinarily this is done with the authors address on title pages