This year, there is a competition for the best student presentation at the 53rd MMM Conference in Austin to recognize and to encourage excellence in graduate studies in the field of magnetism.

Eligibility: The nominee must be a full time graduate student expecting to graduate within one year of the 53rd MMM Conference. The student's area of research may either be theoretical or experimental in any of the general technical and scientific areas normally presented as part of the 53rd MMM Conference. The student's regularly submitted abstract must have been accepted for presentation through the normal abstract review process by the 53rd MMM Conference Program Committee as either an oral presentation.

Nature of Award: This award consists of a one-year fellowship of $1000 for the winner and a one-year fellowship of $250 to each of the remaining finalists. The names of all finalists competing for the award will be announced in the 53rd MMM Conference Abstract and Program Booklets. The name of the winner will be published in the Program Booklet of the following MMM Meeting.

Selection Process: Up to eight finalists will be selected by a Student Award sub-committee of the 53rd MMM Conference Program Committee. Selections will be made from extended-abstract applications, as described below, based on an overall assessment of the quality of each applicant's extended and regularly submitted abstracts. Notification to the finalists will be made by e-mail in early August 2008. The presentations, which must be made by the finalist, will be evaluated at the conference by the Student Award sub-committee and the winner will be announced shortly after the conclusion of 53rd MMM Conference. The decision of the Student Award sub-committee is final.