Links
Science Fair
- International Science Fair
- Central Savannah River Area Science and Engineering Fair
- Low Country Science Fair
- USC Central South Carolina Region II Science and Engineering Fair
- Sand Hills Regional Science Fair
- Greenville County Science and Engineering Fair
- Sea Island Regional Science Fair
- Piedmont South Carolina Region III Science Fair
Scientific Societies
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- National Association of Academies of Science
- American Junior Academy of Science
- Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
- North American Benthological Society
South Carolina Science Resources
- USC Center for Science Education
- The Greater Piedmont chapter of the Horace Byrne Explorers Club
- Middle and Elementary School Academy of Science (MESAS)
- South Carolina Junior Academy of Science (SCJAS)
- Midlands Astronomy Club
- South Carolina Science Council
- South Carolina State Museum
- South Carolina Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges
Awards
The Annual Dwight Camper Undergraduate Award in Plant Medicine or Natural Products Research
The Dwight Camper Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award honors an undergraduate student or team that has performed outstanding research as an undergraduate student in any of the scientific fields supported by the SC Academy of Science. This award consists of an honorarium of $300 and a handsomely framed certificate that is presented in a special ceremony at the South Carolina Academy of Sciences annual meeting.
The award is named in memory of the late Dr. Dwight Camper, Professor Emeritus in Plant Physiology at Clemson University. Dr. Camper was very active in the Academy serving in various capacities. He taught many graduate level plant physiology courses as well as a popular undergraduate class called Plant Medicine, Magic and Murder. This was the first exposure most students had to Plant Medicine and led many to pursue research projects in his laboratory. These students benefited from his rigorous guidance while learning to use the scientific method to arrive at meaningful conclusions. He appreciated students who demonstrated a passion for research and approached it with an inquisitive mine, creativity and perseverance. His encouragement and can-do attitude enabled his students to become successful researchers. Dr. Camper felt deeply that research findings should be enthusiastically shared with others and encouraged his students to participate in the South Carolina Academy of Sciences as an avenue to share their discoveries. The Dwight Camper Award was presented for the first time in 2011 to a team of three students from Clemson University conducting research with medicinal plants.
CRITERIA AND APPLICATION PROCEDURES
This prestigious award honors undergraduates with a GPA of 3.0 or better who have engaged in research for at least one year and whose research has or will contribute to the generation of a science publication. The nomination form is available here:
A complete application consists of the nomination form, a letter of nomination from a professor familiar with the student’s research, an abstract of their research and a copy of the student’s university transcript. The winner of the award will be expected to make an oral presentation of their research Academy’s Annual Meeting in April 2012.