John Odland Award

The competition is open to active undergraduate and graduate students who have previously not won the award. Papers may be of a theoretical or applied nature. They will be judged on the following criteria: (1) potential contribution to the use of mathematical models, statistical techniques and other technological and computational approaches for analyzing spatial phenomena in any subfield of geography; (2) appropriate and sound use of methodology; (3) originality; (4) organization and written composition of the paper; and (5) quality of oral presentation.