The Sleep Research Society, a professional scientific organization, announces their 1999 Essays Awards Program for high school students. Essays, typewritten and limited to 1000 words in length, will be accepted on any topic related to sleep. Specific topics in this area could include, but would not be limited to: sleep and performance, sleepiness/alertness and education, sleep in animals, the brain and sleep, dreams and sleep, and the functions of sleep. Essays may also be based on a research project. All essay entrants will receive a “Sleep Brain” T-shirt (click here to see the design); teachers of essay entrants will receive a copy of Basics of Sleep Behavior, a sleep syllabus designed for use by teachers who want to incorporate the study of sleep into their curriculum. Up to five first prize cash awards in the amount of $250 and a certificate of merit will be awarded as judged by a panel of experts from the Sleep Research Society. Additionally, the high school of each first prize winner will receive a free copy of the Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreaming (Carskadon, ed., New York: Macmillan, 1992, 630 pages).
A listing of information resources, official rules, and an official entry blank may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped (32-cents postage) business size envelope (4-1/8” x 9-1/2”) to: Sleep Contest Inquiry, Sleep Research Society, 6301 Bandel Road, Suite 101, Rochester, MN 55901. Essays must be postmarked by March 15, 1999, and will not be returned. Awards will be announced by June 1, 1999.
Send entries to: Essay Awards Program, Sleep Research Society, 6301 Bandel Road, Suite 101, Rochester, MN 55901. On a cover page of the essay, students should indicate their home address, identify their school, its address, telephone number and appropriate contact person (e.g., science teacher, advisor and/or principal). An Official Entry Blank, Competition Rules and Information Resources can be found by clicking on the links above and are also available from the above address.
Jessica Fangman, McNicholas High School, Cincinnati, Ohio
Kathleen McDermott, John Marshall High School, Rochester, Minnesota
Dustin Pifer, Tippecanoe Valley High School, Mentone, Indiana
Samuel Reid, Cold Spring Harbor High School, Cold Spring Harbor, New
York
Robert Seitelman, Long Beach Polytechnic High School, Long Beach, California
Amber Wallin Grade: 10
Title: Teenagers And Sleep.
Hattiesburg High School
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Peter Davio Grade: 12
Title: The Effect Of Sleep Deprivation In The Modern World.
Hesperia Christian School
Hesperia, CA
Jason Rusten Grade: 10
Title: Power Naps: A Solution For Teenage Grogginess?
Richard Montgomery High School
Rockville, MD
Rumya S. Putcha Grade: 11
Title: Exercise And Adolescent Sleep
Clear Lake High School
Houston, Texas
Rosalinda Bustamante Grade: 12
Title: Death And Taxes Are Not The Only Certainties In Life:
Sleep Must Be Included As Well.
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Houston, Texas
