The EAS gives out two awards per year, based on presentations at the AAA meetings. The awards are for best paper by a new investigator and best paper by a student, and they are awarded with a cash prize.

Best Paper by a New Investigator

Aaron Blackwell (UCSB) – Trade-Offs Between Current and Future Immune Defense: naïve and Memory T-Cell Populations are Associated with Differential Growth Outcomes in an Indigenous Amazonian Population.

Best Paper by a Student

Adam Boyette (WSU Vancouver) – Developmental and Cultural Variation in Children’s Choice of Cultural Models among Aka Foragers and Ngandu Farmers.