| Research Category In partnership with the Council of Educators in Landscape  Architecture and Landscape Journal.  Recognizes: research that  identifies and investigates challenges posed in landscape architecture,  providing results that advance the body of knowledge for the profession.  Typical entries  include: investigations into methods, techniques, or materials  related to landscape architecture practice; assessments of social, economic, or  environmental impacts of landscape architecture; studies of relationships of  landscape architecture to law, education, public health and safety, or public  policy; and more.  Criteria: The jury will  consider how the research is framed; the context and resources of the study;  the methods of inquiry; the results of investigation; and the lesson value of  the research conclusions to the field at large.  Recognition: The Professional  Awards Jury and the Student Awards Jury may each select one Award of Excellence  and any number of Honor Awards in this category.  Entry  Instructions Entrants in this  category will submit: Official Entry  Binder
 Upon receipt of the entry form and payment, ASLA  will issue an official, numbered entry binder for each project to be  submitted. Each entry kit contains a submission binder, forms, and  instructions. All submission materials must fit into this binder, which  contains 24 page views in an 8.5” x 11” format. The jury will not consider any  material that is oversized, behind other items, or submitted outside the binder,  and will not remove any materials from the sleeves (such as pamphlets or  brochures).
 Materials in the  binder must not reveal the names of the entrant.  Entrants must use an easily readable typeface,  such as Times Roman, Garamond, or Arial, no smaller than 10-point size, for all  text.  Binder covers may not be altered in any manner.  Entry binders in  the Research Category must contain the following items: 1.    Descriptive Data Summary: The first three (3) views of the Entry Binder must include a descriptive  data summary of up to three (3) typed pages.   Please use the appropriate form provided for Professionals and for Students. 2. Images*: Include at least five (5) but no more than  fifteen (15) total images (graphs, drawings, photographs) to illustrate the  research.  Images must be 8.5” x 11” format, portrait or landscape  orientation.  Brief captions of no more than 40 words each may be placed  on each image page.   Concealed  Identification and Credit Form
 Please list all project credits on the Concealed  Identification and Credit Form.
 CD-ROM *Entrants  are responsible for clearing photographs with photographers for publication and  reproduction by ASLA. ASLA will provide proper photography and other  project credits when using photos, but will not assume responsibility for any  copyrights or photography fees.  ASLA  retains the right to publish photos submitted in winning entries in Landscape  Architecture magazine, on the ASLA  web site, in promoting the awards program, and in other products in conjunction  with promoting landscape architecture.
 The CD-ROM must contain the contents of the official entry binder and the  Concealed Identification and Credit form as submitted to the awards  program.  Text documents must be in a word processing application (such as  rich text format, MS Word, WordPerfect, WordPad), not a portable  document format (.PDF) file. Images must be in .jpg format at a minimum of 300  ppi (pixels per inch). Label each image with the entry number and the number of  the image. For example, if the entry number is “123,” label the .jpg files as  123-01, 123-02, 123-03, and so on. Please label the CD-ROM jewel case with the  entry number.
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