The Fred Cooke Award is offered jointly by Birds Canada and administered by SCO-SOC to honour the contributions of Professor Fred Cooke to Canadian ornithology by supporting ornithological conference travel or research activities by a student conducting research on birds that occur in Canada. The Award shall be for travel to ornithological conferences at which the student will make an oral or poster presentation, or research activities related to their project. A single award of up to $1000 is made annually.