Graduate Fellowships
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Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
Application for Graduate Students Fellowships
1. Background and purpose: In 2012 RMBL will provide a number of different fellowships to support graduate students:
Dr. Lee R.G. Snyder Memorial Fellowship
The fund was established in memory of Dr. Lee R.G. Snyder, who died
suddenly in January 1985. At the time of his death Lee was Associate
Professor of Biology at the University of California , Riverside. He
was a long-time member of the RMBL, and began his highly regarded
research on biochemical adaptations of deer mouse hemoglobins as a
graduate student at the Lab in the early 1970s. Lee was personally
devoted both to the RMBL and to excellence in graduate training. With
this in mind, a memorial fund was established in 1985 with the goal of
supporting biological research by graduate students working at the
RMBL. We anticipate distributing $2000 among multiple graduate students in 2012.
Dr. Jean H. Langenheim Endowed Graduate Fellowship in the Ecology and Evolution of Plants
Jean Langenheim has a long-time relationship with RMBL, having first
come in 1946 when she took courses from Harriet Barclay, who had
stimulated her interest in plant ecology at the University of Tulsa.
Currently she is Professor Emeritus of Biology and Research Professor in
the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC-Santa Cruz,
where she has been since 1966. Desipte her change in research focus to
tropical and Pacific Coast plants, she maintains an interest in and love
of high mountain plants- especially in the Gothic area. We awarded $3,000 in 2011 to a single graduate student, and we anticipate awarding an
additional $3,000 to the same graduate student in 2012, pending
successful performance and the filing of a progress report by Dec. 31,
2011. There will be no new awards of the Langenheim fellowship in 2012.
Dr. Stanley Dodson Memorial Scholarship in Aquatic Biology
Stan Dodson originally came to RMBL in 1963 as an 18-year old working
under the guidance of Dr. Charles Remington. He conducted part of his
thesis dissertation work at the Mexican Cut, where he studied
competition and predation in zooplankton. He was a faculty member at
the University of Wisconsin, and returned to RMBL several times to teach
Aquatic Ecology with his wife Ginny. He was the thesis advisor for
several RMBL scientists, including Dr. Bobbi Peckarsky and Dr. Theo
Colborn. We anticipate awarding $4500 to one or several graduate
students in aquatic ecology. If we do not have a strong applicant
working in aquatic ecology, this award may be given to a graduate
student working in another area.
RMBL Graduate Fellowships
RMBL anticipates awarding an additional $2500 to multiple graduate
students. These fellowships are made possible by generous donors to
RMBL.
2. Conditions: Grants are restricted to students enrolled in legitimate graduate
programs in biology or related fields. Allowable expenses include
supplies, field travel while at the RMBL (but not travel from the home
institution to and from the RMBL), and RMBL fees (station fees, housing,
meals, and lab rental). Salaries are not allowed.
3. Applications: Applications must be received by 15 Feb to be considered for funding
for the subsequent 12-month period. Applicants must have either an
approved research plan or a research plan under review. Materials
should be submitted by email to the Science Director. The application
consists of the following materials:
* itemized budget of research expenses at the RMBL;
* two letters of recommendation, one of which is from the student's faculty advisor.
The Graduate Fellowship Committee will be provided a copy of your most recent
research application as well as your CV. If you wish to update that
information, please contact the Science Director.
4. Screening of applications: Evaluation criteria are scientific soundness, feasibility, suitability
of the RMBL as the study site, scientific promise of the applicant, and
financial need.
5. Awarding of grants: Final delivery of an award requires that the proposal be approved
according to the normal RMBL procedures for screening research
applications. The student must work through the Lab and pay applicable
RMBL fees. The awardee will provide a written report of progress made
with the grant (maximum 4 pages) by December 31 of the year in which the
funded season of research is concluded. This report becomes the
property of the RMBL and may be used in any reasonable way (such as
publication in the RMBL Newsletter). Acknowledgment of RMBL is expected
in any publication resulting from funded research. Failure to carry
out the proposed research, to submit an adequate final report, or to
acknowledge the fund in publications may disqualify a student from
receiving further awards.
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Please provide the following information:
(The information provided on this form will be kept confidential.)
Budget
Applicant's name:
Date:
Budget: Please provide an itemized budget of research expenses at the RMBL.
Applicants should include the expected/desired number of individuals on
the research team, including the applicant, and the number of days they
will be at the RMBL. RMBL rates can be found at:
index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=9
Please provide information on other funding sources, noting whether the funding sources are confirmed or pending. Please note if you have previously received RMBL Graduate Fellowship funds. Do not include information on personal finances:
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