Students

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Travel Grants

UPDATE: 2013 EEB Graduate Student Travel Award Announced!

The applicants highlight both the interdisciplinary nature of our EEB program and the excellence of our students. Below is a list of the students who received an award. The amount funded ranged from $481 to $1,000.

Student

Conference/Meeting

Abstract/Research Description

Julia Cope

American Society of Microbiology- Texas Branch

Screening Microbial Communities from Extreme Environments in a Carboxylate Platform for Cellulosic Biofuel Production and Evaluating Community Compositions Found During Superior Performance

Loriann Garcia

Entomological Society of America

Potential for feeding by the cotton fleahopper to initiate plant mediated interspecific competition that decreases  performance of pests

Emma Ruiz

International Bat Research Conference

Potential distribution of the migratory corridor of an endangered pollinating bat

Diana Lopez

Ecological Society of America

Fungal endophytes and their role as protective agents against herbivores

Elizabeth Marchio

Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

The business end of Belonesox: cranial osteology of the Pike livebearer Belonesox belizanus

Chouly Ou

Ecological Society of America

Seasonal Hydrology Drives Shifts in Production Sources Supporting Fishes in the Lower Mekong River Basin

Chris Schalk

Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

Trophic plasticity in tropical tadpole ecomorphs

Michael Treglia

U.S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology

Historic and current distribution models for the endangered Arroyo Toad (Anaxyrus californicus), which is endemic to southern California

Margot Wood

Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation and the Organization of Tropical Studies

Assessing the ecological function of the Paso de Las Nubes biological corridor.

Eligibility

  • Students must give a talk or poster containing original ideas/research related to the EEB mission at EIS 2013 (coauthors are permitted).
  • The applicant's primary advisor/committee chair must be a faculty member of the Interdisciplinary Research Program in EEB at Texas A&M University. To find out if your advisor is a member of the EEB faculty, check the listing on the EEB website. If he or she is not a member, it is not too late to join.
  • Eligibility is restricted to students pursuing a PhD. However, MS students who transition into a PhD program during 2013 will also be considered.
  • Priority will be given to students who have not received EEB travel support in the past.

Requirements

Funds may be used for travel, lodging, and registration; the award must be spent by December 31, 2013. This call can be used to retroactively support expenditures for attending and presenting at meetings since 1 January 2013 that were paid for by personal funds and have not been reimbursed from other sources.

Applications for travel awards must be submitted electronically as one PDF document that includes the following:

  1. Name and contact information (Department, Mail Stop, Office/Lab Phone, E-mail, Advisor).
  2. Graduate status (including pre- or post-ABD) & expected graduation date.
  3. 2-page CV
  4. Name, dates, and location of conference for which support is requested. If possible, provide a URL to the meeting's website.
  5. A brief statement (2 paragraphs, maximum 1 page) describing (a) the academic rationale for EEB support of your presentation at the meeting, and (b) the applicant's previous and anticipated involvement in EEB activities (participation in EEB student group; organizing the EIS; hosting seminar speakers; etc.).
  6. Either the abstract for the accepted presentation, if available, or a description of research that has been, or will be, submitted (maximum of 300 words).
  7. Estimated budget for your travel, including airfare, lodging, meals, registration, and other related costs. (Indicate how much you are requesting from EEB – an amount not to exceed $1000).

In addition, the following is required in support of each application prior to the above deadline:

  1. The applicant's EEB advisor/committee chair must submit an e-mail confirmation acknowledging and supporting the application, and verifying that other funding sources are not available to cover the full cost of the meeting.
  2. 2) A e-mail statement attesting to the applicants active involvement in EEB from an EEB member outside the student's home department and who is NOT the applicant's advisor.
Submit applications to:
Dr. Jan E. Janecka
Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
jjanecka@cvm.tamu.edu

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