Webster Groves Nature Study Society
Scholarships
The Mickey Scudder Scholarship in Field Biology
The Webster Groves Nature Study Society is pleased to announce that applications
are being accepted for the Mickey Scudder Scholarship in Field Biology,
an annual award to support the field work of a graduate student in natural
history. Eligible graduate students are those registered for advanced
degrees (M.S., M.A. or Ph.D.) in universities of the Greater St. Louis
Metropolitan area. These institutions include: St. Louis University, The
University of Southern Illinois, Edwardsville, The University of Missouri
at St. Louis and Washington University.
Mickey Scudder is well remembered for her infectious enthusiasm towards
field work, particularly with wild birds. Consequently, graduate students
planning field work in such areas as ornithology, systematics of plants
or animals, entomology, forestry, ecology, behavior, population genetics,
etc. or those desiring to attend a field station to take formal course
work in such areas are invited to apply for the competitive scholarship.
The amount to be awarded will be up to $1,000 to a single student. The
award period will be June 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013. The award will be made
to the applicant’s institution which is expected to establish and monitor
a fund as appropriate to curate the stipend. The funds may carry over
beyond the year of award if such is to the benefit of the awardee’s research.
The Scudder Scholarship will not pay overhead to any institution.
Applicants should submit the following materials to the review committee:
A. Proposals for support of field research
- 1. A statement describing the nature of the proposed field work.
This statement should include a succinct review of the goals and, where
relevant, a clear indication of hypothesis to be tested. A brief description
of the field techniques to be employed should be couched in general
terms understandable to non-technical reviewers. It is understood that
some of the field data will be further analyzed in the laboratory, and
applicants should indicate the extent to which this will occur.
- 2. A budget covering the expected costs. Travel for automobiles
will be reimbursed on a mileage basis at the official rate of the applicant’s
institution. Estimated expenses for air travel for longer trips must
be on the basis of tourist class. It is preferred that living expenses
in the field be treated as itemized costs (food, room, etc.) rather
than as per diem items. Personal expenses are not to be included. Scientific
supplies may be itemized in general categories. It is not visualized
that equipment costs can realistically be met by this award.
- 3. Three letters of recommendation from current and former faculty
should be submitted independently. One such letter must be from the
applicant’s advisor who must specify that the applicant is a bona fide
student currently registered for a post B.A. or B.S. degree. The advisor
should also stipulate that the applicant’s field expenses are not already
covered by existing funds and that the award would truly enhance his/her
field work.
- 4. Each applicant should submit a brief statement of his/her
academic career, Curriculum Vitae. Information desired includes: past
degrees, the awarding institution and date; a summary of formal courses
in the sciences plus grades (formal transcripts need not be submitted);
participation in conservation activities; other information as desired
by the applicant.
B. Proposals for attending formal courses of a terrestrial,
fresh water or marine station.
- 1. Identification of the station and the courses desired. The
applicant should indicate how such courses will supplement those taken
on the home campus.
- 2. The applicant will submit a budget describing the cost of
tuition, room and board, and travel up to the limit of the award. Expenses
above this limit are the responsibility of the awardee.
- 3. Three letters of recommendation from former or current faculty.
One must be from the applicant’s major advisor who should state that
applicant is a graduate student registered for a post B.A. or B.S. degree.
- 4. Each applicant should submit a brief statement of his/her
academic career, Curriculum Vitae. Information desired includes:
past degrees, the awarding institution and date; a summary of formal
courses in the sciences plus grades (formal transcripts need not be
submitted); participation in conservation activities, other information
as desired by the applicant.
Submit your application by February 12, 2012 to:
The Mickey Scudder Scholarship in Field Biology
Webster Groves Nature Study Society
Electronic Submission to efc_jrc@swbell.net
to the attention of John and Emily Christensen. Electronic files should
not exceed 2 MB to facilitate transmission of the application over the
internet. It is permissible to send multiple e-mails as long as they are
clearly linked in the documentation. Submit as a Microsoft Word
Document or Rich Text Format.
Recipients will be notified on or before April 1. The funds will be available
June 1, 2012.
Within one year of receiving the funds, you should submit a brief written
report to Webster Groves Nature Society and you shall acknowledge the
scholarship in any resulting published material.
You will also be invited to the annual dinner meeting of the Webster
Groves Nature Study Society, May 2012.
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