The Cetacean Behavior and Conservation (CBC) Award- 2008
General Information on the CB and C Award for 2008
Purpose: The Cetacean Behavior and Conservation Award was established in 2001 to provide financial support for graduate students studying cetacean behavior and/or cetacean conservation in natural environments. The goal of the award is to encourage original and significant research that focuses on endangered populations or species, or on critically important problems in cetacean behavioral biology.
Award: Two awards of a maximum of US $2000 each may be made to successful applicants. The award must be used for field research; it cannot be used for laboratory research. The award shall be given only if there are proposals deemed worthy by the judges in any given year. Thus, there may be years in which no award is made.
Eligibility: Applicants must be enrolled in a Masters or Doctoral Program in a University accredited by a regional college association. Applicants must also be members in good standing of one of the following professional societies: Animal Behavior Society or Association of the Study of Animal Behaviour, i.e., enrolled or renewed as of December, 2007. ASAB members wishing to apply for this award must contact Steve Ramey, aboffice@indiana.edu prior to 31 December, 2007 to have an account set up on the society server.
The DEADLINE for receipt of completed applications is January 14, 2008 ( midnight, Eastern Standard Time). Late applications will not be accepted. If your proposal is short-listed for possible award, you will be contacted to provide a letter of support from an advisor or scientist. All applications will be reviewed by members of the ABS Student Research Grant Committee, and decisions will be announced in April, 2008.
Application Process:Please see the Research Grant Application
