Sources of Support for GPMB Students
| Name | Source | Support | Amount | Demographic | Research Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMS Student Research Grant | American Malacological Research Society | Supplies, travel | 1000 | Society members | Molluscan research |
|
Budweiser
Conservation Scholarship Program 2008 update not available |
Anheuser-Busch | Stipend | 10,000 | Open | Conservation |
|
Coastal
Management Fellowships Program
|
Coastal Services Center - NOAA | Salary + expenses | 34,000 | Open | Coastal resource management and public policy |
| Crustacean Society Fellowship in Graduate Studies | The Crustacean Society | Supplies, travel | 1000 | society members | Crustacean research |
| Denton Belk Memorial Scholarship in Graduate Studies | The Crustacean Society | Supplies, travel, course fees | 1500 | Open | Branchiopod research |
| Dolores (Deo) Fisher Award | Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum | Open | 1000 | Women | Broad |
|
Dr.
Nancy Foster Scholarship Program
|
NOAA | Stipend | 20,000 | Open; women & minorities encouraged | oceanography, marine biology, maritime archaeology |
|
Earth
and Space Science Fellowship Program
|
NASA | Stipend, supplies, travel | 30,000 | Open | Earth science research program |
| East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) | NSF | Stipend | 5000 | Open | Research in East Asia and Pacific Rim countries |
|
EPA
STAR
|
EPA | Stipend, tuition, travel | 20,000 + |
Open
|
Environmental studies |
|
Fulbright
US Scholars Program
|
US State Department | Stipend, expenses | Varies with country | Open | Open |
| Gaige Fund Award | American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists | Supplies, travel | 1000 | ASIH member | Herpetology |
| Grants in Aid of Research | Sigma Xi | Supplies, travel | 1000 | Open | Open |
| Grants in Herpetology | Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles | Broad | 500 | Open | Herpetology, education, conservation |
| Joanna Foundation Graduate Fellowship in Marine Biology |
The Joanna Foundation Contact: GPMB Director |
Open | Varies | Open | Marine biology |
|
Knauss
Fellowship
|
NOAA | Stipend, insurance | 44,000 | Open | Marine policy |
| Lerner-Gray Grants for Marine Research | American Museum of Natural History | Supplies, living expenses | 1000 | Open | Marine zoology |
|
Marine
Genomics Award
|
CofC - Internal Contact: GPMB Director |
Stipend + abatement | 22,000 | Open | Marine genomics |
| McLeod-Frampton Graduate Scholarship |
The Agricultural Society of South
Carolina Contact: GPMB Program Director |
Open | 5000 | GPMB students from SC | Marine biology |
| Melbourne R. Carriker Student Research Grant | National Shellfisheries Association | Supplies | 1000 | Open | Shellfish research |
|
NERR
Graduate Research Fellowships
|
NOAA | Stipend | 20,000 | Open; minorities encouraged | NERRs-related research |
| PADI Foundation grants | PADI Foundation | Open | 20,000 max | Open | Aquatic projects |
| Phillip M. Fields Scholarship | SC Aquatic Plant Management Society | Supplies, travel | 3000 | Open | Aquatic plant biology, ecology, management |
| Presidential Summer Research Awards in Marine Biology |
CofC - Internal Contact: GPMB Program Director |
Summer stipend | 3750 | GPMB students | Marine Biology |
| Raney Fund Award | American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists | Travel, supplies | 1000 | ASIH member | Ichthyology |
| SDE, Eloise Gerry, Vessa Notchev and Nell I. Mondy Fellowships | Sigma Delta Epsilon | Supplies or travel | 4000 | women, SDE member | Biological and oceanographic studies |
| SEASPACE Scholarship | Seaspace | Open | Based on financial need | Open | Broad |
| SICB Grants-in-Aid of Research | Society of Integrative & Comparative Biology | Open | 1000 | SICB member | Integrative & comparative biology |
| Slocum-Lunz Foundation |
CofC - Internal Contact: David Whittaker, SCDNR, P.O. Box 12559, Charleston, SC 29412 |
Supplies | 1000-1500 | GPMB students | Marine biology |
| Steven Berkeley Marine Conservation Fellowship | American Fisheries Society | Research costs | 10,000 | Open | Marine ecology, conservation biology, fisheries science |
| SWS Student Grants Program | Society of Wetland Scientists | Supplies, travel | 1000 | Wetland science | |
| Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant | American Museum of Natural History | Supplies, travel | 2500 | Open | North American fauna conservation or natural history |
2010-2011 Funding and Cooperative Research Committee:
- Steven Christopher - steven.christopher@noaa.gov
- Jack DiTullio - ditullioj@cofc.edu
- Pam Morris - morrisp@musc.edu
- Tanya Darden - dardent@dnr.sc.gov
- Leah Fisher - lrfisher22@gmail.com
