The application deadline for the Emily B. Shane (EBS) Award has been extended to March 28, 2025, at midnight (00:00 UTC). The EBS Award supports conservation-oriented, non-invasive field research on free-ranging odontocetes and sirenians. The award honors Emily B. Shane (1924–1995), a dedicated conservationist and amateur naturalist. Funding is awarded to projects with clear […]
The Wood Award is given in honour of F. G. Wood, one of the founders of the Society for Marine Mammalogy. The Award is presented to the first author of the best student paper submitted to Marine Mammal Science, every biennium. The winner is invited to present their work as a Plenary Talk at the […]
The SMM Conservation Grant Program will be accepting proposals for new grants in July 2024. The SMM has established a conservation endowment to help fund grants to catalyze real conservation efforts for the world’s most endangered marine mammal species. How to enter: Eligibility and application details are available at marinemammalscience.org: call-for-smm-conservation-fund-proposals For more details or […]
Congratulations to Emma Chereskin for winning the Louis M Herman Research Scholarship 2024 for her proposal; “Vocal communication and the cooperative mind: Exploring vocally mediated collaboration during a polyadic cooperative act in wild bottlenose dolphins” Louis M. Herman, Ph.D. and Emeritus Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA, will always be remembered […]
Louis M. Herman, Ph.D. and Emeritus Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, will always be remembered for his innovative, creative, and scientifically rigorous approach to the study of the marine mammals he so loved, and for the future generations of marine mammal researchers he and his work continue to inspire. The Louis M. […]