Awards and Funding News

September 25, 2018

The Emily B Shane Award now accepting applications

The Emily B Shane Award The Emily B. Shane Award (EBS) supports conservation-oriented, non-harmful[1] field research on free-ranging Odontocetes and Sirenians. The award honours Emily B. Shane (1924-1995), a fine amateur naturalist and dedicated conservationist. Funds are awarded to projects with clear conservation priorities for an odontocete or sirenian species, population, or habitat critical to the species. Research […]

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September 6, 2018

Underwater sound research grant opportunity

The U.S. Navy Living Marine Resources (LMR) applied research program is seeking pre-proposals in six topic areas related to underwater sound produced by human activities and its effects on marine life.  Topics include: 1) improving duration of medium-term telemetry tag attachment, 2) demonstration and validation of PAM-based density estimation methods using visually verified survey data, […]

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February 9, 2018

Louis M Herman Research Deadline One Week Away

REMINDER DEADLINE ONE WEEK AWAY Aloha! The deadline for submissions for the Louis M Herman Research Scholarship is one week away 16 February 2018 (Hawaii midnight: GMT -10 hours)  See here for the award announcement at SMM Halifax 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swmmWrCB6yU See here for award criteria https://www.marinemammalscience.org/jobs-grants/awards-and-scholarships/louis-m-herman-research-scholarship/ Thank You Lindsay Porter Awards and Scholarship Sub-Committee Society […]

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Louis M Herman Research Scholarship REMINDER

REMINDER DEADLINE ONE WEEK AWAY The deadline for submissions for the Louis M Herman Research Scholarship is one week away   16 February 2018 (Hawaii midnight: GMT -10 hours)   See here for the award announcement at SMM Halifax 2017  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swmmWrCB6yU See here for award criteria https://www.marinemammalscience.org/jobs-grants/awards-and-scholarships/louis-m-herman-research-scholarship/

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January 24, 2018

Louis M Herman Research Scholarship DEADLINE EXTENSION

ANNOUNCEMENT Aloha! The deadline for submissions for the Louis M Herman Research Scholarship has been extended to Friday 16th February 2018 (Hawaii midnight: GMT -10 hours) See here for the award announcement at SMM Halifax 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swmmWrCB6yU Background  Louis M. Herman, Ph.D. and Emeritus Professor at University of Hawaii at Manoa, was a pioneer and […]

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