Mam·mal·o·gy / a branch of zoology dealing with mammals
Mam·mal·o·gist / a person with the best job in the world!
Mam·mal·o·gy / a branch of zoology dealing with mammals
Mam·mal·o·gist / a person with the best job in the world!
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The Grants-in Aid Committee was formed in 1971 (Gill and Wozencraft, 1994) to enhance and support graduate research by identifying and funding research proposals pertaining to mammals. Additionally, this committee nominates the outstanding graduate students that best meet the conditions and criteria set forth for the American Society of Mammalogists Fellowship and the Albert R. and Alma Shadle Fellowship.
The Albert R. and Alma Shadle Fellowship is awarded to a graduate student in recognition of current accomplishments and future potential in Mammalogy. The 2019 recipient of the Albert R. and Alma Shadle award is Katie Stanchak of the University of Washington.
Ms. Stanchak has published mammal research in Evolution, Journal of Biogeography, and the Anatomical Record. She has received support from numerous organizations, including an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant and a Grant-in-aid from the American Society of Mammalogists, and she was twice the recipient of a Washington Research Foundation and Benjamin Hall Graduate Fellowship from the University of Washington. She has been active in outreach at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, where she is a graduate student researcher in the Department of Mammalogy.
Ms. Stanchak's dissertation research is focused on explaining the origin and diversification of a novel skeletal element in bats. This project is inherently integrative, drawing on methods from comparative anatomy, development, biomechanics, and macroevolution. For this work, Ms. Stanchak has been awarded the Karl F. Koopman Award from the North American Society for Bat Research and the Anna M. Jackson Award from ASM. The Shadle Fellowship from ASM will help Ms. Stanchak complete her studies of bat skeletal anatomy and present her research at conferences in the upcoming year.
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A single graduate fellowship in mammalogy is provided annually by the Board of Directors of ASM at the recommendation of the Grants-in-Aid Committee. The amount of the award for the academic year 2019-2020 has been set at $20,000. The fellowship is intended to recognize current accomplishments in mammalogy, service to ASM, and the potential for a productive, future role in professional mammalogy. Applicants may be any graduate student members of ASM enrolled at a college or university for the forthcoming academic year and engaged in research in mammalogy. See the grants page for current application, instructions, and submission dates.
A single graduate fellowship in mammalogy is provided annually by the Albert R. and Alma Shadle Endowment Fund. The award is made by the Buffalo Foundation at the recommendation of the Grants-in-Aid Committee of ASM. Generally, the award is approximately $4,000. The fellowship is intended to promote a professional career in mammalogy by allowing the recipient greater freedom to pursue research, but is not a grant in support of a specific research project. Applicants must be enrolled as graduate students in a college or university in the United States for the forthcoming academic year and be engaged in research in any area of mammalogy. See the grants page for current application, instructions, and submission dates.
Awards are made available by the Board of Directors of the Society in amounts not to exceed $1500.00 (US) to graduate and upper-level undergraduate students who are members of the Society at the time of application. Awards primarily will be for support of field or laboratory work in any area of mammalogy, or for the purchase of supplies and small items of equipment related to such research. See the grants page for current application, instructions, and submission dates.
presented by the Buffalo Foundation to a student enrolled in a university/college in the United States to promote a professional career in mammalogy by allowing the recipient greater freedom to pursue research
presented to a student in recognition of current accomplishments in mammalogy, service to ASM, and the potential for a productive, future role in professional mammalogy