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!
James L. Patton Award (ad hoc)
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The James L. Patton Award was established in 2015 to promote and support museum-based research by graduate student members of ASM. Each year, one $5000 award will be granted to facilitate the direct use of museum specimens, including travel costs to visit collections and associated analytical or equipment costs. The award honors Jim’s commitment to research collections and their use in understanding the diversity and evolution of mammals, his passion for mentoring young mammalogists, and his long-standing service to the society. The James L. Patton Award is a competitive fellowship.
Both MS and PhD level students are encouraged to apply. We particularly encourage proposals that include the direct inspection of museum collections, including both traditional and/or novel uses of specimens and their associated data. The project description should include mention of broader project objectives and the specific component for which collections use is being requested. Applicants should also describe how their research contributes to the development of natural history collections and their associated data (e.g., field collection, curation, and digitization).
Giovanni Tolentino Ramos is a master’s student at the University of Oklahoma. e is a Mexican biologist, who is interested in the effects of climate change on mammal populations over time. His research has led him to work in a variety of locations including Hawai‘i, Alaska, and Oklahoma. While working on his undergraduate degree he worked with the USDA National Wildlife Research Center in Hilo, Hawai‘i on a project focused on the foraging behaviors of Mus musculus. Giovanni is currently conducting his thesis research under the supervision of Dr. Hayley C. Lanier at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. His thesis focuses on the impacts of climate change on delicate ecosystems and how changes in landscape effect genetic variation and population dynamics. His work uses empirical studies and museumomics to delineate changes in gene flow and genetic variation in collared pika (Ochotona collaris) populations near Paxson, Alaska.
You can donate to the James L. Patton Award fund (and others) here.
The application period opens 15 January with a submission deadline of 1 March at 11:59 PM (EST).
See the grants page for current submission dates. Applications are due March 1.
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