Special opportunities for college students are available throughout the year. Be sure to also look at the Jobs and Internships page for more ways to get involved. Each fall, the Friends of Long Marine Lab host an open competition for Student Research and Education Awards. Below are the results of the 2007-08 competition. Click here to see the Call for proposals from fall 2007. Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) University of California, Santa Cruz FRIENDS OF LONG MARINE LAB STUDENT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AWARD WINNERS 2007-2008 Decisions were made in December 2007 by the proposal review committee for the Friends of Long Marine Lab Student Research and Education Awards. Fifteen projects were supported and a total of $11,588 awarded. All students, award recipients, faculty, researchers, staff, friends and family are invited to the Fifth Annual Friends of Long Marine Lab Student Research and Education Awards ceremony and reception to be held in the La Feliz room at the Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Please e-mail a RSVP to Lisa M. Rose at lmrose@ucsc.edu or phone (831) 459-3694 by January 17 if you plan to attend. Special thanks to Friends of LML board member and committee chair Rachel Spencer for sponsoring the awards ceremony and reception. We are pleased to announce the award recipients as follows: Rodrigo Beas "Kelp Forest Ecological Modeling Approach for Monitoring and Evaluating Marine Protected Areas in Central California" Peter Cook "The Cognitive and Behavioral Effects of Environmental, Sub-Lethal Domoic Acid Exposure in California Sea Lions" Jessica Couture "The role of Morphological Complexity as a Refuge for Invertebrates on two species of Red Algae" Kate Dallas "How Do Anthropogenic Changes in San Francisco Bay Affect the Sediment Supply to Coastal Beaches." Asila Ghoul "Southern Sea Otters and Sound: Auditory Adaptations in a Transitional Marine Carnivore" Nicole Kinsman "Capturing and Using Local Knowledge to Inform Future Coastal Engineering Decisions" Kord Kober "SNP's in Aristotle's Lantern: A foundation for navigating variation in the California purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Mary Kunkel "Understanding Sources of Biodiversity: The Effects of Habitat Structure on Algae-Associated Invertebrate Assemblages" Sara Maxwell "Completing the Sea Turtle Conservation Puzzle: At-Sea Habitat Conservation of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles from West Africa" Cyril Michel "Movement and Mortality Patterns of the Chinook Salmon in the Sacramento River" Joshua Miller "Comparison of the Genetic Diversity of Three Species of Fish Within the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific Ocean" James Lawrence O'Donnell "The Effect of Symbiosis and Specialization on Speciation in a Group of Coral Reef Shrimps" Anna Rubin "Iron Detection in Coastal Upwelling Regions: A Bio-Optical Proxy" Nicholas Shikuma "Effects of Coastal Pollution on a Water-Borne Pathogen" Kent Susick "Rates of Evolution Among Near Shore Fish Species Across the Pacific and Caribbean" The review process involved Gary Griggs, Director, Institute of Marine Sciences; Rachael Spencer, SREA Chair, former FLML board member, retired business executive; Ken Bloome, FLML board member, physician; Susan Karon, FLML board member, real estate business owner; Harry Blanchard, former FLML board member, retired veterinarian; and Lisa M. Rose, FLML executive director. Special Note: The Friends of Long Marine Lab will honor the top two student research award recipients, Anna Rubin and Nicholas Shikuma, with a special award to be presented to them at our annual Global Oceans Gourmet Dinner and Awards Gala on March 1, 2008 at Bittersweet Bistro. Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) University of California, Santa Cruz CALL FOR PROPOSALS Open to UCSC students only FRIENDS OF LONG MARINE LAB STUDENT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AWARDS 2007-2008 The Friends of Long Marine Lab (FLML), a volunteer support organization affiliated with IMS, has committed funds to support both student research and education projects in the marine sciences. For student research, all geographic areas of study will be considered. For marine science education, the projects must be affiliated with the public education program at the Seymour Center at LML. Awards will be made to both undergraduate students and graduate students (both masters and doctoral). No awards will be greater than $1,000. The average award is typically $500-$700. An awards ceremony will be held on January 24, 2008, at the Seymour Center. Awards are made possible from annual income on five endowed funds: Jane McHenry Student Award Lillian McPherson Rouse Award Friends of Long Marine Lab Student Support Mark T. MacMillan Memorial Prize (undergraduate Marine Biology students) Ken Norris Marine Mammal Research Award (focused on marine mammal research) Additionally, students eligible for financial aid may be awarded funds from the William Bay Heald Scholarship Fund, though financial need as specified by the Office of Financial Aid is not a criterion in determining these awards. How to Apply Follow the guidelines below. Submit NINE copies of the complete proposal packet to: Friends of LML/Student Research Awards – Attn: Lisa M. Rose Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab 100 Shaffer Road Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Deadline for proposals: November 14, 2007, 4:00 PM Questions Please contact Lisa M. Rose: lmrose@ucsc.edu or (831) 459-3694. Criteria Interdisciplinary projects are encouraged. All geographic areas of study will be considered. Field or laboratory research projects, or science education projects affiliated with the Seymour Center at LML will be considered. Special consideration will be given to thesis projects at the undergraduate or graduate level. Requests can be for no more than $1,000. Permanent equipment purchases and travel to scientific meetings are not appropriate uses of these funds. The general practice is to award funds to students as seed money to initiate new projects or research, and as such, graduate students in their third or fourth years of school are not funded. Preference will be given to proposals that follow the guidelines set forth here. GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSALS FRIENDS OF LONG MARINE LABORATORY STUDENT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AWARDS Following these guidelines will give you a far better chance of being funded. Write clearly and simply, reviewers include both scientists and non-scientists who need to understand what you propose to do and why it is important. Review your proposal with your advisor – they have a great deal of experience with proposals and can give you tips to make it more successful. DIRECTIONS: One-page cover sheet that includes: Your name, mailing address, phone number and e-mail address Title of project or thesis One-sentence description of the project (the way you would explain it to a non-scientist) Your social security or student identification number The degree you are pursuing and the year in the program (e.g., senior, first-year Ph.D.) Name of your project or thesis advisor List any previous awards received related to this project/thesis and how you used them Two-page proposal that includes: Introductory paragraph State the major thesis State the significance to the research or education community State the significance to the general public Details of your proposal What you are going to do How you are going to do it Where you are going to do it When you are going to do it, including expected completion date What you expect to find What you will do with the results Budget Describe/list the item or service (e.g., chemicals, four large batteries, boat time) Cost One-page letter of recommendation from your project or thesis advisor Ask your advisor for the letter and tell them what it is for and when it is needed. The letters should include comments on the significance of the project, an assessment of your progress to date, an assessment of the project’s feasibility, your promise as a researcher or science educator, and any financial support the advisor is providing. Collate and staple nine copies of all the documents for submission; cover letter on top, followed by your advisor’s letter next, proposal on bottom. Each packet should be no longer than four pages. Submit by the deadline. GOOD LUCK! Successful applicants will be notified by December 14, 2007. Students whose projects are selected must do one of the following in order to receive their cash award: • Attend the Student Research and Education Awards Ceremony on January 24, 2008, and acknowledge their gift in person; or • Present a thank-you letter to the Friends of Long Marine Lab by noon on the date of the ceremony, briefly noting how the award will further their project. Letters may be delivered to Lisa M. Rose at the Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab. The Friends of Long Marine Lab will honor the top student research award recipients with a special award to be presented to them at our annual Global Oceans Gala on March 1, 2008 at the Bittersweet Bistro in Aptos. Please call (831) 459-3694 for more information. All students, award recipients, faculty, researchers and staff are invited to the Fifth Annual Friends of LML Student Research and Education Awards ceremony and reception to be held in the La Feliz room at the Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served at the reception. Please e-mail a RSVP to Lisa M. Rose at lmrose@ucsc.edu or phone (831) 459-3694 by January 18 if you plan to attend. Special thanks to Friends of LML board member and committee chair Rachael Spencer for sponsoring the awards ceremony and reception. Learning Programs: School | Youth | Teacher | Visitor | Member