GCFI Student Travel Awards
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
Award: $750 – $750
Deadline: July 15.
To financially assist graduate students interested in marine recreational fisheries who might otherwise not be able to attend the annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) conference. Qualifications: Applicants for this award must be currently enrolled and in good standing in a college or university degree program in the wider Caribbean or in one of the adjacent gulf of Mexico states (Mexico and the United States) or be a student in good standing at any college or university and engaged in a research project in the Gulf of Mexico and wider Caribbean region; only applicants with a social, economic, ecological, or management perspective on recreational fisheries will be eligible to receive this award. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on the Committee criteria. How to apply: Applicants must be submit online application; an letter from the student nominee that includes: student's name, address, telephone number, e‐mail address, educational institution, department, degree level, a short description of current research in marine recreational fisheries, involvement with recreational fisheries topics/issues and related achievements, any particular reason for attending the GCFI meeting (paper presentation, pertinent paper session, meet with a faculty member at another institution attending the meeting, etc.), statement of career goals in fishery science or management, and reasons why financial assistance is needed; additional requirements are a vita, a confidential letter of endorsement from a faculty member from the applicant's home institution/department, and an ABSTRACT of an oral or poster presentation submitted for the GCFI conference; eligible for this scholarship applicants must fill out the abstract submission form located on the GCFI conference web page; supporting paperwork, including a copy of the abstract. Focus: Fisheries sciences/management.