ACS: Puget Sound Chapter - Student Travel Grants

The American Cetacean Society's Puget Sound Chapter offers student travel grants for the Society for Marine Mammalogy's 25th Biennial Conference. Two grants of $750 each will be awarded to eligible students conducting research on cetaceans in Washington State. Applicants must be current ACS members, enrolled at recognized institutions, and first authors on accepted presentations. This initiative supports the conservation and study of marine mammals, fostering new research and collaboration.

The American Cetacean Society-Puget Sound Chapter (ACS/PS) would like to once again solicit submissions for student/intern/postdoc travel grants to the Society for Marine Mammalogy's 25th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals for individuals who have an abstract accepted for presentation at the conference.
Funding
Two student travel grants (US$750 each) will be selected from all eligible applications received by the deadline.

Eligibility

The focus of the research must be on cetaceans within the inland waters (Puget Sound/Salish Sea) OR the outer coast of Washington State, USA.To qualify for this grant, you need to:Make sure you are a current ACS member at the time of submission.Be currently enrolled as a student at a recognized academic institution or an intern/postdoc at a recognized organization conducting cetacean research.
Be first author on an accepted oral or poster presentation.Register for the conference by the early registration deadline.Though you do not need to be a student/intern/postdoc at a Washington State organization/institution, the focus of the research must be in Washington State waters. International student/intern applications are accepted as long as the research takes place within Washington State. US/Canada cross-boundary research must take place a majority of the time within Washington State waters.
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