F.G. Wood Memorial Scholarship Award

F.G. Wood Memorial Scholarship Award

Funder: Society for Marine Mammalogy

Recurrence: Biennial (awarded every two years, between conferences)

Purpose

Created in honor of F.G. Wood, one of the Society's founding members who was a strong proponent of the importance of students in marine mammalogy. The award recognizes excellence in scholarship by students.

Award Criteria

• Awarded for the best student paper published in the Society's journal Marine Mammal Science during the two-year period between conferences
• Recipient delivers a plenary talk at the Biennial Conference

Recent Winners

• 2015: Dr. Trish Lavery, Department of the Environment (Australia) for the paper "Whales sustain fisheries: Blue whales stimulate primary production in the Southern Ocean"

Selection Process

• Selected by the Society based on quality and excellence of published student research in Marine Mammal Science
• One winner per biennial cycle