Tonolli Memorial Award Grant

Tonolli Memorial Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL)
Amount: US $1,000 - US $1,500
Last Updated: April 12, 2025

Summary

The Tonolli Memorial Award, established in 1985 by the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL), supports young limnologists from developing countries pursuing graduate degrees. Priority is given to research in biogeochemistry, community composition, and inland water processes. The fund aims to enhance education and research in limnology, fostering the next generation of scientists committed to understanding and preserving aquatic ecosystems.

Overview

Information on the Tonolli Fund The Tonolli Fund of SIL was created in 1985 through a request from Vittorio and Livia Tonolli, well known limnologists at the Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia in Pallanza, Italy. The purpose of the fund is to provide assistance to young limnologists of developing countries. The awards committee for the Tonolli Fund will emphasize research and graduate education in limnology. Subjects of highest priority for the Tonolli Fund include the following: cycling (biogeochemistry) of carbon, key nutrients, or other elements known to be important to inland waters; studies of the production of either plant, animal, or microbial biomass and the factors that regulate production; studies of community composition, biodiversity, or factors that regulate these attributes of inland waters; analytical or comparative studies of physical, hydrological, chemical, or biotic processes in all types of inland waters.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. In recent years, the awards committee for the Tonolli Fund has used the fund primarily for support of students who are working toward post-graduate degrees (MSc, PhD) in the field of limnology.Recipients can also apply again for support in the following year.

Ineligibility

The committee will not consider research support for young limnologists who have just received an advanced degree and are in need of funds to support research, or of local limnological projects involving more than one Early Career limnologist.The Tonolli Fund cannot be used for international travel or non-research expenses