Undergraduate & Graduate Grant Program

Undergraduate & Graduate Grant Program

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Anacortes Salmon Derby
Amount: US $1,000 - US $10,000
Last Updated: May 01, 2025

Summary

The Undergraduate & Graduate Grant Program, supported by the Anacortes Salmon Derby, aims to fund research focused on recreationally important fish species in the Pacific Northwest. This initiative prioritizes applicants studying Fisheries Biology or Management, encouraging the conservation of salmon and other marine species. Scholarships and grants are available for undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate a commitment to ecological research and sustainable fisheries management, ensuring the protection of vital aquatic resources for future generations.

Overview

About Us We are operated as a non-profit and non political organization to: Conserve and preserve salmon, steel head and trout as a game fish.Preserve and enhance salmon, crab, shrimp, steelhead, trout, and other fisheries through dissemination of full and accurate information to the club members and the general public. Work with and encourage constituted authorities and other conservation organizations through scientific and practical fisheries management; through land, water and watershed management to enhance our fisheries. Promote sport fishing in a sportsmanlike manner. Scholarships and Grants As a Pacific Northwest sport fishing Organization, we support undergraduate or graduate research on recreationally important fish species or groups in order to maintain and protect our region’s resources for this and future generations of sportsmen. Our emphasis is on the ecology, recovery and management of west coast finfish, with particular attention to salmonids and other select marine species. We offer scholarships and grants to graduating high school students, college and graduate students who best meet our criteria. We will be looking for a student wishing to pursue a degree in fisheries, environmental sciences, or a closely related field

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. We are looking for outstanding undergraduate or graduate applicants, enrolled on a substantially full-time basis and pursuing a major field of study closely related to Fisheries Biology or Fisheries Management.