Lepidoptera funding opportunity for students

[Will Cook]

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Date sent:      	Thu, 26 Sep 2002 14:54:44 -0700
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September 26, 2002

LEPIDOPTERA RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION AWARDS

The Joan Mosenthal DeWind Award

The Xerces Society is now accepting applications for two $3,750 awards 
for Lepidoptera research/conservation projects to be executed in 2003. 
The Dewind awards are given to a person or persons engaged in studies or 
research leading to a university degree (graduate or undergraduate) 
related to Lepidoptera research and conservation, and working or 
intending to work in that field. All proposals must be written by the 
student researcher (the proposal can be written by principal student 
researcher if the proposal is from a group).

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Project descriptions may be no longer than 2 pages in length, and should 
include a short (2-3 sentences) summary of the work to be conducted. 
The proposal should also include a discussion of potential conservation 
applications and results, and what products, if any, will result from 
this work. Cited literature, a detailed budget, timeline, and C.V. 
should also be included as additional pages. If you have specific 
questions about these guidelines, or about the application process, 
contact David Johnson, DeWind Award administrator, at david at xerces.org. 
For more information, please visit the Xerces Society website at 
www.xerces.org.

DUE DATE: E-mailed or postmarked by December 15, 2002.

E-mail submissions preferred, send to dewind at xerces.org.
-OR-
Mail to: DeWind Award, The Xerces Society, 4828 S. E. Hawthorne Blvd.,
Portland, OR 97215, USA

BACKGROUND
Joan Mosenthal DeWind was a pioneering member of the Xerces Society. A 
psychiatric social worker by profession, she was also an avid butterfly 
gardener and an accomplished amateur lepidopterist. Her contributions of 
time, organizational expertise, and financial support were essential to 
the growth and success of the Xerces Society over the past 25 years. 
Joan also had a keen interest in young people, supporting what became 
the Young Entomologists' Society. In Joan's memory, Bill DeWind 
established a student research endowment fund in her name.

Projects selected for the award in 2002:

Jeffrey Oliver of the University of Colorado for his proposal 
"Introduced Plants and Native Insects: Is Rumex a Melting Pot for 
Coppers?" This project will determine the extent of hybridization and 
gene flow between two native butterfly species, Lycaena xanthoides and 
L. editha, and will investigate the role of non-native Rumex plant 
species in the ecological genetic relationship of these two native 
butterfly species.

Aaron Ellingson of Colorado State University for his proposal, 
"Improving Line Transect Methods for Monitoring Butterfly Populations." 
This project will test the most commonly relied upon assumptions of 
butterfly transect sampling, and will produce improved alternatives that 
are practical to implement, as well as scientifically sound.


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David Johnson
Development and Communications Coordinator
The Xerces Society
4828 SE Hawthorne
Portland, OR 97215
(503) 232-6639
david at xerces.org

The Xerces Society is a non-profit organization dedicated
to invertebrate conservation.  To join Xerces, go to
www.xerces.org/mbrshp.htm


 
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