Special opportunities for college students are available throughout the year. Be sure to also look at the Jobs and Internships page for more ways to get involved. Each fall, the Friends of Long Marine Lab host an open competition for Student Research and Education Awards. Guidelines are below. Proposals were due November 17, 2011 for the 2011-2012 competition and awards were made in January 2012 as follows. 2011-12 Student Research and Education Award Winners Congratulations to the 2011-12 winners of the Friends of Long Marine Lab Student Research and Education Awards. The review process involved Gary Griggs, Director, Institute of Marine Sciences; Don Croll, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Rachael Spencer, SREA Chair, former FLML board member; Ken Bloome, FLML board member; Scott Smith, FLML board member; and Cathy Richards-Bradley, FLML board member.   This year, twenty projects were supported and a total of $12,225 awarded as follows: Rene Paul Acosta, "Dimethylmercury as a Source of Monomethylmercury in Fog Water, Durning Upwelling Season, Monterey Bay California" Russ Flegal, Advisor Vikram Baliga, "The Evolutionary Diversity of Cleaning in Fishes" Rita Mehta, Advisor Kim Brewitt, "Thermal Refugia as Critical Habitat for Threatened Juvenile Salmonids: A Bioenergetics Approach" Mark Carr, Advisor Taylor Broek, "Tracing the Marine N-Cycle Using Paleoarchives: A New Method for Studying Nitrogen Isotopes of Amino Acids in Corals and Sediments from Monterey Bay" Matthew McCarthy, Advisor Cynthia Carrion, "Does Menu Determine the Customer? (Sardine/Anchovy Cycles and Long Term Variability in Ocean Climate)" Baldo Marinovic, Advisor Delphine Defforey, "Nature of Labile and Refractory Phosphorus Pools Fueling life in Deep Sub-Seafloor Sediments" Adina Paytan Kate Galloway, "Documenting the Mechanisims of Elongation Across the Ophidiiformes" Rita Mehta, Advisor Brent Hughes, "Determining the Role of Algal Diversity and Nutrient Enrichment on Functioning of the Eelgrass Zostera marina" Kerstin Wasson and Pete Raimondi, Advisors *Ian Hunter, "New Educational Signage at the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf to Help Visitors Better Understand the Natural Wharf Ecosystem, Act as a Stand-alone Promotion for the Seymour Center, and Serve as a Key Supplement for Guided Tours Performed by Docent Volunteers from the Seymour Center" Chris Reeves, Advisor Alexis Jackson, "A Genetic Evolution of Spawning Aggregations of a Commercially Threatened Species of Reef Fish" Giacomo Bernardi, Advisor Kyle Lakatos, "Analysis of Lead from Atmospheric Deposition and Sediment of the Monterey Bay" Russ Flegal, Advisor Gary Longo, "Evolutionary Consequences of Dispersal in California Reef Fishes" Giacomo Bernardi, Advisor Jeremy Merckling, "Bioavailable Mercury in Nearshore Environments: The importance of Surface Water and Groundwater at a Coastal Lagoon System" Russ Flegal, Advisor Joseph Murray, "Processes Controlling Fluxes of Nutrients and Trace Metals from Submarine Groundwater Discharge into Monterey Bay and Their Impact on Coastal Marine Ecosystem" Adina Payton, Advisor  Cruz Ortiz, "Measurements of Monomethyl Mercury in Insects from the Central California Coast" Peter Weiss-Penzias, Advisor *Stanley Shen, "Conservation Biology of the Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Tern" Don Croll and Bernie Tershy, Advisors Dena Spatz, "Investigating Seabird Threats and Prioritizing Conservation Efforts on Breeding Islands" Don Croll and Bernie Tershy, Advisors Lily Tarjan, "Determinants of Male Reproductive Success in Southern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)" Martin Tinker and James Estes, Advisors Natasha Vokhshoori, "Constructing the First Carbon and Nitrogen "Isoscapes" of the California Coast Using the California Mussel (Mytilus Califonianus): A new Tool for Understanding Ecosystem Baselines" Matthew McCarthy, Advisor Hannah Williams, "Characterization of Microsatellite Loci for Studies of Population Connectivity Among Populations of the Skunk Anemonefish in the Mozambique Channel" Giacomo Bernardi, Advisor *The Friends of Long Marine Lab honored the top two student research and education award recipients, Ian Hunter and Stanley Shen, with a special award presented to them at our annual Global Oceans Awards Gala held on March 3, 2012, at Bittersweet Bistro. Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) University of California, Santa Cruz CALL FOR PROPOSALS Open to UCSC students only FRIENDS OF LONG MARINE LAB STUDENT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AWARDS 2011-2012 The Friends of Long Marine Lab (FLML), a volunteer support organization affiliated with the Seymour Center and IMS, has committed funds to support both student research and education projects in the marine sciences. For student research, all geographic areas of study will be considered. For marine science education, the projects must be affiliated with the public education program at the Seymour Center at LML. Awards will be made to both undergraduate students and graduate students (both masters and doctoral). No awards will be greater than $1,000. The average award is typically $500-$700. An awards ceremony will be held on January 26, 2012, at the Seymour Center. Awards are made possible from annual income on six endowed funds: Jane McHenry Student Award Lillian McPherson Rouse Award Friends of Long Marine Lab Student Support Mark T. MacMillan Memorial Prize (undergraduate Marine Biology students) Ken Norris Marine Mammal Research Award (focused on marine mammal research)            William Beye Heald Scholarship Fund How to Apply Follow guidelines on the reverse side of this page. E-mail the complete proposal packet, including cover letter, proposal and advisor’s letter, to: lmrose@ucsc.edu                         Deadline for proposals: November 17, 2011, 4:00 PM Questions Please contact Lisa M. Rose: lmrose@ucsc.edu or (831) 459-3694. Criteria Interdisciplinary projects are encouraged. All geographic areas of study will be considered. Field or laboratory research projects, or science education projects affiliated with the Seymour Center at LML will be considered. Special consideration will be given to thesis projects at the undergraduate or graduate level. Requests can be for no more than $1,000. Travel to scientific meetings is not appropriate use of these funds, however, travel to complete research is appropriate. The general practice is to award funds to students as seed money to initiate new projects or research, and as such, graduate students in their third or fourth years of school are a lower priority for funding and will be considered only if there are special circumstances. Preference will be given to proposals that follow the guidelines set forth here. GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSALS FRIENDS OF LONG MARINE LABORATORY STUDENT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AWARDS Following these guidelines will give you a far better chance of being funded. Write clearly and simply, and in 12 pt. font; reviewers include both scientists and non-scientists who need to understand what you propose to do and why it is important.  Review your proposal with your advisor – they have a great deal of experience with proposals and can give you tips to make it more successful. DIRECTIONS: One-page cover sheet that includes: Your name, mailing address, phone number and e-mail address Title of project or thesis One-sentence description of the project (the way you would explain it to a non-scientist) Your student identification number The degree you are pursuing and the year in the program (e.g., senior, first-year Ph.D.) Name of your project or thesis advisor List any previous awards received related to this project/thesis and how you used them Two-page proposal that includes: Introductory paragraph State the major thesis State the significance to the research or education community State the significance to the general public Details of your proposal What you are going to do How you are going to do it Where you are going to do it When you are going to do it, including expected completion date What you expect to find What you will do with the results Budget Describe/list the item or service (e.g., chemicals, four large batteries, boat time) Cost One-page letter of recommendation from your advising faculty member or research scientist (not a post-doc or graduate student). Ask your advisor for the letter and tell them what it is for and when it is needed. The letters should include comments on the significance of the project, an assessment of your progress to date, an assessment of the project’s feasibility, your promise as a researcher or science educator, and any financial support the advisor is providing. E-mail your cover letter, proposal and advisor’s letter to lmrose@ucsc.edu. Submit by the deadline. GOOD LUCK! Successful applicants will be notified by December 15, 2011. Students whose projects are selected must do one of the following in order to receive their cash award: Attend the Student Research and Education Awards Ceremony on January 26, 2012, and acknowledge their gift in person; or Present a thank-you letter to the Friends of Long Marine Lab by noon on the date of the ceremony, briefly noting how the award will further their project. Letters may be delivered to Lisa M. Rose at the Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab or e-mailed to lmrose@ucsc.edu Students whose projects are selected must also be willing to make a presentation for the public at some point during 2012 if requested to do so by the Seymour Center. Learning Programs: School | Youth | Teacher | Visitor | Member