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 (SREA). Guidelines are below. The 2012-13 SREA is closed. Here is a list of this year's award winners. Congratulations!  Decisions have now been made by the proposal review committee for the Friends of Long Marine Lab (FLML) Student Research and Education Awards (SREA). The review process involved Gary Griggs, Director, Institute of Marine Sciences; Baldo Marinovic, Lecturer and Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Cathy Richards-Bradley, SREA Chair and FLML board member; Ken Bloome, FLML board member; David Morrell, FLML board member; Bob Simpkins, former FLML board member; and Stephanie Harkness, Seymour Center supporter.   This year, nineteen projects were supported and a total of $11,600 awarded*. 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 Ken Norris Marine Mammal Research Award William Beye Heald Scholarship Fund We are pleased to announce the award recipients:  Roxanne S. Beltran, “Determination of Diet-to-Tissue Trophic Discrimination Factors in a Captive Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris)”             Colleen Reichmuth and Dan Costa, Advisors Rhiannon Bezore, “Assessing Sea Level Rise Vulnerability in Waimea, Kauai, Hawaii”             Gary Griggs, Advisor John T. Brown, “Compound Specific δ13C of Amino Acids in a Deep-Sea Coral (Isidella) from the Monterey Canyon”             Matthew McCarthy, Advisor Simon C. Brown, “Fish as Weathermen: Can Fish Predict and Prepare Offspring for Climate Variability?”             Mark Carr, Stephan Munch, and Marc Mangel, Advisors Sara Cannon, “Designing and Implementing a Reef Monitoring Plan for the Island of Falalop, Ulithi Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia”             Giacomo Bernardi, Advisor Tracey A. Conrad, “Using Ferromanganese Crusts as Recorders of Seawater Chemistry to Study the Paleoceanography of the California Continental Margin”             Adina Paytan, Advisor Jennifer Cossaboon, “Mercury Speciation in Nearshore Sediment and Seawater at Año Nuevo: An Assessment of Mercury Inputs from Elephant Seal Colonization”             Russ Flegal, Advisor *Kane Cunningham, "Expansion of Preliminary Investigation into the Ability of the California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) to Detect High Frequency Acoustic Fish Tags             Colleen Reichmuth, Advisor Kristin de Nesnera, “Exploring the Role of the California Mussel, Mytilus californianus, as a Facilitator Species and the Potential for Restoration in Rocky Intertidal Communities”             Pete Raimondi, Advisor Corinne M. Gibble, “Pathways of the Cyanobacterium: Microcystis aeruginosa and Related Effects on Marine and Estuarine Birds along the Central California Coast”             Raphael Kudela, Advisor Morgan Gilmour, “Assessment of Contaminant Load and its Relationship to Foraging in a Marine Top Predator”             Scott Shaffer, Advisor Jessica Glanz, “Determining the Role of Nutrient Enrichment and Herbivory on the Functioning of the Surfgrass Phyllospadix spp. in the Intertidal”             Pete Raimondi, Advisor Ben Higgins, “Ecology and Movement Patterns of the California Moray (Gymnothorax mordax) around Catalina Island”             Rita Mehta, Advisor John Koster, “Testing an Electrolytic Technology for Biological Reef Restoration”             Donald Potts, Advisor  Regina Radan, “Growth and Toxin Production of the Mixotrophic Dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella”             Raphael Kudela, Advisor             Nicolas A. Retford, “Inferring Ocean Habitat Use through Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Values of Central California Coastal Steelhead”             Sean Hayes, Advisor Sarah Sampson, “Determining Facilitator Species for the Recruitment of Mussels (Mytilus californianus) in Rocky Intertidal Restoration”             Pete Raimondi, Advisor Liam Zarri, “Assessment of the Life History, Abundance, Environmental Preferences and Ecological Impact of the Colonial Ascidian Didemnum carnulentum”             Pete Raimondi, Advisor *Lisa Ziccarelli, “Retention of Domoic Acid in Surface Sediments off the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz, CA”        Raphael Kudela, Advisor   *The Friends of Long Marine Lab will honor the top two student research and education award recipients, Kane Cunningham and Lisa Ziccarelli, with a special award presented to them at our annual Global Oceans Awards Gala on March 2, 2013, at Bittersweet Bistro. You are invited! All students, award recipients, faculty, researchers and staff are invited to the tenth annual Friends of LML Student Research and Education Awards Ceremony and Reception to be held in the La Feliz room at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center on Thursday, January 31, 2013, 4:00 PM. Refreshments will be served at the reception. Please e-mail a RSVP to Lisa M. Rose at lmrose@ucsc.edu  or phone (831) 459-3694 by January 19 if you plan to attend. Special thanks to the SREA committee chair and FLML board member, Cathy Richards-Bradley, for sponsoring the awards ceremony and reception! *Criteria used in the evaluation process:   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 Marine Discovery Center will be considered. Special consideration will be given to thesis projects at the undergraduate or graduate level. Requests can be 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 fourth year of school will not be considered for funding. 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 2012-2013 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 31, 2013, 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 15, 2012, 4:00 PM Questions Please contact Lisa M. Rose: lmrose@ucsc.edu or (831) 459-3694. Criteria Only one FLML Student Research and Education Award will be given per student over the course of their UCSC student career. If you have previously received a FLML Student Research and Education Award, please do not apply. 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 17, 2012. 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 31, 2013, 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 2013 if requested to do so by the Seymour Center. Learning Programs: School | Youth | Teacher | Visitor | Member