Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 ICRS Graduate Fellowships!
The Society received 40 research proposals, many of excellent quality and caliber. We are tremendously proud of our students – thank you to all who submitted applications!
2019 Awardees
- Jessica Bellworthy, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, IsraelProject: Parental effect of chronic copper exposure during brooding on the thermal tolerance of planulae
- Naomi Huntley, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Virgin IslandsProject: Shifts in the Coral Associated Microbial Community Following Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Infection
- Igor Pessoa, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilProject:Accurate Trace Metal Analysis of Coral Skeletons: Anthropogenic Influences in Corals at Ilha Grande Bay (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)
- Krishnaveny Saranadha, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, Kerala, IndiaProject: Coral disease distribution at Lakshadweep atolls
- Sterling Tebbett, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, AustraliaProject: Functioning of climate-transformed coral reefs
- Diana Ugalde, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sisal Hunucmá, Yucatán MéxicoProject: Scales of spatial variation of marine sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) diversity of southern Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Caribbean coral reefs
Graduate Fellowships are up to US$2,500, which may be used to cover the costs of fieldwork, or visiting another laboratory, in order to obtain results that are to be included within a thesis submitted for a research degree (e.g. PhD, MPhil, or MSc by research). Recipients are expected to prepare reports on their progress for publication in Reef Encounter. Additional information regarding ICRS Graduate Research Fellowships may be found here.
