Sponsorship of the Society for Marine Mammalogy's 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
Abstract
The Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM), the world's premier association of marine mammal scientists, sought support from ONR to help bring students from around the world to their 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, held November 27-December 2, 2011, in Tampa, Florida, with the hope that information gained and interactions at the conference would help better prepare the students to engage in and lead science and conservation efforts when they returned home. The primary objective of this research was to obtain support for 30 grants of $500 each to support student travel to the conference. Grants will be provided to individual students who are making oral presentations or presenting posters at the conference. Students are selected by lottery. The students have been selected and have been notified of the availability of the grants. We are awaiting confirmation of attendance from some of them. A second lottery will be held once it is known how many students will be able to accept grants from the first round. There are more student applicants than available grants. Thirty students will receive $500 grants to attend the conference.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA599707
Entities
People
- Randall S Wells
Organizations
- Mote Marine Laboratory