Diatoms of North AmericaApplications for the Phycological Society of America Hannah T. Croasdale Fellowship are now being accepted until January 1st (11:59 PM PST). Letters of recommendation from the applicant’s major supervisor are due one week later on January 8th (11:59 PM PST). These deadlines are in reflection of the registration deadlines for many field courses (~Feb-May annually).
Eligibility and application instructions can be found Phycological Society of America website. If there are any questions or issues with the application, please email the Grants and Fellowships Committee Chair, Rachael Wade
Previous recipients had the following to say about their experiences supported by the Croasdale:
“I was able to see species in person that I had only read about in papers or in textbooks in their natural habitat, which was truly an amazing experience. I was also able to meet a lot of like-minded student researchers and share insights about our own research experiences to each other, which was super interesting!”
- Claire White, “Taxonomy of Marine Flora", Station Biologique in Roscoff, France.
“Overall, this course allowed me to refine and improve my diatom identification and counting skills. Additionally, I was afforded the opportunity to collect modern phytoplankton samples from West Lake Okoboji to compare to sediment core samples, which I am using for my dissertation study.”
- Joy Jackson, Ecology & Systematics of Diatoms, Iowa Lakeside Laboratory
“The two-week identification intensive exposed me to various freshwater algal-rich habitats, microscopy, and taxonomic identification that have forever changed me as a graduate student and a prospective phycologist.”
- Harshina Brijlall, Freshwater Algae Identification Intensive Summer Workshop, Louis Calder Centre
Good luck to all applicants!
