In addition to scores of graduate student awards announced throughout the 2015 – 2016 academic year, there are dozens more. Awards previously announced in EEB graduate web news* are not included in this list.

EEB awards

EEB First Paper Award: Camden Gowler

EEB Helen Olson Brower Memorial Fellowship in Environmental Studies: Thomas Jenkinson

EEB Outstanding Paper of the Year Award: Chuan Li

Emma J. Cole Fellowship in Plant Biology: Gordon Fitch

Edwin S. George Reserve Grant: Joanna Larson

Lewis and Elaine Wehmeyer Fund in Fungal Taxonomy: Buck Castillo, Chau Ho, Jillian Myers, Robert Powers

Peter Olaus Okkelberg Award: Anat Belasen, Susanna Campbell, Corbin Kuntze, Jonathan Massey, Lisa Walsh

U- M Museum of Zoology Charles F. Walker Scholarship: Iris Holmes

UMMZ Edwin C. Hinsdale Scholarship: Cindy Bick, Joanna Larson, Beatriz Otero Jimenez, Andrew Wood

UMMZ Edward C. Walker Award: Marcella Nidiffer

UMMZ Ichthyology Award: Andrew Wood

University of Michigan awards

Winnifred B. Chase Fellowship, U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum: Amanda Meier, Christian Cely Ortiz, Alex Taylor

Genetics Training Grant: Jonathan Massey

Grants-in-Aid of Research, Sigma Xi: Michelle Fearon

Integrated Training in Microbial Systems Fellowship: Byron Smith

Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Fellowship: Pascal Title

Phi Kappa Phi Project Grant: Michelle Fearon, Lisa Walsh

Rackham Barr-Bigelow Award: Chuan Li, Amanda Meier, Jacqueline Popma

Rackham International Research Award: Anat Belasen, Iris Holmes, Andrew Wood

Rackham International Travel Grant: Jordan Bemmels, Cindy Bick, Katherine Crocker, John Guittar, Iris Holmes, Robert Powers, Jeff Shi, Mengyi Sun, Pascal Title

Rackham Margaret Ayers Host Award: Marian Schmidt

Rackham Merit Fellowship: Peter Cerda, Zachary Hajian-Forooshani, Nicholas Medina, Susanna Campbell (Scholar Activist Award), Kristel Sanchez (The Helping Hand Award)

U-M Biological Station Marian P. and David M. Gates Graduate Student Research Fellowship: Buck Castillo, Shawn Colborn, Corbin Kuntze

UMBS Ann Arbor Branch of the Woman's National Farm and Garden Foundation Graduate Student Research Fellowship: Jacqueline Popma

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program funding: Christian Cely Ortiz, Michelle Fearon

External awards

Anat Belasen, Gentry Award for best student oral presentation at the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Conference

Katherine Crocker, American Museum of Natural History Roosevelt Research Grant

Michelle Fearon, Honey Bee Health Improvement Project Grant, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Joanna Larson, Society for the Study of Evolution Research Award

Alex Taylor, I’m a Scientist Award

Pascal Title, 2015 Honorable Mention, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Seibert Award in Systematics/Evolution for best oral presentation, SSAR conference

Andrew Wood, Lerner-Gray Grant for Marine Research

Senay Yitbarek, NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship

*If your award is not included on this list and was not previously announced in EEB web news, please email Gail Kuhnlein to share your good news.

Compiled by Cindy Carl and Gail Kuhnlein.