2024-25 FLTWS graduate Student Scholarship

 

The Florida Chapter of The Wildlife Society is again sponsoring the Courtney A. Tye Memorial Graduate Student Scholarship. This scholarship is for graduate students enrolled during the 2024-2025 academic year. One $2,000 scholarship will be awarded. This scholarship is intended to assist a graduate student who has demonstrated potential for making a future professional contribution in wildlife science or management through research, management, education, or outreach.

To be eligible for this scholarship, the applicant must be a full-time graduate student at a college or university in Florida, intending to pursue a career in wildlife ecology or management. The recipient will be selected based on contribution of their graduate research to wildlife in Florida, their demonstrated leadership, professional preparations, and need for the funding.

Each candidate must submit the following 5 items to apply:

  1.  A letter describing your professional career goals in wildlife ecology or management, your preparations for a career in this field, your previous or current involvement with TWS, and an explanation of how the funding will be used if awarded;

  2. A resume or CV;

  3. A one-page document describing the nature of your graduate research, your role in developing the project, what stage the research is in, and an indication of how the project is funded;

  4. A completed assessment submitted directly by your major advisor (see accompanying form);

  5. A letter of recommendation submitted directly by your major advisor. This letter should specifically address how the student and their research will advance wildlife research in Florida, the potential of the student to contribute to the wildlife profession, communication skills, competence, motivation, leadership potential, involvement and work ethic.

To be considered for this scholarship, all application materials must be emailed (preference) or sent through postal mail post-marked on or before 1 December 2024.

 

Send to: 

Monica Folk, Chair

FLTWS Scholarship Committee

1475 Regal Court

Kissimmee, FL 34744

E-mail: monica.folk@fltws.org

(emailed applications preferred)  

  

The Student Scholarship Committee will announce the recipient in Spring 2025.

The scholarship winner must be a member of the Florida Chapter of TWS (you may join at the time of application). The Awardee is expected to share information about their research through a presentation at the FLTWS Spring conference in Tallahassee in April 2025; complimentary registration and a shared student room will be provided to the recipient.