Webster Groves Nature Study Society
Scholarships
The Menke Scholarship for Wildlife Habitat
The scholarship's goals are to improve wildlife habitat in Missouri by supporting (a) field work or (b) attendance at off-campus courses or conferences. (The courses may include short-term internships with the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Nature Conservancy, or similar organizations.) Undergraduate and graduate students in Missouri colleges or universities are eligible. Applicants typically major in areas such as natural history, environmental education, ecological research or management, natural horticulture, fisheries and wildlife, forestry, geology, conservation, etc., but meeting the scholarship goals is more important than the major field itself."
The amount to be awarded will be up to $1,000 or more per student, for the year commencing June 1. It will be made to the applicant’s institution, which shall monitor the award without receiving any overhead.
Applicants should submit the following materials to the review committee:
- A one page abstract, summarizing the proposed field
work, course, short-term internship, or conference, expenses requested
and a brief biography.
- A detailed description of the nature and location
of the proposed field work, course, short-term internship, or conference.
Use language understandable to non-technical reviewers. For field
work, review the goals and, where relevant, hypotheses to be tested.
If some of the field data will be further analyzed in the laboratory,
indicate the extent of this analysis. For a course, internship, or
conference, indicate how it will supplement your school’s courses.
- A budget for the expected costs. For auto mileage, use your
institution’s rate. Air travel must be coach, tourist, or similar class.
Itemize any tuition or registration, or living expenses such as food
and room (not per diem). Exclude personal expenses. Itemize scientific
supplies in general categories, but exclude equipment costs. Expenses
above the award limit are the responsibility of the awardee.
- Three letters of recommendation submitted from current
or former faculty. One must be from your advisor and specify (a)
that you are a bona fide student currently registered for a B.A., B.S.,
M.S., or Ph.D. degree, (b) that your expenses are not already covered
by existing funds, and (c) that the award would truly enhance your
work.
- A curriculum vitae or brief statement of your academic
career, including past education and degrees, the institutions and
dates; a terse summary of related formal courses, plus grades; conservation
activities, etc. Transcripts are not required.
- Three letters of recommendation submitted from current or former faculty. One must be from your advisor and specify (a) that you are a bona fide student currently registered for a B.A., B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. degree, (b) that your expenses are not already covered by existing funds, and (c) that the award would truly enhance your work.
Submit your application by February 16, 2007 to:
The Menke Scholarship for Wildlife Habitat
Webster Groves Nature Study Society
Electronic Submission to thomarkas4@sbcglobal.net, to the attention of Richard S. Thoma. Electronic files should not exceed 2 MB to facilitate transmission of the application over the internet. It is permissible to send multiple e-mails as long as they are clearly linked in the documentation. All files must be Microsoft Office XP compatible.
Or
Paper Submission (7 copies are required)
C/O Richard S. Thoma
320 Frieda Ave.
Kirkwood, MO 63122
Recipients will be notified on or before April 1, 2007. The funds will be available June 1, 2007.
Within one year, you will be required to submit to the Webster Groves Nature Study Society a brief written report summarizing the research performed. You shall acknowledge the scholarship in any resulting published material.
Scholarship recipients will also be invited to the annual dinner meeting of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society, May 2007.
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Don Menke was an avid outdoorsman, naturalist, and conservationist. He enjoyed many activities such as canoeing, birding, wildflowers, bluebird nests, camping, and photography. He and Nell Menke were members of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society for over 30 years. Nell was a charter member of the Missouri Native Plant Society. In 1977, she and Betty Nellums started the Tuesday wildflower tours at the Shaw Nature Reserve (Arboretum) of the Missouri Botanical Garden, and in 1985, she received special recognition for her continued leadership on the wildflower tours. Her journals record flower location and blooming at the Arboretum. |
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