The Future Leaders in Coastal Science Award supports graduate and undergraduate student research on the coastal zone (both land and sea), including studies of natural and human-impacted systems. Supervised by a faculty member or researcher, each team will be led by a graduate student who will mentor two undergraduate students working on the project. The selected teams must tackle important problems, and their work must be well planned and integrated across the team members, and the proposal must clearly explain what each member brings to the project.
How the funds may be used: Teams may use their award for any purpose associated with conducting or presenting the results of their research, such as travel, supplies, GSR support for the graduate student, or summer stipends that provide living expenses so students can conduct their work. Funds must be used by the end of the winter 2022 quarter.
Deadline: Friday, March 19, 2021
Completed applications and faculty reference letter should be uploaded via the form by Friday, March 19, 2021.
Awards announced: Friday, April 2, 2021
Selection process: The Physical and Biological Sciences Undergraduate Award Committee, composed of faculty in the Sciences at UC Santa Cruz, will review the application materials, rank each proposal, and select the award recipient.
2019–2020
Donald Potts, Mentor
Marilou Sison-Mangus, Mentor
Curt Storlazzi, Mentor
Stephen Bitterwolf (Graduate)
Jami Clayton (Undergraduate, Marine Biology)
Bailey McCormick (Undergraduate, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
Melissa Cronin (Graduate)
Jeannie Johnson (Undergraduate, Marine Biology)
Christina Langford (Undergraduate, Marine Biology)
Katie Kobayashi (Graduate)
Ramond Hunter (Undergraduate, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
Charles Hendrickson (Undergraduate, Earth Sciences)
Slawek Tulaczyk, Mentor
Gavin Piccione (Graduate)
Sophia Pinter (Undergraduate, Earth Sciences)
Chloe Tinglof (Undergraduate, Earth Sciences)
2018–2019
Lauren Bell (Graduate)
Megan Schouweiler (Undergraduate, Marine Biology)
Gavin Houghton (Undergraduate, Marine Biology)
Andria Green (Graduate)
Maya Montalvo (Undergraduate, Earth Sciences)
Loren Tolley (Undergraduate, Earth Sciences)
Casey Sheridan (Graduate)
Benjamin Nguyen (Undergraduate, Marine Biology)
Hannah Knotter (Undergraduate, Marine Biology)
2017–2018
Karen Tanner (Graduate, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
Martin Genova (Undergraduate, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
Joanna Le Tran (Undergraduate, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
Christina Richardson (Graduate, Earth & Planetary Sciences)
Carolyn Brady (Undergraduate, Earth & Planetary Sciences)
Kaylee Glenney (Undergraduate, Earth & Planetary Sciences)
Natasha Vokhshoori (Graduate, Ocean Sciences)
Alexander Bailes (Undergraduate, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
Laurel Teague (Undergraduate, Earth & Planetary Sciences)
How to apply
Completed applications including a faculty endorsment should be completed via the application form by the posted deadline. If you have questions, please contact Peter Phan.
Application instructions & budget forms
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