Scholarships

LOUISIANA

Lewis T. Graham - Student Research Award

Research topic: Any area of mosquito biology or control.

Eligible students: All undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in public or private schools in the State of Louisiana are eligible to apply.

Award: $700 to be used for research or associated educational costs.

Guidelines

C. Lamar Meek - Memorial Scholarship

Research topic: Scholarship to one graduate student each year to promote and encourage research relating to mosquito biology or control.

Eligible students: Open to graduate students in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas.

Award: $1,500

Guidelines: Guideline for Applicants

Contact: Dr. Dawn Wesson

MICHIGAN

Kenly Farrel Memorial Scholarship

Research topic: To assist a student financially towards a higher education in Natural Science or a related field.

Eligible students: College-bound high school senior or college undergraduate; Michigan resident.

Award: $1,000 First Place; $250 Second Place

Guidelines and Application

Contact: (989) 687-5044 for more information or visit Kenly Farrel Memorial Scholarship

NEW JERSEY

NJMCA Daniel M. Jobbins Scholarship

Research topic: Mosquito research of graduate students.

Eligible students: Rutgers, The State of New Jersey

Award: $4,000

Guidelines and Application

Contact: Sean Healy, NJMCA Scholarship Committee, Phone: 732-542-3630, Fax: 732-542-3267, or email: shealy@co.monmouth.nj.us

NJMCA Educational Scholarship

Research topic: Research of graduate students in a curriculum that may be peripheral to mosquito control but whose research uses or impacts mosquitoes in a manner that contributes new information to the mosquito control community.

Eligible students: Students enrolled in a graduate program at a College/University in New Jersey.

Award: $1,000

Guidelines

Contact: Sean Healy, NJMCA Scholarship Committee, Phone: 732-542-3630, Fax: 732-542-3267, or email: shealy@co.monmouth.nj.us

NORTHEAST

The Jobbins Scholarship

Research topic: Area relevant to mosquito or biting fly control in the Northeast. (wetlands biology-ecology, entomology, or vector parasitology) Studies may range from purely ecological to strict vector control.

Eligible students: Conducting research in the Northeast U.S.; Candidates whose work is at any stage of completion.

Award: Not to exceed $2,000

Application

Contact: Timothy Deschamps, 111 Otis Street, Northburg, MA 01532. 508-393-3055 (phone) 508-393-8492 (fax); deschamps@cmmcp.org

TEXAS

James Gus Foyle Memorial Scholarship

Research topic: Research relating to mosquitoes, insects, or disease transmission related thereto.

Eligible students: Enrolled in college or University in the state of Texas

Award: $1,000

Guidelines

Contact: Dr. Jeff Flosi, Dept. of Natural Sciences UH-Downtown, One Main St., N-813, Houston, Texas 77002

If you have mosquito research scholarships for undergraduate or graduate level studies that you would like to post on this website, please contact Dr. Roxanne Rutledge

The AMCA Student Paper Competition

In 1988, AMCA held the first student paper symposium at the annual meeting to focus on the contributions of AMCA student members. The Board of Directors approved the first student paper competition for the 1989 meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. Excluding 2001, the competition has been a recurring symposium during the AMCA Annual Meeting. Dr. Roger Nasci was the organizer and moderator from the first competition in 1989 until he was elected Vice-President of the AMCA in 2002. Dr. Roxanne Rutledge is currently serving as the competition organizer and moderator.

In 1997, the AMCA Board of Directors accepted a motion to designate the first place winner of the AMCA student paper competition as the winner of the Hollandsworth prize. This prize includes a $500.00 cash award. Additionally, two honorable mention prizes of $250.00 each were made available to be awarded at the discretion of the judges for each competition.

The Hollandsworth prize is named in honor of Gerald Hollandsworth, an active AMCA member from Pueblo, Colorado, who passed away in 1988. Gerald worked in the Environmental Health field with the Pueblo City-County Health Department and was a past president of the West Central Mosquito and Vector Control Association. The Hollandsworth family has funded this award in an effort to further encourage student participation in the AMCA national meeting.

In 2003, the AMCA Board of Directors voted to increase the prize money for winners of the competition and added $500.00 to the total cash award that the Hollandsworth winner receives bringing that prize to $1000.00 with $500.00 available for 2 honorable mention awards.

Previous winners of the AMCA Student Competition

* $500 cash award presented to winner. ** Gerald Hollands Prize. *** Honorable Mention