Award Funds
John R. Twiss Jr. Award: presented for innovative research related to marine mammal habitat and ecosystem conservation.
Emily B. Shane Memorial Award: supports conservation-oriented, non-harmful research on free-ranging odontocetes and sirenians.
F.G. Wood Memorial Scholarship Award: presented for the best student paper published in Marine Mammal Science during the period between successive Society conferences.
Frederic Fairfield Memorial Award: presented to recognize and encourage students who have developed or applied pioneering techniques or research tools to study marine mammals
Excellence in Science Communication Award: presented to the best poster and spoken presentations given by non-students at the Society’s biennial conference that demonstrate creative and effective communication techniques.
Student Awards: recognition of the best poster and spoken presentations by pre-doctoral and doctoral students at the Society's biennial conference (4 awards)
Robin Best Memorial Award: given for the best poster and spoken student presentations at the biennial meetings of South American Specialists in Aquatic Mammals to stimulate and encourage South American students and young researchers to pursue the study of aquatic mammalogy in South America.
Student Travel Grants: presented to students in need of assistance with the expenses of travel to the Society’s biennial conference.
Stu Innes Memorial Student Travel Bursary: supports the travel to the Society's biennial conference of a post-secondary student conducting marine mammal research in the Arctic
J. Steven Leatherwood Memorial Award: recognizes the most outstanding student presentation on marine mammals of South and Southeast Asia, with particular emphasis on conservation, given at the Biennial Conference.
The Emily B. Shane Award
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Emily B. Shane Award - 2001 Awardees
Awards given at Biennial Conferences