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Becas para estudiantes
Stay tuned for news about the 2025 MWPARC Travel Grant: Fueling Student Field Experiences season!
Read about the work of the 2024 recipients below!
Midwest PARC ofrece una beca de viaje a los estudiantes para ayudar a compensar los costos de transporte asociados con la participación en el trabajo de campo herpetológico con un investigador experimentado. ¡En 2021, se otorgaron 12 becas ($ 100) a estudiantes de la región del Medio Oeste! Consulte a continuación los detalles de la solicitud y para leer los informes presentados por los beneficiarios de subvenciones anteriores .
Ya no aceptamos becas de viaje para la temporada 2021.
¡Estén atentos para información sobre premios futuros!
2024 Travel Grant Recipients
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to read about Kayla's work in snake ecology in the Midwest.
Image description: An Eastern Foxsnake resting in the grass.
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to read about Kevin's research with Wall Lizards in Ohio.
Image description: An invasive Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis).
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to learn about Alyssa's efforts to monitor Four-toed Salamanders in Minnesota using eDNA.
Image description: Alyssa filters water samples for environmental DNA while in the field.
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to hear about Grace's research with Blanding's Turtles in Missouri.
Image description: A Blanding's Turtle with a transmitter attached to its carapace.
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to learn about Luke's efforts to survey for invasive herps using eDNA.
Image description: A Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) and a Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) bask on a log.
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to hear about Kerri's work with ranid frogs and chytrid in Minnesota.
Image description: Kerri and a team of collaborators swab frogs for chytrid fungi.
2023 Travel Grant Recipients
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to read about Benjamin's work with Kirtland's Snakes (Clonophis kirtlandii) in central and northern Indiana.
Image description: A Kirtland's Snake (provided by Benjamin)
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to read about Caley's work with spotted turtles in Northern Michigan.
Image description: A Spotted Turtle (provided by Caley)
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to read about Shania's work with salamanders and habitat drying events.
Image description: An ambystomatid salamander from their mesocosms (provided by Caley)
2022 Travel Grant Recipients
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to read about Joey's work with Blanding's Turtles.
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to read about Samantha's work with wetland drying and amphibians.
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to read about Stephanie's work with phenotypic plasticity in amphibians.
2021 Travel Grant Recipients
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to read about Katie's work with turtle communities in a large urban wetland complex in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Note: Details regarding field sites have been removed to protect those populations of amphibians and reptiles.