Raney Award
Applicants must be members of ASIH and should be enrolled for an advanced degree.
Applicants who do not meet these basic requirements may be considered for the award under exceptional circumstances if their careers are judged to be in a developmental stage.
The Raney Award is presented annually in honor of Edward C. Raney (1909-1984). Raney was a leader among Ichthyologists. The students of Ed Raney are among the leaders in ichthyology today in no small part because of his mentorship and enthusiasm in the study of fishes. Applications are solicited for grants to be awarded from the Raney Fund for Ichthyology. These funds are used to provide support for young ichthyologists for museums or laboratory study, travel, fieldwork, or any other activity that will effectively enhance their professional careers and their contributions to the science of ichthyology.
Applications and a letter of recommendation should be e-mailed (not mailed) to Dr. Kyle Piller (kyle.piller@selu.edu ) The application must include the following:
(1) name, address, email address, and telephone numbers of the applicant; (2) institutional affiliation; (3) academic degree being sought and the year of its expected completion, or highest degree and its date of award; (4) name of the applicant's current or most recent major professor; (5) title of the proposed research; (6) justification for the research (7) concise description of research objectives and methods; (8) sources of partial support for the research and pending applications for support from other funds; (9) budget outline; and (10) short statement of the way in which the award would be used.
A Literature Cited section should be appended and is not included in the two page limit.