10 + 1 Awards!
The American Genetic Association annually grants EECG Research Awards to graduate and post-doctoral researchers who are at a critical point in their research, where additional funds would allow them to conclude their research project and prepare it for publication.
Out of 57 applicants, 11 graduate students and post-doctoral researchers received funding. One recipient, Cameron So from McGill University, earned the special Robert K. Wayne Conservation Scholarship and Research Award, testing the conservation value of range-edge populations.
2024 EECG Research Award Recipients
| Recipient | Institution | Country | Research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madeleine Becker | Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute | US | Controlling for time: disentangling evolutionary and conservation genomics questions using "time series museomics" |
| Laura Cespedes Arias | University of Chicago | US | The genetic underpinnings of partial reproductive isolation in a warbler hybrid zone |
| Daniel Estévez Barcia | Greenland Institute of Natural Resources | Greenland | GRINFISH project |
| Jacob Fredette-Roman | University of Wisconsin-Madison | US | Mutation rate evolution research |
| Benjamin Karin | UC Berkeley | US | Color genetics in California lizards |
| Zachary Muscavitch | University of Connecticut | US | Fog lichen phylogenomics |
| Henry North | University of Cambridge | UK | Invasive agricultural pest genomics |
| Elizabeth Sheldon | Georgia Southern University | US | Epigenetic and dietary diversity in Alaskan coastal wolves: Harnessing DNA methylation to help delineate conservation units |
| Gabrielle Welsh | University of Denver | US | Cricket genomic architecture |
| Michael Yuan | California Academy of Sciences | US | Anoles microgeographic adaptation |
| Cameron So * | McGill University | Canada | Range-edge population conservation value testing |
* Robert K. Wayne Conservation Scholarship and Research Award recipient
The Robert K. Wayne Conservation Scholarship was established in memory of Robert Wayne to support graduate students whose research directly benefits a threatened species. We welcome donations from members of our community who wish to grow the impact of this Fund in Bob's honor.