American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Edward C. Raney Fund Award
Award Announcement
The Edward C. Raney Fund Award is presented annually in honor of Edward C. Raney (1909–1984). Raney was a leader among ichthyologists. He possessed a broad knowledge of the fishes of the world; his particular area of expertise was the fishes of the eastern United States. A member of the faculty at Cornell University, Dr. Raney authored over 75 papers dealing with the systematics, behavior, and ecology of fishes. He was an expert on aquatic environmental problems and served on numerous environmental advisory committees. He was a member of over 30 professional societies, and he served as Secretary (1948–1951) and President (1955–1956) of ASIH.
Applications are solicited for grants to be awarded from the Raney Fund for Ichthyology. These funds are used to provide support for student ichthyologists for museum or laboratory study, travel, fieldwork, or any other activity that will effectively enhance their professional careers and their contributions to the science of ichthyology.
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. Individual awards are typically in the $400–$1000 range and will be awarded on basis of both merit and need.
Students will be notified of the status of their application by 31 May 2024, and the award checks will be issued by the Treasurer. Certificates and checks will be mailed to the winners before the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (JMIH) and will be announced at the Business and Awards Meeting during the JMIH.
To Apply
Applications for the Raney Award and a letter of recommendation should be emailed to Dr. Kevin Tang (kltang@umich.edu). The application should consist of no more than two single-spaced pages in PDF format and must include the following:
Name, address, email address, and telephone numbers of the applicant;
Institutional affiliation;
Academic degree being sought and the year of its expected completion, or highest degree and its date of award;
Name of the applicant's current or most recent major professor;
Title of the proposed research;
Justification for the research;
Concise description of research objectives and methods;
Sources of partial support for the research and pending applications for support from other funds;
Budget outline;
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. Budget items should be listed as nearly as possible in order of priority. Applicants should attempt to keep the budget within the amount of available funds. In case the award must be less than the requested budget, the impact of eliminating part or all of any items should be clearly given.
The letter of recommendation from the applicant's current major professor should include statements concerning:
Competence of the applicant;
Significance of the applicant's research;
Desirability of and need for the funds.
The applicant should request that the letter be sent directly to the Raney Award Committee Chair Dr. Kevin Tang (kltang@umich.edu). The application and letter of recommendation should reach the Committee chair no later than 11:59 pm, 30 April 2024. Incomplete applications or lack of ASIH dues payment by this date disqualifies the application.
Past Winners
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2023
Pablo Argüello
Erik Axlid
Matea Djokic
Brooke Fitzwater
Jordyn R. Neal
Camden Oathout
Jonas de Andrade Santos
Daniel Sinopoli
Nefertiti Smith Christman
Riley Wood -
2022
Gabriel Vinicius Felix Afonso
Allison Davis
Samantha Gartner
Kaitlyn Kern
Nicole Rahman-Garnier
Emily Ray
Jack Stack
Melody Tew
Kevin Torgersen -
2021
Victor de Brito
Noel Jones
Meghan Korte
Alex Maile
Elyse Parker
Emma Siegfried
Shaley Valentine
River Watson -
2020
Lucia Combrink
Lindsay DeHaan
Michelle Herrera
Matthew Jenkins
Aubree Jones
Jeremy Lomax
Kara Noonan
Amanda Palecek-McClung
Louis Penrod -
2019
Jacob Brumley
João Pedro Fontenelle
Zachary May
Chloe Nash
Laurel Nave-Powers
Caitlin Stapp
Mikayla Struble -
2018
Rebecca Branconi
Emily DeArmon
Emily Funk
Emily Hardison
Samantha Levell
Tyler McCraney
Kylie Smith
Alec Turner -
2017
Callie Crawford
Claire Fox
Matthew Girard
Laura Tennant
Chelsea Williams
Kate Bemis
Anna Gruszkiewicz
Bryan Keller
Dale Stephens -
2016
Yordano E. Jimenez - $1200
Frances E. Hauser - $1200
Jeanette Huber - $1200
Sarah Steele - $1200
Joshua G. Stonecipher - $1200
Kelly Diamond - $800
Samantha C. Leigh - $800
Rene Martin - $800
Sharmaine Miller - $800
Kara Million - $800 -
2015
Haley Christians - $700
Pamela Cisneros - $1000
Michael Chaise Gilbert - $900
Jennifer Gresham - $900
Amber Makowicz - $900
Kristin Walovich - $700 -
2014
Julie Butler (Most Excellent) - $908
Justa Heinen-Kay (Most Excellent) - $908
Zachary Wolf (Most Excellent) - $908
Melissa Graham (Excellent) - $758
Claire Hemingway (Excellent) - $758
Natalie Willard (Excellent) - $758 -
2013
Michael Burns - $1000
Pablo Declos - $1000
Kyle Newton - $1000
Alissa Rickborn - $985
Tom Stewart - $1000 -
2012
Casey Benkwitt - $833
Sarah Fitzpatrick - $833
Debora Goedert - $833
Gretchen Kroh - $833
Elizabeth Lee - $833
Kim Tengardjaja - $833 -
2011
Valentina DiSanto - $1000
Stacey Farina - $1000
Sean Giery - $1000
Jonathon Whitney - $1000
Lengxob Yong - $1000 -
2010
Nicholas Gidmark - $1000
Sandy Kawano - $1000
James O'Donnell - $1000
Cynthia O'Rourke - $1000
Joe Waddell - $1000 -
2009
Michael Hawkins - $1000
Caleb McMahan - $1000
Matthew Niemiller - $1000
Lauren Sallan - $1000
Jeremy Wright - $1000 -
2008
Laura Alberici da Babiano - $1000
Marcus Cohen - $1000
Justin Golub - $1000
Mary Hart - $1000
Katherine Shaw - $1000 -
2007
Yvette R. Alva - $1000
Mollie F. Cashner - $1000
Jayne M. Gardiner - $1000
Donovan German - $1000
Stuart Willis - $1000 -
2006
Shannon DeVaney - $832
Ron Eytan - $832
Lucy Harrison - $832
Alison Mitchell - $832
Marina Ramon - $832
Catherine Wagner - $832 -
2005
Benjamin Ciotti - $1000
Donovan German - $1000
Shannon Gerry - $1000
Erin Reardon - $1000
Takashi Maie - $1000 -
2004
Christen Bossou - $1000
Brian Langerhans - $1000
Shannon Martin - $1000
Aaron Rice - $995
Jada-Simone White - $1000 -
2003
W. James Cooper - $1000
Wasila M. Dahdul - $1000
Jennifer L. Fessler - $1000
Jonathan Lee - $1000
Andrew Whiteley - $1000 -
2002
Martha Burford - $1000
Mark Dugo - $1000
Andrew Kinziger - $1000
Ashley Siefert - $1000
Anna George - $1000 -
2001
Benjamin Ruttenberg - $1000
Mara Zimmerman - $1000
Jameal Samhouri - $500
Clare Wormald - $470
Matthew T. Craig - $853
Tanya L. Darden - $1000
Jennifer S. Rehage - $177 -
2000
Christin Hulslander - $700
Jeff Janovetz - $980
Jerald B. Johnson - $640
Gregory R. Moyer - $648
Benjamin Ruttenberg - $1000
Michael Wagner - $502 -
1999
Gianetta Adams - $800
Brett Albanese - $500
Matthew Arnegard - $750
Elizabeth Gilbert - $960
William Jones - $710
Daniel Pondella - $500
Gary Quick - $500 -
1998
Elena Amesbury - $900
Ian Hamilton - $510
Stephen M. Kajiura - $640
Kyle R. Pillar - $485
April Randle - $1000
Christopher Skelton - $478 -
1997
Jay R. Hove - $500
Roldan C. Munoz - $500
Peter A. Nelson - $665
Robert J. Scott - $600
Shane A. Webb - $480
Lisa Wooninck - $755 -
1996
Marcelo de Carvalho - $600
Vicente Cassano - $258
David Eisenhour - $527
Tomas Hrbek - $559
Richard W. Julian - $336
Thomas M. Orrell - $500
Jean Porterfield - $520
Jeffrey S. Shima - $700 -
1995
Elena Amesbury - $300
Jon Armbruster - $300
Kazue Asoh - $350
Ann Cleveland - $350
J. Jasper Lament - $320
Kirsten R. Polong - $240
Jeffrey S. Shima - $320
Harleigh Willmott - $320 -
1994
Greta S. Aeby - $300
Laura L. Carruth - $350
Earl T. Larson - $350
Michelle M. McClure - $500
Shane E. Paterson - $500
Stephen E. Swearer - $500 -
1993
Eliot G. Drucker - $725
Jodee Hunt - $984
Andrea Oai - $1000
Ming Lee - $1000
Dwayne Meadows - $763
Camille L. Mojica - $800
Ramona Swenson - $728 -
1992
Francisco Javier Gago - $600
Randall Kosaki - $620
Victor Rush - $425
John Sullivan - $800
Wesley Toller - $700
Thomas Turner - $600
Jeffrey A. Walker - $700
Dana Winkelman - $450 -
1991
Andrew M. Shedlock - $900
Ann Seldon Oliver - $800
Denis Goulet - $800
Ronald A. Knapp - $700
Carol E. Johnston - $700
Christopher M. Taylor - $650
Carlos Manuel Rodriguez - $450 -
1990
Simon Nemtzov - $1000
Anthony Mazeroll - $1000
Robert F. Young - $920 -
1989
Alexandra Basolo - $872
Paul Sikkel - $400
Bryan S. Dyer - $900
Anthony Mazeroll - $800
Frances P. Gelwick - $900
Tracey J. Miller - $128 -
1988
Julia K. Parrish - $1225
Mark W. Westneat - $900
Richard K. Brantley - $550
Paul C. Sikkel - $325 -
1987
Alexandra Basolo - $950
Paulo A. Buckup - $330
L. Stanton Hales - $450
Axel Meyer - $950
Paul C. Sikkel - $434
Stephen P. Vives - $386 -
1986
Bret C. Harvey - $440
Frank H. McCormick - $1000
Alan H. Bornbusch - $900
Walter W. Dimmick - $760
Ronald M. Coleman - $400 -
1985
Kathryn A.Goddard - $1200
Philip A. Hastings - $560
Gudrun Marteinsdottir - $600
David A. Rubin - $640
S. Laurie Sanderson - $1000
Steven J. Walsh - $800 -
1984
Eldredge Bermingham - $1650
Robert L. Dorit - $1100
Martin R. Meisler - $800
Claude B. Crabtree - $800
Frank L. Pezold - $770
Robert Nawojchik - $630 -
1983
Stephan F. Norton - $2200
Jeffrey V. Baumgartner - $1243
Steven L. Leipertz - $1240
Robert M. Dawley - $1075 -
1982
Jacqueline F. Webb - $1720
Larry A. Greenberg - $1500
Richard E. Matheson, Jr. - $750
Thomas A. Munroe - $355 -
1981
Lauren H. LaRue - $1200
Robert W. Bouma - $875
Ross M. Feltes - $265 -
1980
Lawrence A. Blumer - $500
H. Jacques Carter - $500
Wallace Dominey - $700
Nancy G. Wolf - $836 -
1979
R. Dana Ono - $747
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1978
Terrence M. Lim - $700
William J. Matthews - $1430
Randall E. Moss - $2000 -
1977
George V. Lauder, Jr. - $1250
Martin F. Gomon - $1550 -
1976
Gene S. Helfman
Douglas F. Markle -
1975
Michael A. Bell
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1974
Labbish Chao
Kevin Howe