Gaige Fund Award
Gaige Awards are presented annually in honor of Frederick (Dick) and Helen Gaige, both of whom lived during the years 1890-1976. Dick Gaige, an entomologist, was also an avid herpetological collector and was director of the Museum of Zoology at the University of Michigan from 1928-1945. Helen Gaige was a herpetologist with an interest in Neotropical frogs. She served as herpetological editor of Copeia from 1930-1937 and as editor in chief from 1937-1950. This unsurpassed editorial service earned Helen the title of Honorary ASIH President for Herpetology in 1946. The Gaiges showed a lively interest in colleagues and students and, through their helpfulness to others, were a major influence in biology in the United States and on herpetology in particular.
Applications are solicited for grants to be awarded from the Gaige Fund. These funds are used to provide support to young herpetologists for museum or laboratory study, travel, fieldwork, or any other activity that will effectively enhance their professional careers by contributing to the science of herpetology.
Applicants must be members of ASIH and should be enrolled in an advanced degree program. Individual awards are typically in the range of $400-1,000, and will be awarded on the basis of both merit and need.
Applications for the Gaige Award and letters of recommendation should be sent as PDFs (email attachments) to the Gaige Award Chairperson: Dr. Jeanne Robertson, Jeanne.Robertson@colostate.edu . The application should consist of no more than two single-spaced, typewritten pages (12 point font, reasonable margins) and 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) names, addresses and telephone numbers of two persons who have agreed to recommend the applicant and proposal (see below);(6) title of the proposed research; (7) a concise description of the proposed investigation including the general research objectives and methods of study (see below); (8) sources and amounts of partial support for the research and pending applications for support and amounts from other sources; (9) a prioritized budget outline not exceeding the range of typical awards; and (10) a short statement of the way in which the award would be used to enhance research. A Literature Cited section should be appended (this section does not count as part of the two page limit).In recent years, successful proposals were carefully prepared, well written, and complete with two letters of recommendation. Award-winning proposals had one or more clearly described central questions that were likely to be answered, at least in part, by completing the proposed research. Importantly, proposals that framed their specific questions within a broader biological context were consistently highly ranked. Two letters of recommendation from persons familiar with the applicant and his or her research must be solicited by the applicant. One of these letters should be from the current major professor. Both letters should be from reputable scientists, preferably herpetologists, and should include statements concerning the following:(1) the competence of the applicant; (2) the significance of the applicant's research; (3) the desirability of and need for the funds being requested by the applicant.The applicant should request that each letter be sent directly to the Gaige Award Chairperson in electronic form (pdf). Because of limited funds, previous awardees requesting additional funding for the same or a similar project will be given lower priority than students who have not received Gaige funds.The application and letters of recommendation must be received by the committee chairperson by midnight of 1 March 2012. Incomplete applications or lack of ASIH dues payment by this date disqualifies the application. Students will be notified of the status of their application by 1 May 2012. The certificates will be presented during the Annual Business Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Previous Winners
| 1979 Patricia H.Lehrer - $600; Charles R. Peterson - $575;
Mary J. Packard - $150; Gordon Rodda - $500; Michael J. Ryan - $400; R. D. Stevenson - $1300; Bruce Waldman - $400 |
1980 Carol A. Beuchat - $340; Thomas J. Berger - $540; Benjamin E. Dial - $90; Donald G. Kephart - $590
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1981 Carol A. Beuchat - $1250;
Daniel S. Townsend - $750 |
| 1982 Bruce Waldman - $1200; Steven D. Werman - $1200; Richard B. King - $200; David W. Jansen - $200; Joseph C. Mitchell - $287 |
1983 Gary L. Breitenbach - $1500; Glenn Flores - $800; Ellen M. Daley - $700; Brian C. Bock - $633; David W. Jansen - $434 |
1984 John Crawford - $854; J. Ellen Marsden - $370; Martha K. Pancak - $500; Joyce S. Tsuji - $461; Thomas D. Kocher - $300; Trip Lamb - $1500 |
| 1985 Stephen C. Adolph - $200; Mac F. Given - $450; Carole L. Hom - $450; Frances J. Irish - $400; Michael J. Lannoo - $200; Barry R. Sinervo - $80 |
1986 John L. Carr - $400; Brian T. Henen - $600; Byron S. Wilson - $600; Linda C. Zimmerman - $200 |
1987 Allison Collins - $425; Diana Hews - $425; David Pfennig - $250; Alan de Queiroz - $250; John Beck, Jr.- -$250; |
| 1988 Jonathan B. Losos - $265; Charles C. Peterson - $350; Matthew S. Rand - $260; Roger Ellis Roudebush, Jr. - $375; Rafael O. De Sa - $250 |
1989 Daniel Seufert - $600; Richard King - $400; William Wagner - $600; Joseph Bernardo - $250; Tod Reeder - $400; Frederic K. Janzen - $250 |
1990 Gregory Haenel - $385; Vincent A. Cobb - $385; Christopher Schneider - $385; Howard Whiteman - $385; Calvin A. Porter - $390; Rusty Gonser - $385; Stephen M. Secor - $385 |
| 1991 Brian P. Butterfield - $260; Robert St. Clair - $250; Kevin A. Dixon - $260; Glenn P. Gerber - $220; Anna Graybeal - $300; Karen R. Lips - $300; Devin A. Reese - $285; Geoffrey R. Smith - $250; William A. Velhagen - $125 |
1992 Allison Abbell - $500; Raymond J. Clark - $500; Tyrone Hayes - $500; John J. Wiens - $500; Kelly Zamudio - $500 |
1993 Alistar J. Cullum - $525; Frank R. Hensley - $350; Rosemary Knapp - $525; Karen M. Warkentin - $525; Tifmothy B. Watkins - $525 |
| 1994 Paul E. Brunkow - $500; Robert E. Espinoza - $500; Johannes Foufopoulos - $500; Christopher R. Tracy - $500 |
1995 Todd S. Cambell - $500; David Bickford - $500; Maura Maple - $500; Adam P. Summers - $500 |
1996 Melissa D. Dills - $500; Robert E. Espinoza - $500; Matthew F. Meyer - $500; Steve Phelps - $500; R. Mark Waters - $500; Tim Watkins - $500 |
| 1997 Louise M. Armstrong - $500; W. Anthony Frankino - $500; Nathan J. Kley - $500; Matthew Klukowski - $500; Dusti K. Timanus - $500; Stephanie M. Welter - $500 |
1998 Michael J. Angilletta - $500; Rafe Brown - $500; Sharon Downes - $500; Maureen Kearney - $500; Meredith J. Mahoney - $500; Jeanne M. Serb - $500; Rachel Willard - $500 |
1999 Travis Ryan - $500; Andrew Crawford - $500; Michael Alfaro - $500; Kirsten Nicholoson - $500; Rachel Bowden - $500; Sharon Downes - $500; Carrie Morjan - $500; Pamela Elf - $500; Mike McCay - $500; Sarah Smith - $500 |
| 2000 Erika Adams - $500; Ryan Calsbeck - $500; John Neidzweicki - $500; Catherine A. Palmer - $500; Kelly M. Passek - $500; Vanessa S. Quinn - $500; Jeanne M. Robertson - $500; Betsie B. Rothermel - $500; Luis Schiesari - $500; Christine E. Todd - $500; Patricia Zaradic - $500 |
2001 Tomasz Owerkowicz - $500; Michael Ruddo - $500; Ryan O'Donnell - $500; Lauren Chan - $500; Valerie Simon - $500; Christopher Leary - $500; Aaron Krochmal - $500; Becky Williams - $500; Shannon O'Grady - $500; Jessica Stapley - $500 |
2002 Lynn M. Almli - $500; Ronald M. Bonett - $500; David Chapple - $500; Alison M. Hamilton - $500; Robyn Konvalinka - $500; Kenneth H. Kozak - $500; Day Ligon - $500; Melissa A. Pilgrim - $500; Chelsa Ward - $500; Heather Waye - $500 |
| 2003 Diana L. Andres - $500; Matt Brandley - $500; Ammon Corl - $500; Alison Davis - $500; Andrew Giordano - $500; Alison McCombe - $500; Mason Ryan - $500; Geoffrey Sorrell - $500; Jennifer Weist - $500; Steven Whitfield - $500 |
2004 Venetia S. Briggs - $500; Alessandro Catenazzi - $500; Kamelia Fallahpour - $500; Raymond A. Hernandez - $500 (funds declined); Lesley T. Lancaster - $500; Deborah I. Lutterschmidt - $500; Suzanne McGaugh - $500; Nancy M. Schoeppner - $500; C. Tristan Stayton - $500; Daniel A. Warner - $500 |
2005 Lelena Avila - $500; Nathan Calder - $500; Jena Chojnowski - $500; Paula Kahn - $500; Dana Koscinski - $500; Gregory Pauly - $500; Daniel Rabosky - $500; Jennifer Sheridan - $500; Justin Touchon - $500; Jessa Watters - $500 |
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2006
Philip Bergmann - $500; Jennifer Curtis - $500; Matt Gifford - $500;
Myra Hughey - $500;
Ali Rabatsky - $500;
Julie Ray - $500;
Gabriel Rivera - $500; Rebecca Symula - $500; Maria Thaker - $500; Nathan Turnbough - $500
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