Name	SOCIETY OF CANADIAN ORNITHOLOGISTS
Research Fields	Ornithology travel research
Categories	Environmental Studies Natural, Physical or Life Sciences
Citizenship	No citizenship available
Eligibility	The Society of Canadian Ornithologists (SCO-SOC) adminsters three different student research awards. Applicants must be members of the SCO-SOC to be eligible; a single application can be made to apply for all three types of students research awards. Taverner Awards are offered by the SCO-SOC to honour Percy A. Taverner and to further his accomplishments in increasing the knowledge of Canadian birds through research, conservation, and public education. The awards are aimed at people with limited or no access to major funding, regardless of professional status, who are undertaking ornithological work in Canada. Value: 2 @ $1,500 each. The James L. Baillie Award is open to any student conducting ornithological research at a Canadian university. The objectives of the award are to support studies of Canadian birds in their natural environment, projects which contribute to preservation of birds, and projects which disseminate knowledge of birds. Value: 1 @ $1,000 The Fred Cooke Award is offered annually to support ornithological conference travel or research activities by a student at a Canadian university. The award shall be open to any student conducting ornithological reseach at a Canadian university, except that previous recipients of the award shall not be eligible. The award shall be for travel to ornithological conference at which the student will make an oral or poster presentation, or research in any aspect of ornithology anywhere in the world. Value: 1 @ $1,000
Value	The value is not available
Currency	Canadian
Tenable at	Canadian university
Deadlines	February 15
Application Details	Visit the Society of Canadian Ornithologists web site at http://www.sco-soc.ca/studentawards.htm Contact: Ian Warkentin, Chair, SCO-SOC Student Awards Committee, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, NL A2H 6P9 Email: ian.warkentin@gmail.com Telephone: 709-637-6200 ext 6246 Updated: February 4, 2011