grants program

The East Texas Herpetological Society (ETHS) conducts an annual Herpetological Grants Program. Applicants should be upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level students attending a college or university and doing research in herpetology. Preference will be given to those focusing on the state of Texas, especially projects in the eastern third of the state. Research in other states and countries will be considered on a case by case basis. Completed applications, CV’s/resumes, and letters of recommendations must be emailed, mailed or faxed to the ETHS Grants Committee Chairman (see below for contact information).

This year’s available funds are: TBD plus $500 for the Charles Edward Shaw grant (click here for more information)

Application deadline: December 31, 2009

2010 recipients

Name	School	Advisor	Grant Number	Title	Amount	Sent	Type
Robert Jadin	University of Colorado at Boulder EBIO Department	Dr. Robert P. Guralnick		Systematic revision of the "puffing" snakes (Pseustes)	$500		Charles Edward Shaw Grant
Taylor L. Hall	Stephen F. Austin State University Department of Biology	Dr. Toby Hibbitts		Status of the dusky salamander (Desmognathus auriculatus) in east Texas	$300		General
Stephanie Plautz	Texas Tech University TIEHH, Department of Environmental Toxicology	Dr. Christopher Salice		Population level genetic effects of long-term contaminant exposure on amphibians	$300		General
Jeremy Chamberlain	University of Texas-Tyler Department of Biology	Dr. Neil Ford		Evaluating age structure of populations of Thamnophis proximus in east Texas using skeletochronology	$300		General
Jason L. Strickland	Angelo State University	Dr. J. Kelly McCoy and Dr. Loren K. Ammerman		Phylogenetic variation in the Cottonmouth in Texas using nuclear AFLP markers and venom protein profiles	$300		General
Christian L. Cox	University of Texas - Arlington Department of Biology	Dr. Jonathan Campbell		Genetic relationships among Sonora in Texas	$300		General
Kenneth Paul Wray III	Florida State University Department of Biological Sciences	Dr. Scott J. Steppan		Phylogenetic and systematics of the Eurycea quadridigitata complex	$100		General
Katie Patrick	University of Texas-Tyler Department of Biology	Dr. John Placyk		Effect of Atrazine on the behaviour and life-history traits of the checkered gartersnake (Thamnophis marcianus)	$100		General
Sheri Sanders	University of Texas-Tyler Department of Biology	Dr. John Placyk		Niche-partitioning and subspecies divergence of the Ouachita and False Map Turtles	$100		General
Christopher M. Murray	Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Biology	Dr. Brian Crother		Can reproductive allometry assess population marginality in crocodilians	$100		General
Bradley T. Martin	University of Texas-Tyler Department of Biology	Dr. John Placyk		Conservation genetics of the North American box turtle	$100		General

2009 recipients

Name	School	Advisor	Title	Amount	Type
Robert V. Horan III	University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	Dr. John P. Carroll	Movement and Ecology of Agalychnis spurrelli, the Gliding Leaf Frog, on Barro Colorado Island, Panama	$500	Charles Edward Shaw grant
Nick Rasmussen	Rice University Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	Dr. Volker Rudolf	Can a predator mediate competitive interactions between temporally-segregated species	$500	General
Sheri Sanders	University of Texas-Tyler Department of Biology	Dr. John Placyk	Niche-partitioning and subspecies divergence of the Ouachita and False Map Turtles	$500	General
Christopher M. Murray	Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Biology	Dr. Brian Crother	Can reproductive allometry assess population marginality in crocodilians	$500	General
Bradley T. Martin	University of Texas-Tyler Department of Biology	Dr. John Placyk	Conservation genetics of the North American box turtle	$500	General

Grant Application Checklist:

1. Application form ( Word document and PDF document)

2. Letter of Recommendation(s)

3. CV/Resume

Letter of Recommendation:

Applications must be accompanied by an email or letter of recommendation from the applicant's major professor, advisor, department head, or person responsible for overseeing applicant's research and should include a statement regarding the significance of the applicant's research and intended use of grant funds.

General Notes:

· Any supporting documentation, publications, letters of recommendations, CV’s/resumes, etc. are welcome and encouraged to accompany the application to assist in the grant decision-making process.

Grant recipients will be asked to provide a status of their research the grant helped fund throughout the funding year.

· Grant recipients should provide copies of any publications, papers, presentations, etc. as they are written and/or once the research is complete.

· Grant recipients may be asked to present results of research at an ETHS general meeting and/or yearly conference.

· Grant recipients agree to acknowledge the East Texas Herpetological Society in any publications concerning the supported project and agrees to comply with all local, state, and federal fauna regulations.

The entire grant application package including any supporting material should be emailed or mailed to the ETHS Grants Committee Chairman (see below). For questions or comments, also contact:

Jonathan Perez

10946 Pigeonwood Dr.

Houston, TX 77089

281-380-8148 phone

281-552-7022 fax

jonathan@jonathanperez.com