Dr. Eigenmann was a distinguished researcher of fishes and evolution. The scholarship is a bequest of his daughter, Adele Rosa Eiler, who died in 1978.
Any undergraduate with a declared major from the IUB Department of Biology who is interested in zoological or other biological research.
GPA above 3.3. Sincere interest in biology; research, academic, or professional application is essential.
$750
Applications for this award are due Monday, February 20, 2017.
Submit all materials listed on the application instructions. A letter of support must be submitted separately by a faculty member.
To apply, save the application form to your computer. Fill out the form using Adobe Acrobat Professional DC. (Acrobat Pro may be downloaded for free from under the "Design & Production" section of IUWare.) Choose "Save as" and rename your completed form as your Lastname_firstname_2017.pdf (Example: Wyss_kathy_2017.pdf). Mac users: Please take the extra step of opening your completed form in Preview, select "print," and then use the "Save as PDF" option to resave the form to ensure your application is readable in Windows.
Recipients of this award will be recognized at a student awards ceremony held on Friday, April 28, 2017, at 3:30 p.m.
Faculty/Postdoc Fellows: Please upload student award nominations and recommendations to the "Recommendations" dropbox.
Eigenmann Scholar Colette Ciresi is passionate to improve the health of the environment and her fellow organisms. Colette has studied the biodiversity and inoculation methods of plant endophytes in Distinguished Professor Keith Clay’s lab, volunteered with Assistant Professor Kim Rosvall’s summer Tree Swallow project, and studied the Mesoamerican coral reef in Belize.
Her mentor is Distinguished Professor Michael Wade. She has assisted with investigations in his lab during her three years at IU as part of the IU-STARS (Science Technology and Research Scholars) Program. Last semester, Colette began an independent study to investigate the environmental and ecological factors that favor the evolution of male parental care in frogs. Colette has a keen interest in disease ecology and is also interested in studying the emerging infectious diseases threatening amphibians by altering their development. Her diverse experience with science and conceptual issues in ecology and evolution make her a most promising IU undergraduate.
In addition to her biological research, Colette was a biology undergraduate teaching assistant. She was a UTA for Dr. Wade’s BIOL-L 111 Evolution and Diversity during the fall 2015 semester.
Colette belongs to the Hutton Honors College. She is chair of the Hutton Bloomington Outreach Literacy and Life Skills Initiative, working at Fairview Elementary School to help local children improve their literacy skills. Colette is a 2015 Founders Scholar and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa this year. Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest academic honor society in existence. She is active with the TIMMY Global Health Program, and serves as a chair of the local hospital volunteering for the largest college Timmy chapter in the nation. Colette was one of 20 students selected to participate in the IU Timmy Medical Brigade trip to Xela, Guatemala, in March 2015.
Carl Eigenmann was an alumnus of Indiana University, earning a B.A., M.A., and a Ph.D. here. He joined the IU faculty in 1886. Eigenmann married Rosa Smith, known for her work on blind goby fish, in 1887. He was appointed chair of the Department of Zoology in 1891. Eigenmann served as Dean of the Graduate School from 1908-1927. He founded the Biological Station on Turkey Lake in 1895, serving as director until 1920.
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