The Department of Biology actively encourages undergraduates and graduate students to apply for student research awards that may be available. Our students have had frequent success, because of their own efforts and those of their faculty research mentors.

External Research Awards (Undergraduate and Graduate)

• Stephanie Wright (M.S.; Robert Curry, Mentor) received a Student Research Grant from the Animal Behavior Society, April, 2008
• Stephanie Wright (M.S.; Robert Curry, Mentor) received a Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, March, 2008
• Stuart Nielsen (M.S.; Aaron Bauer, Mentor) received a Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, October, 2007
• Samantha Slattery (M.S.; Robert Curry, Mentor) received a Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, October, 2007
• Christopher Meehan (B.S.M.S.; Robert Curry, Mentor) received a Student Research Grant from the Animal Behavior Society, May, 2007
• Brenda Czerwinski (M.S.; John Olson, Mentor) received a Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, March, 2007
• Christopher Meehan (B.S.M.S.; Robert Curry, Mentor) received a Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, March, 2007
• Tami Murphy (M.S.; Angela DiBenedetto, mentor) received a Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, March, 2007
• Jennifer Mortensen (M.S.; Robert Curry, Mentor) received a Paul A. Stewart Memorial Research Award from the Wilson Ornithological Society, March, 2007
• Jennifer Mortensen (M.S.; Robert Curry, Mentor) received a Student Travel Grant from the Wilson Ornithological Society, March, 2007
• Jessica Trout-Haney (M.S.; Robert Curry, Mentor) received a Paul A. Stewart Memorial Research Award from the Wilson Ornithological Society, March, 2007
• Jennifer Mortensen (M.S.; Robert Curry, Mentor) received a Mewaldt-King Research Grant from the Cooper Ornithological Society, February, 2007
• Jennifer Mortensen (M.S.; Robert Curry, Mentor) received a Student Research Grant from the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, January, 2007
• Lillian Bloch (M.S.; Michael Russell, Mentor) received a Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, October, 2006

Villanova Graduate Research Awards

VU Graduate Student Summer Fellowships in 2008:

• Marcy Howland (M.S.; Michael Russell, mentor)
• Christine Kerwin (M.S.; Dennis Wykoff, mentor)
• Stuart Nielson (M.S.; Aaron Bauer, mentor)
• Daniel Portik (M.S.; Aaron Bauer, mentor)
• Josh LaPergola (M.S.; Robert Curry, mentor)
• Perry Lee Wood, Jr. (M.S.; Aaron Bauer, mentor)
• Stephanie Wright (M.S.; Robert Curry, mentor)

Villanova Undergraduate Research Awards

Undergraduate Student Collaborative Research Awards in 2008:

• Charity Calloway, Summer 2008 (B.S.; Mary Desmond, mentor)
• Danielle Davies, Fall 2008 (B.S.; Dennis Wykoff, mentor)
• Lauren Elliott, Summer 2008 (B.S.; Michael Russell, mentor)
• Theresa Henry, Summer 2008 (B.S.; Dennis Wykoff, mentor)
• Tatjana Prsa, Summer 2008 (B.S.; Melanie Vile, mentor)
• Michael Topf, Fall 2008 (B.S.; Todd Jackman, mentor)
• Shreya Trivedi, Fall 2008 (B.S.; Louise Russo, mentor)
• Karen Zusi, Summer 2008 (B.S.; Robert Curry, mentor)

Previous Student Collaborative Research Awards: