2012 Sander Award

Walleye Technical Committee

Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference Student Travel Grant
“Sander Award”

Purpose: To financially assist a student conducting research of interest to the Walleye Technical
Committee (WTC).

Description: A grant of $100 from the WTC of the North Central Division of the American Fisheries
Society.

Eligibility Criteria: The recipient of this award must be a student who is currently enrolled in a college
or university for a degree program. Preference will be given to those involved in research of interest to the
WTC.

Documentation required: An application letter from the student that includes: student’s name, address,
telephone number, educational institution, department, degree level, a short description of current
research, reasons for wishing to attend the meeting (paper or poster presentation, pertinent paper session,
sub-unit business and/or technical meetings), and reasons why financial assistance is needed.
 

Selection Criteria: The Operations Subcommittee of the WTC will evaluate applicants based on the following criteria:

a. AFS involvement (reasons for attending the meeting).
b. Relevance of research to the goals of the WTC.
Frequency of Award: The WTC will select one recipient each year.
Deadline: The deadline for receipt of completed applications by the Chair of the WTC is September 28.
2012 Chair of WTC is Paul Christel: pchristel@cheqnet.net
*The Chair of the WTC will request matching funds from the student’s AFS Chapter (total award up to
$200), however there is no formal arrangement that guarantees matching funds

2012 Awards

I’d like to thank all the presenters at this year’s Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society meeting in Wichita, Kansas. Your willingness to share your research findings with your peers was greatly appreciated. After the points were totaled, the judges selected the following winners:

Best Paper: Thomas D. Mosher. Removal of Buffalo Ictiobus species and common carp Cyprinus carpio from a Kansas Reservoir to Improve Water Quality and Sportfish Populations

Best Student Paper: Joshuah S. Perkin. Effects of Road Crossings on the Abundance and Distribution of Prairie Stream Fishes in Kansas

Best Poster: Amanda M. Alexander. Feeding Ecology of a Relict Cardinal Shiner Population in Kansas

Carson Cox
Award Committee Chairman

Sander Award: Student Travel Grant 2011

Purpose: To financially assist a student conducting research of interest to the Walleye Technical Committee (WTC).

Description: A grant of $100 from the WTC of the North Central Division of the American Fisheries Society.

Eligibility Criteria: The recipient of this award must be a student who is currently enrolled in a college or university for a degree program. Preference will be given to those involved in research of interest to the WTC.

Documentation required: An application letter from the student that includes: student’s name, address,telephone number, educational institution, department, degree level, a short description of current research, reasons for wishing to attend the meeting (paper or poster presentation, pertinent paper session,sub-unit business and/or technical meetings), and reasons why financial assistance is needed.

Selection Criteria: The Operations Subcommittee of the WTC will evaluate applicants based on the following criteria:

AFS involvement (reasons for attending the meeting).
Relevance of research to the goals of the WTC.

Frequency of Award: The WTC will select one recipient each year.

Deadline: The deadline for receipt of completed applications by the Chair of the WTC is September 30.

2011 Chair of WTC is andrew.jansen@ksoutdoors.com

*The Chair of the WTC will request matching funds from the student’s AFS Chapter (total award up to $200), however there is no formal arrangement that guarantees matching funds.

2011 Awards

I’d like to thank all the presenters at this year’s Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society meeting in Wichita, Kansas.  Your willingness to share your research findings with your peers was greatly appreciated.  After the points were totaled, the judges selected the following winners:

Best Paper:  Edwin J. Miller.  Increase of Unionid Mussel Populations in the Verdigris River, Kansas,  from 1991 to 2010

Best Student Paper:  Joe Gerken.  The Importance of High Flows and Floodplain Inundation for Fish and Invertebrates of the Kansas River

Best Poster:  Ryan Pinkall.  Distributional Survey and Habitat Associations of Crayfish in the Kansas, Missouri, and Republican River Basins in Kansas

Carson Cox
Award Committee Chairman

2010 Awards

I'd like to thank all the presenters at this year's Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society meeting in Wichita, Kansas. Your willingness to share your research findings with your peers was greatly appreciated. After the points were totaled, the judges selected the following winners

Best Paper: Dr. Craig Paukert. Fish and Fish Habitat in the Kansas River: What Have We Learned?

Best Student Paper: James Whitney. Spatial and Temporal Variation in Fish Community Structure in the Upper Gila River Basin, NM.

Best Poster: Katherine White. Fish Community Structure in Natural and Engineered Habitats in the Kansas River

Carson Cox
Award Committee Chairman