Student Travel Awards

Each year, the Association of Field Ornithologists provides student travel awards to help defray part or all of the costs necessary to attend and present an oral paper or poster at an annual meeting. Check the upcoming meeting website for information.

Previous Award Recipients:

2010: Congratulations to the following students who received travel awards from AFO to present their research at the AFO meeting in Ogden, Utah.

• Emerson “Keith” Bowers, Illinois State University
• Mallory J. Brodrick, Sam Houston State University
• Rute Alexandra Pais Costa, Universidade do Minho, Braga
• Rebecca Croston, Hunter College of the City University of New York
• Rebecca Kern, University of Delaware
• Linda Lait, University of Lethbridge
• Christopher J. W. McClure, Auburn University
• Matt McKim-Louder, University of Illinois
• Ellen Robertson, University of Maine
• Victor Hugo Mendoza Rodríguez, Institute for Scientific and Technological Research of San Luis Potosi
• Jason Townsend, Syracuse University
• Luis Esteban Vargas, Universidad de Costa Rica

2009: Congratulations to the following students who received travel awards from AFO to present their research at the joint meeting of the AFO and the Wilson Ornithological Society in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

• Karl Berg, Cornell University
• Ross Brittain, Indiana University
• Katy Forgues, Trent University
• Laura Kearns, Ohio State University
• Sarah Kingston, University of Maryland
• Josh LaPergola, Villanova University
• Rebecca Lohnes, Cornell University
• Kara Moody, Antioch University New England
• Karan Odom, University of Windsor
• Sarah Pabian, Pennsylvania State University
• Joel Ralston, SUNY Albany
• Paul van Els, Oklahoma State University
• Michael Wierda, Clemson University
• Stephanie Wright, Villanova University