GRADUATE EDUCATIONAL GRANTS 

academic year 1968-69 

UNITED ST ATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 

) BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES 

Washington, D. C. 10240 

Fishery leaflet 604 

September 1967 
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 

Stewart L. Udall, 

F THE INT RI R 

tary 

David S. Black, Under cr tary 

Stanley A. Cain, Assistant Seer tary 107' Fish and Wildlil and Pa'rlc 

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVI E, Jarence F . Pautzk, ommission r 

BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FIS llERIE , H . E . rowth r, Director 

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R/ V 1\ til ler . reeillan, the F3 urea u of Comm ercial F is he ries' new fishe ry-oceanography research ve ssel for the North 

-- Pacific and Gering Sea, Its home POrt is Seattle, Wa s h, 

Cove r : Isaacs- Ki dd midwater tr awl fitted with plankton me s h, used by Marine Res earch Committee biologist 

in studies of cat ching e fficiency for youn g stages of pelagic fis he s. (Courtesy Eva Ewing.) 
GRADUATE EDUCATIONAL GRANTS 

a ca demic year 1968-69 

The Bureau of Comm e rcial Fisheries, U .S . 

Fish and Wildlife Service, U .S. D epartment 

of the Interior, invit es applications fr om colleges and universities for Graduat e E duca -

tional Grants to be awarde d for the a c a demic 

yea r 1968-69. 

PURPOSE 

The grant program was developed t o i n -

crease th e number of high- calib e r s cient ists 

trained for r e s ea rc h in fisheri e s or in o ther 

fields r e l evant to fisheries. It is a training 

program designed to help graduat e stu d ent s 

make rapid p rogr ess toward attainment of the 

doctoral d eg r ee . 

FIELDS OF STUDY 

Basic and applied studi e s in a vari e t y of 

disciplines are appropriate to the purpos e of 

th e grants. The following subj e cts ar e the 

preferred disciplines to be c o nsid e r ed f o r 

support . Othe r subjects will rec e ive con sid e ration; however, if their r e levanc e t o fis her y 

science is made clear in the app licatio n. 

Fishery Biology 

Marine Biology and Ecology 

Taxonomy (especially of marine i nver te -

brates) 

Algology 

Pathology 

Bacteriology or Mlcrobiol ogy (relat ing t o 

either basic biology o r t e c hnology ) 

Technology of Fishe r y P r oducts ( e s pecially 

biochemistry) 

Fishery Economics 

Biological Oc e anog ra p hy 

Chemical Oceanography 

Physical Oceanography 

Limnology 

Ocean Engin e ering (fishing gea r a nd equipment, quantitati v e s amplin g devices, 

environmental m ea suring d evices, new 

techniques f o r loc a ting a nd cat ching fish, 

etc . ) 

STIPEND AND DURATION 0 F GRANT 

Grants will includ e : 

(1) $3 ,000 co st- of- living allowance for the 

stud ent 

(2 ) $1,000 addit ional cos t - of- living allowanc e f o r ma r ried s tudents with one or 

m o r e child r en 

( 3 ) Tuition and fees 

(4 ) $500 annual admims ratlv 

t o the institutIon fo r ach 

Grant s will be award d t o c o v 

study on a full - tlme basis, 12 mon h 

year . Certification of satlsfacto r r p r o r 

nc 

is r equired at the nd of t h fir:>t r a r of 

stu dy. 

OBLIGATIONS O F GRANT TENURE 

Each student supported by a Bu r 'au of Com -

mercial FisherIes Graduate Ed uca tIOnal Gr n 

will be required to w o rk full tlme on hl ~ d 

p r ogram on a 12 - month basis, incl dtn 

teaching and field work as th' tnStlt I Ion 

believes to be necessar y f o r hI!:; acad mlc 

p r ogress . Such stud n ts, the r efo r f' , mclY b 

pe r mitted to engage 10 a hmlt ed amo In of 

teaching without having to obt atn Bureau 1-'-

proval. A student may n o t r eceive addl IOn<11 

remuneration from anoth e r f ellowshIp, assl 

ants hip, scholarshlp, or s imll a r award '1r 

Federal grant or c o ntract d UrI ng hI:> ,'n Ir . 

If the institutIOn beh eves It wlll b( b nf'ftcl 1 

to his academic pr o gress, a nd s o certtfl' s 11 

advanc e, a student m a y take o t h 'r cmploymt'nt 

dur .ng the summer ; how eve r, t he annua! 1' -

month stipend will b e r ed uced on a pro rel < 

basis for each month o f approved '; mm r 

employment. If the l n sti tutIon has no f( rIT a. 

s ummer seSSIon, th e student m st mdk P'-

cial arrang ements fo r s up r Vl s >d s dy r 

research at hls Instl t u t l n o r otht·r apI r -

p r iate instItutIOn. If ext ended trav 1 IS cor.-

templated f o r examIn Ing IT' "lterlal lr m !> 

or for oth e r purpo s e s, t he B'J r ea'l sh Ild bl 

consulted in advance . O n ce accepted, d Id n 

may enter on t e n u r e of hI!> gran any 

after June I , 19 . bu b(,~ll'1 r 

than t h e b e g inn ing o f tre 1 

year . After an a wa rd is made 

in cours e of study o r t enu r e req tr( PrJ r 

approval of t he B r ea of COlT'm ~rclal FI 

eries. 

WHO MAY APPLY 

AppltcatIOns WIll be con~jld 'red 

instltution s o f h l gher learnln' In 

States that offer a f U -tlm c Ir rlC 

109 to th e d oc t o r a Apphca on 

made by a n authO ri zed offlc r of ' h 

tion . St d ents s ho ld no appl' c th 

Th ey WIll be s el c db' th lr 

Selec tion m st be made 
Serologists of the Biological Laboratory, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, testing 

the blood of herring for identification of racial differences. 

as to race, creed, color, sex, or nationa l origin. 

The student must be a U .S. citizen or owe 

allegiance to the United Stat e s. He or she 

must be working toward a doctorate. 

WHERE TO APPLY 

Applications for grants should be addressed 

to the Director, Bureau of Comme rcial Fisheries, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U .S. 

Department of the Interior, Wa shing ton, D.C. 

20240. Copies of terms and conditions to be 

included in a grant are available upon request. 

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WHEN TO APPLY 

The final date for submis sion of a p p lications 

will be December 1, 196 7. Applications postma rked after midnight will not be c o nsidered. 

HOW TO APPLY 

The following information is required for 

e ach application. It will be u s ed to judge the 

kind of t raining off er ed by the faculty or 

department. 

1. Name of institution 

2. Name of depa rtm e n t 
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3. Address 

4. Field of study and brief description of 

doctoral study program. (See sampl e 

application.) 

5. If the student(s) and his . particular 

subject for investigation are known, 

include a brief description of that subject. 

6. Name, specialty, and degrees of faculty 

member or members who would supervise the incumbent of the grant. 

7. Other faculty members in the department, their degr ees, and their fields of 

specialty. 

8. Estimated tuition and fees. (Total for 

the academic year of 12 months including summer session.) 

9. Numbers of graduate students currently 

in residence in the department making 

application and the degrees toward whi c h 

they are working. 

10. Numbers of doctoral degrees conferr ed 

in the past 5 years by the department 

making application, the major field of 

study, and the title of thesis for each. 

A sample application is attached for your 

guidance. There are no printed application 

forms. 

COMPLIANCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS 

ACT OF 1964 

Institutions receiving awards will be required to comply with Title VI of th e Civil 

Rights Act of 1964. The Department of the 

Interior has delegated to the Department of 

Health, Education and Welfar e the responsibility for enfo rc ing the provisions of that act 

as they may apply to grants by the Department of the Interior to colleges, universities 

and. other educational institutions . Accordingly, 

institutions which are awarded Graduat e Educational Grants must fil~ statements of assurance, compliance reports, etc., i n accordance 

with regulations of the Department of Health, 

Education and Welfare. The filing of s imilar 

material with the Bureau of Commercial 

Fisheries will NOT be required. 

NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS 

Separate requests must be submitted for 

grants in each discipline. For example, if an 

institution requ ests support for one student in 

Fishery Biology and one student in Technology 

of Fishery P roducts, two separat e applications 

must be furnished. Eight copies of each application are needed ; six of them ar e for the use 

of the reviewing panel. Only one set of supporting data, such as curriculum bulletins, 

need be submitted for each department making 

application. Since the number of poss ible 

awards is limited and the numb e r of qualified 

institutions is great, it is suggested that each 

department limit its request to one grant. 

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SELECTION AND AWARDS 

Final selections will be made 

1968. Announcement of award 

for March I, 1968. 

The awards will require that h 

institutions furnish to the Bureau of Camm 

cial Fisheries, not later than Jun 1. jQ 

the following information regardmg each 

dent select ed to receive support under 

g rant. 

Name and mailing address 

Date and place of birJ:h 

Undergraduate institution 

Undergraduate major 

Degrees r eceived and dates 

List of publications 

Summary of post-graduate educatIon, 1£ any, 

with name of instItution, subject and credit 

hours obtained 

Number of years of total graduat study 

currently being ccnnpleted 

Outline of proposed course of study, mel ding subject of dissertation, U select d 

Marital status of student, and if marn d, 

number of children 

Statement of tuition and fees for flrst y ar 

of grant 

Commencing date for grant 

Failure to submit the above information by 

June I, 1968, will result in cancellation of the 

grant. 

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SAMPLE 

APPLICATION FOR BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES 

GRADUATE EDUCATIONAL GRANTS, ACADEMIC YEAR 1968-69 

Marine Ecology 

Field 

1. Name of Institution: Spencer F. Baird University 

2. Name of Department: Department of Zoology 

3. Address: Linton Hall, Washington, D.C., 20360 

4. Name of field of study and brief description of doctoral study program: Marine 

Ecology. 

The student pursuing a Ph. D. in Zoology with emphasis on marine ecology is required to take a rounded sel ection of advanced biology courses and, in addition, a 

minimum of the following: oceanography (2 semesters), marine ecology (1 semester), 

systematics of marine invertebrates (1 semester). Also required are a reading knowledge of two relevant foreign languages and a dissertation based on original research. 

Ability in English composition must be demonstrated. Minimum prerequisites are college physics, calculus, organic and inorganic chemistry, and courses in biology 

equiva lent to a major in that field. 

5 . Name of student and particular field: One of the following students would be 

the recipient of the grant: 

Thomas Kodd, whose research is an experimental study of factors influenCing the 

growth and development of three species of tropical Atlantic copepods in laboratory culture. 

Maureen Vitas, whose interest is in the ecology of Asteroidea. Tentatively, her 

thesis research will be on the feeding behavior and prey preferences of New 

England Solasteridae. 

6. Name, specialty, and degrees of faculty member who will supervise incumbent of 

the grant : 

L. Aggasiz Bi ge low, Ph. D. Marine eco l ogy; comparative anatomy of fishes 

7. Other faculty members in the department, their degrees, and their fields of 

specialty: 

G. Goode Bean, Ph. D. 

Mendel Morgan, Ph. D. 

Oceanic ichthyology 

Genetics 

8. Estimated tuition and fees: $2,000 for l2-month period including summer session. 

9. Number of graduate students currently in residence in the department making application and the degrees toward which they are working: 

12 students; 5 working toward Ph. D. and 7 toward M.S. 

10. Number of doctoral degrees conferred in the past 5 years by the department 

making application, the major field of study, and the title of thesis for each: 3 

Fisheries: High-frequency echo-ranging studies of yellow perch migrations and 

school characteristics. Jonathan B. Jones, 1964. 

Taxonomy: Western Atlantic scorpion fishes of the genus Scorpaena including 

descriptions of 3 new species from South American. Albert Evans, 

1962. 

A study of the genus Enoploteuthis (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) in the 

Atlantic Ocean with a redescription of the type species, ~. leptur~ ( 

(Leach, 1817). Frank E. Clyde, 1965. 

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BUREAU OF COMMEROUL FISHERIES 

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