NASPS Student and Early Career Professional** Subunit members will receive the same benefits as regular members with additional benefits. These include: 1) opportunities to develop your Curriculum Vitae, 2) professional forum to present and view research, 3) option to participate in student-early career professional-mentor social event, 4) unparalleled networking opportunities, 5) eligibility for NASPS Student Travel Award, In-memoriam Student Research Award, and NASPS Student-Mentor Collaboration Award 6) reduced membership fee. **Note, early career professionals are considered to be within two years of their terminal degree. The NASPS will be accepting applications for the NASPS In Memoriam Student Research Award in 2026. This Award honors, in passing, the memory of our colleagues who made significant contribution to the management, research, and conservation of sturgeon and paddlefish in North America. This award is intended to continue their legacy of sturgeon and paddlefish science by supporting students who conduct sturgeon/paddlefish research, demonstrate academic achievement, leadership ability, and whose professional goals support the mission of NASPS. In their honor, a single award will be given in 2026 (up to $3,000) to a student to assist with equipment costs or travel to conduct field work. Award funds are only eligible for distribution to the student’s university (indirect costs are not allowed). Application materials are due August 7, 2026. The 2026 student recipient of the In-Memoriam Student Research Award will be announced at the 2026 NASPS Annual Meeting in October in Tulsa, OK. For application details, click the link In Memoriam Student Research Award 2026 The NASPS will be accepting applications for the NASPS Student Travel Award to support attendance at the 2026 NASPS annual meeting in Tulsa, OK. The award will be submitted to the student’s university, and NASPS will not pay indirect costs For application details, click the link Application materials are due August 7, 2026. NASPS Student Travel Award 2026 __________________________________________________ Please review our awardees final reports for the NASPS Student Mentor Collaboration Award. Alison Loeppky, University of Manitoba Alison Loeppky Student Mentor Collaboration Award Report Madison Earhart, University of British Columbia NASPS Student and Early Career Professional Subunit
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