The Deep-Sea Biology Society offered a Research Support Award to 4 members, including 1 Cruise Support Award
Congratulations go to:
Research Support Award
- Gerrit Meiners, PhD student (Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven, Germany)
£1500 to participate in the German-American Nature-Based Solutions Exchange (GANBASE) co-hosted at Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research and POCACITO - Victoria Assad, PhD student (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA) – https://victoriaassad.wordpress.com
£850 to understand the potential impacts of deep-sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone on the micronekton using community and life history analyses costs (reproductive capacity based on histology). - Jonathan N. Flores, Postdoc (Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos (IBIOMAR), CCT CENPAT-CONICET):
£2000 to study the diversity, systematics, and connectivity of sea urchins (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from the Mar del Plata Submarine Canyon, Argentina.
Cruise participation
Kurt Bryant B. Bacharo, Graduate Student (University of the Ryukyus, Japan) received £500 to join a cruise on RV Kaimei:
- Cruise ID: KM25-06C
- Start Date: July 1, 2025
- End Date: August 2, 2025 Cruise
- Location: Daito Islands (July 1 to July 25) and Kyushu-Palau Ridge (July 26 to August 2)
- Mobilisation Port: JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
- Demobilisation Port: JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
- Chief Scientist: Dr. Yoshihiro Fujiwara
- Website: https://www.jamstec.go.jp/dark/e/
For questions about awards, please contact Heather Judkins, Awards Officer at awards@dsbsoc.org.
