Stu Innes Memorial Travel Bursary
Forecasted
Stu Innes Memorial Travel Bursary supports students researching Arctic marine mammals with travel to the Society for Marine Mammalogy’s Biennial Conference to learn, network, and develop their careers.
Funder: Society for Marine Mammalogy
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: US$1,000 cash award for travel to the Biennial Conference
Summary: Supports students conducting Arctic marine mammal research to attend the Society’s Biennial Conference and develop their careers.
Key Information: The Society’s operating policies require graduate students to give a spoken or poster presentation at the conference.
Description
The Society for Marine Mammalogy’s Stu Innes Memorial Travel Bursary supports student travel to its Biennial Marine Mammal Conference. It honours Stuart Innes’s commitment to helping young researchers develop careers in Arctic marine mammal science. Friends and colleagues established the bursary in recognition of his belief that the conference offers valuable opportunities to learn, network, and gain enthusiasm through contact with leaders in the field.
The bursary focuses on conference participation and professional development rather than direct funding for fieldwork. It commemorates Innes following his death, alongside fellow scientist Malcolm Ramsay, in a helicopter crash during field research near Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, on May 21, 2000.
