Taryn Morris, a first year PhD student in the was recently awarded a Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowship. This fellowship provides up to $50,000 a year over three years, which will be used to further support her studies of invasive plants in the Fynbos ecosystems of South Africa.
The Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future fellowships are awarded to women academics in science and engineering from developing and emerging countries, and provide funding for advanced graduate study. The long-term goal of the Faculty for the Future program is to generate conditions that result in more young women pursuing careers in the scientific disciplines. Grant recipients are therefore selected as much for their leadership capabilities as their scientific talents and they are expected to return to their home countries to continue their academic careers and inspire other young women.
Taryn also receives some support from a Mellon Foundation Award to Nichole Barger and Jason Neff.
Congratulations to both Taryn and Nichole.
This has been a remarkable year for EBIO!
