{"id":55549,"date":"2025-04-09T13:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T20:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=55549"},"modified":"2025-04-09T13:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T20:45:04","slug":"scholarship-washington-state-lake-protection-association-student-scholarships-due-april-15th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/scholarship-washington-state-lake-protection-association-student-scholarships-due-april-15th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship: Washington State Lake Protection Association Student Scholarships (Due: April 15th, 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.walpa.org\/wp-content\/themes\/WALPA\/headers\/cottage-lake.jpg\" alt=\"waskington state lake images\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">WALPA Student Scholarships<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.walpa.org\/scholarships_awards\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Website<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Apply Today<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Applications are due April 15, 2025!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">In 2025, the Washington Lakes Protection Association is offering two student scholarships.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">The Dave Lamb Memorial Scholarship to a graduate student for $1,000.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">The WALPA scholarship to an undergraduate student for $500.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Both scholarships will also provide complimentary registration and a $200 travel stipend towards accommodation for each recipient at the annual meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img src=\"https:\/\/www.walpa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Skinner-pic.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Student scholarships will be awarded to further our understanding of the limnology, hydrology, ecology, management, and restoration of lakes in Washington and Idaho. Applicants must be part- or full-time undergraduate or graduate students at an accredited college or university in Washington or Idaho. Recipients shall use scholarship funds to cover expenses directly related to their research.\u00a0Students are expected to attend the annual conference to present their research findings and interact with the WALPA membership.<br \/><br \/>All scholarship applications will be reviewed by the Scholarship Committee, composed of individuals from academia, industry, and government. Committee members who have a personal or institutional affiliation with the applicant will not judge applicants. Student scholarship winners will be selected based on the quality of their research topic, its significance to lake science as described above, its relevance to the applicant\u2019s interests and career goals, and for following the directions below.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>Student applicants must provide the following three items:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A statement of research interests and career goals (<b>maximum of 3 pages<\/b>). The statement must explain why the proposed research is important to the field of limnology and\/or lake management and include an itemized budget and budget justification that explains the intended use of the scholarship funds.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0<b>1-2 page<\/b>\u00a0resume.<\/li>\n<li><b>Recent transcripts<\/b>\u00a0of all college\/university course work (official copies not required).\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A letter of recommendation from the student\u2019s academic advisor, should be sent as a PDF file directly to the committee chair.<br \/><br \/>All applicants should send materials in a\u00a0single Adobe Acrobat PDF file\u00a0clearly identified by the applicant\u2019s last name to William Hobbs, chair of the Scholarship Committee, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:william.hobbs@ecy.wa.gov\">william.hobbs@ecy.wa.gov<\/a>.\u00a0<b>Applications are due by 11:59 PM on April 15, 2025.<\/b>\u00a0The\u00a0Scholarship Committee will contact applicants in May to let them know their application\u2019s status. See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.walpa.org\/scholarships_awards\/\">https:\/\/www.walpa.org\/scholarships_awards\/<\/a>\u00a0for more information on student scholarships.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10410,"featured_media":34100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[126],"tags":[215,300,748,3041,771,234,51,3806,9,121],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55549"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55550,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55549\/revisions\/55550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}