Awards

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Awards & Scholarships

FMSEA annually recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions towards moving the field of marine science forward, who provide outstanding marine science education and who want to share their successes with other practitioners.

For information and submissions, contact:
Heather Segura (FMSEA President-Elect)
president-elect @ fmsea.org

John Beakley “Marine Science Educator of the Year” Award

2013 John Beakley Marine Educator of the Year
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Dr. Heather Judkins received the John Beakley Award for 2012 from Lauren Tyler (Treasurer) and Sara Hamilton (President). She is a Biology professor at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg and is working on various cephalopod projects which include species diversity, distribution and abundance.

The FMSEA Outstanding Marine Educator Award began in 1986. It was renamed in 1999 in honor of John Beakley, a Marine Science Resource Teacher in Palm Beach County and one of FMSEA’s founders.

“I consider John to be the founding father of Marine Education in the State as he made numberous trips to Washington to obtain funds to develop the Jacksonville Marine Science Center, the Crystal River Marine Science Station, and the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Station (no longer open). He was the major force in establishing FMSEA in 1968.”
—Pat Purcell

This Award is given to an educator who has demonstrated dedication to promoting and developing marine science in Florida. Nominees need not be members of FMSEA, but member nominations are encouraged. Self-nominations are accepted. Please ask the person you nominate to address the following categories (we encourage bullets of information as opposed to a narrative):

  • Professional experience and background
  • Special recognition already received relating to marine education
  • Marine Science programs/projects developed by nominee
  • Publications/workshops/presentations
  • 2013 John Beakley Marine Educator of the Year Award Nomination Form
  • Submit your application to president-elect @ fmsea.org

FMSEA Service Award

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Howard Rutherford (NMEA Representative) and Lauren Tyler (Treasurer) received the FMSEA Service Award for 2012.

The FMSEA Service Award began in 1993 and is given each year to a member who has exhibited dedicated service to the organization. Nominees must be FMSEA members. Self-nominations are accepted. The nomination must address the following points. Please submit bullets instead of a long narrative:

  • Professional experience and background
  • Projects/programs related to FMSEA undertaken by nominee
  • Number of years and in what capacities nominee has served in FMSEA
  • 2013 Service Award Nomination Form
  • Submit your application to president-elect @ fmsea.org

Student Project Awards

Award for Junior Student Project

The John Booker Award
for Senior Student Project

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Chandler Precht is the 2012 winner of the John Booker Award for Senior Student Projects presented at the Florida Science and Engineering Fair for the project, The Spread and Progression of White Band Disease on the Threatened Coral, Acropora cervicornis, Implications for Reef Management.
Photo by William Precht.

The purpose of the two Student Project Awards is to encourage continuing education and study of the marine environment. A $300 Cash Award will be given to both a Junior and Senior Section student whose research demonstrates outstanding environmental science research with a marine and/or aquatic science connection.

  • The awards will be presented at the Annual State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida (SSEF)
  • The senior student project award was renamed in 2011 to honor John Booker, a marine biologist at Seacamp and former FMSEA president (1988-89).
  • Submit your application to president-elect @ fmsea.org

Teacher Trust Fund Award – Individual Scholarship

Scholarship Applications are due 60 days prior to program/conference for which you are applying.

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Get your FMSEA Scholarship Dollars

The FMSEA Board of Directors voted to establish an environmental education trust fund at its October 10, 1993 meeting. The fund is in support of staff development which includes teacher in-service training and enhancement. A special thank you goes to R. Duncan Matthewson for his efforts in helping to establish this fund.

Individual Scholarships will be presented to FMSEA members to attend either an environmental professional development program or a professional conference (including the FMSEA annual conference). Awards may cover registration, travel or accommodation costs. Applicants are encouraged to secure matching funds from sources other than FMSEA. All award winners must agree to:

  • acknowledgments of FMSEA support in all activities related to the funded program,
  • file copies with FMSEA of all products/projects generated by the program,
  • a short, written report on the program/conference for the annual FMSEA Journal or present a session at the first FMSEA Annual Conference after the completion of the project.

Scholarship Applications are due 60 days prior to program/conference for which you are applying.
Submitting an application does not guarantee funds will be awarded. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

  • FMSEA Teacher Trust Fund – Individual Scholarship Application
  • Submit your application to president-elect @ fmsea.org
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