Gabrielle (Gabbie) Baillargeon (at left, the 2018-2019 MASNA Undergraduate Student Scholarship recipient) and Michael (Mike) Connelly (at right, the 2018-2019 MASNA Graduate Student Scholarship recipient), both get to meet keynote speaker Dr. Charlie Veron at MACNA 2018 in Las Vegas.
via the Marine Aquarium Societies of North America (MASNA)
To further our goals, MASNA offers the MASNA Student Scholarship program to help stimulate and promote the pursuit of marine science, in particular for topics that are current and relevant to the marine aquarium hobby.
This year there are two scholarships available: one $4,000 scholarship for a college undergraduate student (incoming and current undergraduate students), and one $4,000 scholarship for a college graduate student (incoming and current graduate students).
The 2019-2020 MASNA Student Scholarships are made possible by our generous sponsors LiveAquaria, EcoTech Marine, and Two Little Fishies.
This is the 11th year for the MASNA Student Scholarship Program. In total, the MASNA Student Scholarship program has contributed $64,000 to college students who have significantly impacted the marine aquarium hobby.
For information on eligibility criteria and application instructions, please visit the MASNA Student Scholarship webpage at masna.org/masna-programs/scholarship-program/.
The 2019-2020 MASNA Student Scholarships will be publicly awarded to the recipients at the 31st annual Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA) in Orlando, Florida, on August 30 – September 1, 2019. Funding is available to assist each recipient in attending MACNA.
If the applicants have any questions, they can refer to the FAQ section of the MASNA Scholarship webpage. If the applicants cannot find the answers they are seeking there, they can direct their questions about the MASNA Student Scholarships to the scholarship committee chair at Scholarship@MASNA.org.
The deadline for submission is June 14, 2019, by midnight of the submitting applicant’s time zone.
Additional information about MASNA can be found here: masna.org/aboutus
Additional information about MACNA 2019 can be found here: macna.org
About MASNA:
MASNA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization composed of marine aquarium societies, individual hobbyists, and industry partners from North America and abroad, totaling several thousand individuals.
MASNA’s goals are to:
- Educate our members with online and published material, the MACNA conference, and other sanctioned events
- Assist in forming and promoting the growth of clubs within the hobby while ensuring a sustainable future for the marine environment
- Support the efforts to eliminate abuses in collecting and transporting marine organisms through education, assistance and encouragement
- Encourage the ethical growth of the marine aquarium hobby and support captive breeding/propagation efforts
Thank you to our generous sponsors: LiveAquaria, Ecotech Marine, and Two Little Fishies.
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