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Norman S. Baldwin Fishery Science Scholarship

Norman Baldwin

The Norman S. Baldwin Fishery Science Scholarship is awarded to deserving graduate students conducting research pertaining to Great Lakes fisheries. The scholarship is sponsored by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, IAGLR's oldest sustaining member. The award recipient(s) are selected by a panel of judges appointed by the chair of the IAGLR Awards Committee. Currently, up to two winners will be announced at the banquet held during the association's annual conference and receive $3,000 each.

About Norman S. Baldwin

Norman S. Baldwin was the first executive secretary of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Norm led the commission for 15 years, from 1957 until he died, tragically, in 1971. He was born in Toronto in 1920, studied zoology at the University of Toronto under the guidance of Ray Langford and Fred Fry, and prior to joining the GLFC directed the fisheries research program for the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests (now the OMNR). He was widely recognized as a scientist and as a leader, well-qualified for the challenge of leading a newly formed international commission. Norm is fondly remembered by his many colleagues in the Ontario government, the GLFC, and its many partner agencies.

How to Apply

Students interested in applying for this scholarship should review the Regulations and Application Procedures.

Recipients

2023 Alexander Koeberle, Cornell University, Modeling native fish restoration in the Great Lakes basin via a unique inland lake
2023 Scott Koenigbauer, Purdue University, Surveying spawning utilization of a restored reef in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron
2022 Morgan Piczak, Carleton University, Advancing foundations of restoration ecology for fish habitat of the Laurentian Great Lakes
2022 Christopher Rounds, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Who, what, when, where and how: Optimizing eDNA sampling for detecting multiple aquatic invasive species
2021 L. Zoe Almeida, Ohio State University, Do early-life conditions set lifetime trajectories in fish? Evaluating how experiential legacies influence individual and population responses to changing environments
2021 Graceanne Tarsa, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Round goby, Neogobius melanostomus, abundance and productivity in the rocky nearshore zone of Lake Michigan
2020 Taylor Brown, Cornell University, Contemporary spatial extent and ecological drivers of larval coregonine distributions across Lake Ontario.
2020 Jordan N. Holtswarth, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, An integrative taxonomic and ecological assessment of banded killifish across the Great Lakes Basin
2019 Ellen George, Cornell University, Genetic and habitat limitations to cisco restoration in Lake Ontario
2019 Robert Sheffer, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point , Movements and habitat use of muskellunge in Green Bay, Lake Michigan
2018 Corey Krabbenhoft, Wayne State University, Round Goby Invasion and the Impact on Native Michigan Fishes
2018 Hannah Lachance, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School, Climate Change, Cisco (Coregonus artedi) and Gene Expression
2017 Jill Brooks, Carleton University, Drivers of the Spatial Ecology of Fish in a Coastal Embayment on the Laurentian Great Lakes
2017 Katherine O’Reilly, University of Notre Dame, Quantifying the importance of Great lakes coastal wetlands for supporting native fishes
2016 Lisa Peterson, Michigan State University, Evaluating methods for estimating mortality components of Great Lakes walleye using acoustic telemetry
2015 Heather Siersma, Wayne State University, The capacity of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron sediments to support the nymphal development of Hexagenia spp.
2014 Cassandra J. May, The Ohio State University, Larval Walleye recruitment and zooplankton availability: testing the match-mismatch hypothesis in Lake Erie
2013 Zachary S. Feiner, Purdue University, Eco-evolutionary dynamics of life history trait variation in Great Lakes percids
2012 Troy Farmer, The Ohio State University, Meteorological effects on yellow perch reproduction and recruitment in Lake Erie
2011 Kari J. Dammerman, Michigan State University, Developmental plasticity and behavior of larval lake sturgeon in an anthropogenically-modified habitat
2010 Amanda E. Haponski, University of Toledo, Spatial and Temporal Population Genetic Relationships of Walleye: Implications for Conservation Biology and Fishery Management
2009 Timothy Caldwell, University of Idaho, The role of Mysis relicta (freshwater opossum shrimp) in the nutrient dynamics of Lake Pend Oreille and its relationship to Onchorhynchus nerka (kokanee salmon) populations
2008 Meaghan Proctor, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point , Genetics of lake trout populations from a mid-lake reef complex, Lake Michigan
2007 Julie Reichert, University of Windsor, River Plume Effects on Larval Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) Growth, Survival, and Recruitment in Lake Erie
2006 Michael Rennie, University of Toronto at Mississauga, The role of invasive invertebrates on energy allocation, life history and contaminant accumulation in Ontario lake whitefish populations
2005 Heather Dawson, Michigan State University, Recruitment variation in Great Lakes sea lamprey populations - measurement and management implications
2005 Juliette Smith, State University of New York, Syracuse, Accumulation of microcystin-LR and its detoxification products in the Lake Erie food web
2004 Chelsey Lumb, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor , Bioenergetic and elemental analysis to compare lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) growth in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
2004 Michael Wilberg, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, Improving and applying stock assessment methods for the Great Lakes
2003 Lisa Corradin, University of Wisconsin
2003 Titus Seilheimer, McMaster University
2002 Candace Parks, Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba
2002 Katherine Smith, Department of Fisheries & Wildlife, Michigan State University
2001 Norine Dobiesz, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, Predator-prey dynamics in Lake Huron
2001 Stephen Hensler, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Trophic changes in Lake Michigan and their relation to the lack of yellow perch recruitment