Good News!  The Phillip M. Fields Scholarship is now worth $3,000 to some deserving student!

The South Carolina Aquatic Plant Management Society is seeking applications for its annual Phillip M. Fields Scholarship Award. The Society intends to award a $3,000 scholarship to the successful applicant in the fall of 2008. Scholarship funds may be used by the recipient to cover costs associated with education and research expenses. Eligible applicants must be enrolled as full time undergraduate or graduate students in an accredited college or university in the United States. Course work or research in an area related to the biology, ecology or management of aquatic plants in the Southeast is also required.

Sara True, NC State and Joshua Cheshier, Mississippi State shared the $3000 prize for the 2007 Phillip M. Fields Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to a student who is researching an area related to the biology, ecology or management of aquatic plants in the Southeast.  

Applications must be received no later than May 1, 2008 and will be evaluated on the basis of relevant test scores (ACT, SAT, GRE, etc.), high school and/or college grades, quality and relevance of course work or

 research, a proposed budget, information obtained from references, and other related considerations. Other factors being equal, preference will be given to applicants enrolled in Southeastern and South Carolina academic institutions. The successful applicant may be requested to present an oral report on research activities at the annual meeting of the Society.

Additionally, Howard B. Roach Student Paper Awards are also given for papers presented at the SCAPMS annual meeting.

This year we had nine students competing in the annual student paper contest. All the participants gave excellent presentations on a wide variety of aquatic plant topics.  Congratulation to all the students who participated this year.