NMCA SCHOLARSHIP & AWARD
INFORMATION
The
NMCA Executive Board wants to remind
everyone that it's never too early
to begin thinking about the various scholarships, grants
and awards that the NMCA offers to the membership
each year:
- The Bob
Armstrong Award:
is given to a NMCA member for meritorious service to NMCA and mosquito
control. Mr. Armstrong was one of the outstanding leaders during the
formation of this Organization and is a charter member who has contributed
immeasurable amounts of both time and energy not only for the betterment
but also for the existence of this Organization over many years. Please
submit all nominations by November 1 of the year of application. More details here
- The McColgan
Grant-in-Aid: was created to honor the
contributions of the late John J. McColgan, Chairman of the State
Reclamation Board as a guardian of the administrative and legislative
interest of Massachusetts mosquito control. The McColgan Grant-in-Aid will
go to an individual or individuals whose work is directly related to the
advancement of operational mosquito control: for example, surveillance
technology, spray technology, biological control, physical control, or
data processing. More details
here - Application
- The Jobbins
Scholarship:
was created to
honor the contributions of the late Professor Daniel Manley Jobbins of
Rutgers University to the understanding of wetlands environments and of
the biology and control of mosquitoes and other arthropod pests and
disease vectors, and for his dedicated support in the establishment and
development of The Northeastern Mosquito Control Association. The Jobbins
Scholarship will go to a student or students whose work is in an area
relevant to mosquito, biting fly control or other vectors in the Northeast
related to disease transmission; for example, wetlands biology-ecology,
entomology or vector parasitology. Studies may range in nature from purely
ecological to strict vector control. More details here - Application
- Student
Travel Grant:
Recently approved by the NMCA Executive Board is a student travel grant
application, to allow current undergraduate or graduate students enrolled
in an accredited college or university to attend our annual meeting. Application
- The Dave
Scott Memorial Award:
This award may be
given annually or only at those times when the Awards Committee and the
Executive Board deems appropriate. The Award should maintain the same
standards of quality that David personified. This award is dedicated in
recognition of the fact that many advancements in our work come from the
rank-and-file……the worker….the field person, as a result of their time
spent on the job, their experience and common sense. It may acknowledge an
improvement in a procedure, a practice, any of the many operational
strategies that we perform in mosquito control on a day-to-day basis. More details here
- The David H. Colburn Award: This award is dedicated to David
H. Colburn, charter member of NMCA, in recognition of his service to
mosquito control and his perfect attendance for the first 50 NMCA Annual
Meetings. This Award can be granted to 1 or 2 people a year from each
member agency or organization. NMCA members in good standing for at least
2 years and with 20 years consecutive or cumulative in mosquito control
are eligible. More details here
– application
- NMCA Honorary membership:
Honorary
membership is the highest award in the NMCA. Honorary members are
permanent, non-dues paying members, elected in recognition of outstanding
contributions to the field and shall have the same privileges as Regular
members. Honorary member
list – Honorary
member plaque
For
more information on these awards, please contact Charles
Lubelczyk (president@nmca.org)
at (207)-396-8246
Click here for the NMCA
Scholarship & Awards history
