Vonow Conservation Biology Grants 2024
The 2024 Vonow Conservation Biology research grant is now closed
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The Vonow Conservation Biology Grant is sponsored jointly by the BSSA and the Nature Conservation Society of South Australia.
Conservation Biology Grants are awarded each year for Honours or Postgraduate research that contributes towards one or more of these South Australia-based conservation goals:
Conservation Biology Grants are awarded each year for Honours or Postgraduate research that contributes towards one or more of these South Australia-based conservation goals:
- improving understanding of the conservation status of species or ecological communities,
- providing recommendations for improvement of some aspect of biodiversity conservation,
- understanding the ecology of species or communities,
- understanding threats to biodiversity and management of those threats
The Vonow Conservation Biology Grant has been named to honour Helen Vonow, who for over 40 years, dedicated her life to nature conservation in South Australia.
Helen works in the State Herbarium of South Australia, as the State Herbarium Collections Manager since the mid-1990s, managing a collection of over 1 million specimens of plants, algae, fungi and lichen. Her work includes conducting field collections, updating taxonomy, and training staff, researchers and students in collection practices and identification skills. In addition to her paid employment Helen, since the mid-1980s, has dedicated thousands of volunteer hours towards understanding South Australia’s biodiversity, as a member of the Nature Conservation Society of South Australia (NCS), and as an NCS committee rep since the early 1990s. Helen continues to contributes volunteer hours as a member of the NCS and as the Public Officer, as a member of the Field Naturalists Society of SA, a member of the Adelaide Fungal Studies Group, on the review panel of Lirabenda Endowment Fund Research Grants, as a member of the Australian conservation Foundation, a member of the Australasian Systematic Botany Society and a Rail Care volunteer, conducting revegetation for train stations. It is an honour and a privilege to be able to celebrate Helens previous and ongoing contribution to nature conservation in South Australia.
Helen works in the State Herbarium of South Australia, as the State Herbarium Collections Manager since the mid-1990s, managing a collection of over 1 million specimens of plants, algae, fungi and lichen. Her work includes conducting field collections, updating taxonomy, and training staff, researchers and students in collection practices and identification skills. In addition to her paid employment Helen, since the mid-1980s, has dedicated thousands of volunteer hours towards understanding South Australia’s biodiversity, as a member of the Nature Conservation Society of South Australia (NCS), and as an NCS committee rep since the early 1990s. Helen continues to contributes volunteer hours as a member of the NCS and as the Public Officer, as a member of the Field Naturalists Society of SA, a member of the Adelaide Fungal Studies Group, on the review panel of Lirabenda Endowment Fund Research Grants, as a member of the Australian conservation Foundation, a member of the Australasian Systematic Botany Society and a Rail Care volunteer, conducting revegetation for train stations. It is an honour and a privilege to be able to celebrate Helens previous and ongoing contribution to nature conservation in South Australia.
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