[Aqualist] Leanne Armand award for postgrads, ECRs and MCRs

[John Tibby]

Dear Quaternarists,
I wanted to raise awareness about the Leanna Armand award...


This award was set up in honour of the Late Professor Leanne Armand (Feb 1968 - Jan 2022). Leanne was Director of the Australian and New Zealand Consortium [ANZIC] and was also Professor of Micropalaeontology at The Australian National University [ANU]. Leanne was a world leader on marine diatoms which she successfully used to reconstruct the waxing and waning of sea ice in the Southern Ocean. She was passionate about training the next generation of scientists and was an advocate for diversity and inclusion.  Funds were donated towards this award by family members, colleagues, and friends of Leanne to help train up the next generation of microfossil experts. An obituary for Leanne is available on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2022.102095<https://doi-org.virtual.anu.edu.au/10.1016/j.marmicro.2022.102095>

The award is for postgraduate and Early to Mid-Career Researchers based in Australia and is to be administered by the Australasian Quaternary Association [AQUA]. The award consists of a travel stipend to the maximum of AUD$3000 and is offered at most once a year to a single candidate.  Preference will be given to travel where the applicant is seeking to learn microfossil identification or advanced characterization techniques from an expert(s).

Applicants for the award must provide a document up to three pages containing: (1) a brief research biography including details of their current research project; (2) the benefits of the travel grant for their research; (3) details of the opportunity (e.g., workshop or specialist conference) or expert(s) willing to host the applicant; and (4) a budget listing anticipated expenses. In addition, a letter of support is required from the applicant's supervisor. Application for this award is on condition of travel insurance being provided by the applicant's institution. A successful awardee must provide a letter of acceptance by the expert offering assistance and the proposed timing and duration of the visit. Upon completion of the award, the applicant is to submit a report to be published in Quaternary Australasia. Applicants will need to spend the funds within a year.

Up to three official members of the AQUA committee, as well as two members of the Research School of Earth Sciences [RSES] at the ANU to be designated by its Director, are to oversee the applications once a year set by a date advertised on the AQUA website as well as the RSES website.

The community is encouraged to make donations to the travel fund. Donations may be made by direct deposit to:

BSB: 062-303

Account number: 10884327

Account name: Australasian Quaternary Association

For international transfer:

Bank name: Commonwealth Bank of Australia CommBank BIC/SWIFT code: CTBAAU2S 14-digit account number: 062303 10884327

Please include your name in the reference field, and email treasurer at aqua.org.au<mailto:secretary at aqua.org.au> for a receipt if required.

This travel award will continue to be offered annually until funds have expired.

Applications for this year close on September 1, 2022 and are to be sent directly to AQUA's President (president at aqua.org.au<mailto:president at aqua.org.au>).

With best wishes,
John.
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Associate Professor John Tibby
Head of Department
Geography, Environment and Population
University of Adelaide
Pronouns: he/his

Phone: +61 (0)8 8313-5146<tel:%2B61%20%280%298%208313-5146>
EMAIL: john.tibby at adelaide.edu.au<mailto:john.tibby at adelaide.edu.au>

Recent publications:
Tibby et al. (2022) The terminal lakes of the Murray River, Australia, were predominantly fresh before large-scale upstream water abstraction<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972202318X?via%3Dihub>. Science of the Total Environment
Tibby et al. (2021) A large mid-Holocene estuary was not present in the lower River Murray, Australia<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-90025-9>. Scientific Reports.
Tibby et al. (2020) Diatom-water quality thresholds in South Australian streams indicate a need for more stringent water quality guidelines<http://www.publish.csiro.au/MF/MF19065>. Marine and Freshwater Research


Web address: http://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/john.tibby
Google Scholar profile: http://tinyurl.com/Google-Scholar-Tibby
Twitter: john_tibby
Field work photos (link)<https://www.flickr.com/photos/25765066@N06/>

Address for sending samples:
John Tibby
c/o Sarah Hoggard
Room G19
Napier Building
University of Adelaide
North Terrace
Adelaide, South Australia, 5005

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