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. More details
here.
- The McColgan Grant-in-Aid:
will go to an individual whose work is directly related to the advancement
of operational mosquito control: for example, Surveillance technology,
Spray technology, Biological control, Physical control, Data processing. More details here - Application
- The Jobbins Scholarship: will
go to a student whose work is in an area relevant to mosquito or
biting-fly control in the Northeast; 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
- The Dave Scott Memorial
Award: This award is dedicated to the recognition of
the fact that many advancements in our work come from the rank-and-file 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. 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
For more
information on these awards, please contact Wally Terrill (president@nmca.org) at (413) 269-6155
Click here for the NMCA
Scholarship & Awards history