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DAVID H. SMITH CONSERVATION RESEARCH FELLOWS: CLASS OF 2009

The Society for Conservation Biology and the Cedar Tree Foundation are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2009 David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship. The Smith Fellowship, the premier postdoctoral program in conservation biology in the United States, seeks to find solutions to the nation's most pressing conservation challenges. Each Fellow's research is conducted in partnership with a major academic institution and an "on the ground" conservation organization to help bridge the gap between theory and application.

The following fellowship recipients were selected on 6 January from a pool of highly qualified recent recipients of Ph.D.s from around the world.

Sarah Keenan Jacobi will complete the project "A Framework for Optimal Spatial and Temporal Resource Allocation for Large Scale Conservation Problems" under the academic mentorship of Jeffrey Camm at the University of Cincinnati School of Business and in partnership with Eric Lonsdorf at the Lincoln Park Zoo.

Lekelia Jenkins will focus on "Global Oceans, Global Knowledge: Codifying Approaches for Successful Cross-Cultural Adoption of Marine Conservation Technologies" under the academic mentorship of Patrick Christie at the University of Washington and in partnership with Martin Hall of the International Tropical Tuna Commission and Wallace Nichols of Ocean Conservancy.

Raina Plowright will examine "Climate Change, Wildlife Corridors, and Health Consequences in the US Northern Rockies" under the academic mentorship of Peter Hudson at the Pennsylvania State University and in partnership with Shaun McGrath of the Western Governors Association and Peter Daszak of the Consortium for Conservation Medicine.

Sarah Reed will complete the project "Can conservation development conserve wildlife habitat connectivity?" under the academic mentorship of David Theobald at Colorado State University and in partnership with Jodi Hilty of the Wildlife Conservation Society.

While the Smith Fellows' research projects focus on urgent conservation issues, they also learn firsthand about the challenges and rewards of conservation applications. The program's focus is to enlarge the Fellows' professional opportunities and ensure future success by helping them build relationships in the conservation and research communities and by providing opportunities for professional development through targeted workshops and training events.

The late Dr. David H. Smith, founder of the Cedar Tree Foundation, was a pediatrician, inventor, and conservationist. He established the Smith Fellowship in 1998 with a grant to The Nature Conservancy. In 2005, the Fellowship was broadened to include the broader conservation community and is now administered by the Society for Conservation Biology. The Smith Fellowship seeks to identify and support early-career scientists who will shape the growth of applied conservation biology.

Requests for proposals for the 2010 Class of Smith Fellows will be announced in June 2009. For more information see www.SmithFellows.org or contact Shonda Foster, 1 202 234-4133.

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