Julia Indivero awarded ESA 2021 Graduate Student Policy Award
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is honored to announce the Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) 2021 cohort. This award provides graduate students with the opportunity to receive policy and communication training before they meet lawmakers.
ESA selected 23 students to receive the award including Julia L. Indivero from the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences.
Students will meet virtually in April to learn about the federal legislative process and science funding, to hear from ecologists working in federal agencies, and to meet with their Members of Congress on Capitol Hill. This Congressional Visit Day, organized and sponsored by ESA, offers GSPA recipients the chance to interact with policymakers and discuss the importance of federal funding for science and the need for research relief for the biological and ecological sciences.
“Early careers scientists who are passionate about understanding and contributing to the world of policy are needed now more than ever,” said ESA President Kathleen Weathers “ESA is delighted to offer this opportunity for graduate students to engage with policy and policy makers.”
Click here to see a Flickr album with photos of this year’s award winners.
Julia Indivero is a first-year M.S. student in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington under the supervision of Dr. Tim Essington. Her research focuses on modeling fish community dynamics to advance the sustainable management of fisheries. She received her B.A. in Biology and Environmental Studies from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut in 2017. She has previously researched ecology and conservation biology with the Organization for Tropical Studies in South Africa and Oregon Sea Grant at the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. She most recently worked with the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory at the Marine and Coastal Research Laboratory in Sequim, Washington. She is also dedicated to STEM outreach and education and serves as a mentor with the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship Program.
This story was adapted from a release originally published by the Ecological Society of America.