This fellowship was created by AFS in 2007 to honor the memory of Steven Berkeley, a dedicated fisheries scientist. Berkeley was a long-time member of AFS and a member of the first Board of Directors of the Fisheries Conservation Foundation. The fellowship comprises a competitively based $15,000 award to a graduate student actively engaged in thesis research relevant to marine conservation; a focus on fisheries issues is not required. Please use the current application requirements at the link below, as revisions have been made recently.

For more information and application requirements see: mfs.fisheries.org
Send electronic applications and recommendations, to be received no later than February 1, 2023 to at Susan Sogard

Past Recipients:

• 2013 Christian Conroy; runners-up: Alex Filous & Alexis Jackson
• 2014 Cassandra Benkwitt; runners-up: Nathan Furey & Marissa McMahan
• 2015 Jacob Brownscombe; runners-up: Dustin Chen, Gayathiri Gnanalingam & Katherine Silliman
• 2016 Wendel Raymond; runners-up: Camrin Braun & Katrina Cook
• 2017 Brendan Runde; runners-up: Sara Schaal & Megan Winton
• 2018 Samantha Wilson; runner-up: Jason Selwyn
• 2019 Jason Toy; runners-up: Patrick Charapata & Heather Stewart
• 2020 John Swenson; runners-up: Carissa Gervasi & Victoria Quennessen
• 2021 Mary Fisher; runners-up: John Bohórquez & Grace Casselberry
• 2022 Ben Farmer; runner-up: Celeste Kieran