Eugene Evonuk
The Eugene And Clarissa
Evonuk Memorial Graduate Fellowship
in Environmental or Stress Physiology
History, Philosophy & Goals
In 1984, Clarissa M. Evonuk established the Eugene Evonuk Memorial Graduate Fellowship with the aid of Hope Pressman of the University of Oregon Foundation. The Fellowship was established to honor Dr. Eugene Evonuk, who devoted his life and contributed substantially to the scholarly advancement of the field of applied physiology and to the professional careers and personal growth of his students. The aim of the fellowship is to assist and encourage others to pursue the ideals that guided Dr. Evonuk’s life.
Eligibility & Criteria
The Eugene and Clarissa Evonuk Memorial Graduate Fellowship in Environmental or Stress Physiology was established to aid promising advanced graduate students whose focus of research is in the area of applied physiology. Applicants must be advanced to candidacy for the doctoral degree in their field of graduate education within six months after the application deadline. Applicants will be judged not only on superior scholastic ability, but also the potential for significant contributions to the field.
Application Procedure
Advanced doctoral students whose research focus is applied physiology are invited to submit research proposals focusing on some aspect of environmental or stress physiology. The amount of the award will vary from year to year. In most years, at least $5000 will be available for distribution in one or more awards. The application deadline is March 1st, and the award(s) will be announced in May. Funds will be released by the selection committee to the awardee(s) upon receipt of verification of advancement to candidacy for the doctoral degree.
Proposals should include a cover page giving the title of the proposed project and the applicant’s name, address, and telephone. An abstract (not exceeding one double-spaced page) should provide a brief summary of the nature and scope of the project. A brief statement regarding the significance of the proposed research to the advancement of knowledge in the field of environmental or stress physiology should be provided on a separate page following the abstract. The body of the proposal should present a description of the research to be undertaken, including a statement of background, significance, and rationale of the project; the design and methods should be described as explicitly and concisely as possible. A proposed time schedule and budget should be included on a separate page. The proposal should be long enough to describe the research to be done and the material required, but should not ordinarily exceed 7 to 10 pages.
A photocopy of graduate transcripts, a curriculum vitae (including educational history, honors, experience, and publications), and the names and addresses of two references (who have been asked to write letters of recommendation directly to the address given below) should be attached to the proposal. The letters should evaluate the applicant’s research and writing skills, as well as the overall value of the proposed research, and should be mailed by the writers by the application deadline. Four copies of all materials are requested. Students who receive the award are expected to give a final accounting of how the funds were spent and to provide an abstract of the completed research to the committee chairperson.
Application materials should be mailed to the Chairperson of the Fellowship Selection Committee:
Mary Ann Carmack, MD, PhD
398 Menlo Oaks Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
The following is a list of former award winners, with proposal titles, and most recently known positions/site of employment.
1985: Shere K. Byrd, Iron Supplementation in Women Runners and Its Effects on Trace Mineral Nutriture. Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO.
1985: Christine Snow, The Effects of a Back Exercise Program on Bone Activity in Early Postmenopausal Women. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
1986: Ann K. Bode, The Effects of Exercise Duration on Mitochondrial Function. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
1989: Vincent M. Nethery, Sensory Mediators of Ratings of Perceived Exertion in Trained and Untrained Cyclists at Low and Moderate Workloads. Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA.
1989: Dennis Robert Taaffe, The Effects of Fiber Type Composition on Calcium Uptake of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in Mammalian Skeletal Muscle. Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology, School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, Australia.
1990: Terrence G. Favero, Alterations in Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Function Following a Single Bout of Exhaustive Exercise. University of Portland, Portland, OR.
1991: Kristen A. Luckin, Characterization of the Ca2+-ATPase Protein of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum of Rat Skeletal Muscle in Response to a Single Bout of Prolonged Exercise. University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
1992: Michel Claude Biedermann, Correlation Between Muscle Function and Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+-ATPase During Fatigue: An In-situ Model. University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
1992: Stuart P. Matz, Effect of Novel Water on the Activity of TRH Neurons. Assistant Professor, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA.
1994: Sean O. Henry, Temperature Dependency of Skeletal Muscle Fatigue In Situ. Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR.
1994: John J. McCarthy, Muscle Fatigue: The Role of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum-Glycogenolytic Complex. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
1995: Belinda Beck, The Relationship of Load Magnitude and Frequency to Streaming Potential and Remodeling in Bone. Lecturer, Physiotherapy & Exercise Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
1996: Laura Verhegge, An Investigation of Potential Ontogenetic Shifts in Hypoxia and Sulphide Tolerance in Two Burrowing Shrimp: Neotrypaea (Callianassa) californiensis and Upogebia pugettensis. Banfield Marine Station, Vancouver Island, BC.
1997: Stasinos Stavrianeas, The Role of Ca2+ Metabolism and Cross-Bridge Cycling Kinetics in Diaphragmatic Fatigue. Willamette University, Salem, OR.
2000: Laura Adomaitis, A Systems Based Forced-Use Approach to Retraining Balance Function After Stroke, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
2000: Reed Ferber, Gait Perturbation Response in Pre and Post Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgical Subjects and Healthy Individuals, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.
2001: Brad Wilkins, Mechanisms of Active Cutaneous Vasodilation in Humans, Post-Doctoral Fellow, John Halliwill Laboratory, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
2002: Susan Verscheure, The Effect of Estrogen on Passive Anterior Tibial Displacement and Active Anterior Tibial Shear, Assistant Professor, Program Director Graduate Athletic Training, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
2002: Jennifer Head, Coping With Environmental Hypoxia: The Involvement of HIF-1a in Abrogating the Effects of Low Oxygen in Crustaceans, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Charleston, OR.
Expected amount of this year’s award: $5000
Total awards distributed since Evonuk Fellowship
Inception: $40,290.
Donations
Those wishing to contribute to the Eugene and Clarissa Evonuk Memorial
Graduate Fellowship should send checks payable to the University of Oregon
Foundation (Memo:
Evonuk Memorial Graduate Fellowship) to V. Pat Lombardi, 1210 University
of Oregon, Department of
Biology, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1210. For further information contact
541-346-4536.