Submit a one-page essay summarizing evidence of your passion for and research relating to fish ecology and fisheries in freshwater ecosystems.

William Gould IV established this memorial scholarship in honor of his late father, William Gould III. William came to Montana, sight unseen, in the early 1960s to pursue a career for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Cooperative Fisheries Research Unit, located on the campus of the University. As a fisheries biologist, he worked with Montana Fish and Game, the Fish Technology Center and several other state and federal organizations on projects ranging from fish distributions to physiology to human impacts on fish populations. While at the University, he taught classes and directed undergraduate and graduate students. He took great pride in seeing his students succeed in their careers at various state and federal agencies. He retired in 1991, but continued to keep up the fish collection at the University and authored the Key to Fishes of Montana in 1996 and coauthored Fish of the Rockies in 2009.

Provide the name and email address of a mentor/faculty member in the Ecology Department or on your committee who may supply a letter of recommendation.

A letter of recommendation is not required to be considered for this scholarship.