Other Programs
The Ebi Kimanani Memorial Fellowship
Dr. Ebi Kalahi Kimanani (1958-2005) was an internationally renowned malarial researcher and biostatistician, who believed in African solutions for Africa’s problems. The travel award in her honor goes to a young, sub-Saharan ethnobiologist whose work best reflects these values, to enable them to share their work at an ISE Congress.
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Congratulations to the 2008 Kimanani Fellowship recipient Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo (PhD, Biosciences Engineering). Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo is currently a Lecturer on the Faculty of Agronomic Scinces at the University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin.
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| From Right to left, ISE past-President Tim Johns, Achille Ephrem Assogbadj, and Ebi and Tim's son, Mwanzi Johns. Dr. Ebi Kimanani's image is projected behind them. Photo curtacy of Tim Johns. 2008 | |
Past recipients of the Kimanani Fellowship:
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In 2006 there were two recipients of the Kimanani Fellowship: Ojok Miriam Fiona (BSc. Ethnobotany) and MSc. Botany student at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Botany, and JacobMhando Nyangila, of the Kenya Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (KENRIK) - National Museums of Kenya.
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| 2004-2006 Board Secretary Patrick Maundu and ISE past president Tim Johns with Kimanani Fellowship recipients. Dr. Ebi Kimanani's image is projected behind them. Image © 2006 Robert Gosford. | |
Student Prizes
Miyako Koizumi,winner of the student paper prize at the 2006 ICE, (with 2006-2008 board member Maryam Imbumi in background). Image © 2006 Robert Gosford.
The ISE awards a prize for the student member contribution shared at an ISE Congress – paper, video, multi-media, or performance on an ethnobiological these – that best reflects the Societies mission and is consistent with the Code of Ethics. Celebrating the connections between cultural and biological diversity, and working for recognition of traditional knowledge, traditional resource rights, and ethical research practices the world over.
The First ISE Student Paper Prize was awarded during the ICE X sessions. Congratulations to Miyako Koizumi, Graduate Student in Asian and African Area Studies at Kyoto University, Japan.
The ISE Student Prize will resume in 2010.