 In 1999, in keeping with our mission statement of furthering enrichment efforts worldwide, The Shape of Enrichment, Inc. began offering a $1000 Travel Grant to be use to help the winning author attend the International Conference on Environmental Enrichment.
ATTENTION ENRICHMENT LOVERS! Please consider making a tax-deductible donation towards The Shape of Enrichment ICEE Travel Grant! For more information contact, Karen Worley or Valerie Hare at shape@enrichment.org.
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2009 ICEE TRAVEL GRANT!
The Ninth International Environmental Enrichment Conference will be held in Torquay, United Kingdom from 31 May to 5 June, 2009. The Application for this Travel Grant will be posted in 2008.
Past Travel Grant Winners
The 2007 Grant for the 6th ICEE
Congratulations to Dr. Ajit Pattnaik, the winner of The Shape of Enrichment $1,000 travel grant to the Eighth International Conference on Environmental Enrichment, in August 2007 in Vienna, Austria. Unfortunately, and at the last moment, Ajit was unable to attend the conference. His paper, entitled "Stimulating Conservation Breeding in Captivity through Enrichment of Enclosure and Feed in Indian Pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) in Nandankanan Zoological Park" was read to the conference.
The 2003 Grant for the 6th ICEE
Congratulations to Wanda McCormick, the winner of The Shape of Enrichment $1,000 travel grant to the Sixth International Conference on Environmental Enrichment, in October 2003 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Wanda's paper, entitled "How Enriching Is Training?" presents the only known study to date that attempts to quantify the animal welfare benefits derived directly from participating in animal training sessions. This study examines the behavioral diversity of two elephants at the Paignton Zoo after baseline, enrichment only, training only, and enrichment and training sessions.
The 2001 Grant for the 5th ICEE
Congratulations to Sheila Wojciechowski, a keeper in the Tropic World exhibit at the Brookfield Zoo, who was the winner of The Shape of Enrichment $1,000 travel grant to the Fifth International Conference on Environmental Enrichment, in November 2001 in Sydney Australia. Sheila's paper, "Is
Enrichment Still Good the Next Day? Overcoming the Challenges of Prividing Daily
Enrichment to Multiple Animal Groups in a Colony-Type Situation" assesed
the effectiveness of 19 items being given to 8 groups of Goeldi's monkeys (Callimico
goeldii) and evaluated if keeper time was being used optimally to provide the
greatest amount of enrichment for the animals.
The 1999 Grant for the 4th ICEE
Congratulations to Mindy Wozniak of the Brookfield Zoo, who was the winner of The Shape of Enrichment $1,000 travel grant to the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Enrichment. Mindy presented her paper, entitled "The Effect of Enrichment Devices on Stereotypic Behavior in Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)" in August, 1999, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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