1. The IBC Student Research Fellowships are intended to support the use of Betta in the thesis research of undergraduate and graduate students.
2. The IBC Science Fair Prize is intended to reward middle and high school age students who have preformed meritorious work using Betta.
3. Finally, the Gene Lucas Fund has been instituted to both honor Gene and to build an endowment base that may eventually prove sufficient to support IBC research programs.

The IBC Research and Grants Committee:
Brian Ahmer - Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
Leo W. Buss -  Research and Grants Chair, Professor, Yale University
Gene Lucas -  Research and Grants Chair Emeritus and Professor Emeritus, Drake University
Rosalyn Upson -  Research Assistant Professor, Oregon State University

In addition, the committee has compiled the following documents for download:

BettasAndMore.pdf: Complete Lucas FAMA Bibliography through 2001.
Compiled by the Research and Grants Committee

Supplement_1969-74.pdf: A fairly complete scientific bibliography based on searching for "betta" from approximately 1969 through1974.
Compiled by the Research and Grants Committee

Supplement_1975-1998.pdf: A fairly complete scientific bibliography based on searching for "betta" from approximately 1975 through1998.
Compiled by the Research and Grants Committee

Supplement1999-2003.pdf: A fairly complete scientific bibliography based on searching for "betta" from approximately 1999 through 2003.
Compiled by the Research and Grants Committee

For more information, please contact the Research & Grants committee chair, Dr. Leo Buss, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .