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The Coleopterists Society

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  1. Youth Incentive Awards

    The Coleopterists Society offers Youth Incentive Awards to support and encourage student-led projects focused on beetles, including field studies, museum training, workshops, and investigations of beetle biology.

    Research ProjectEntomology

    Deadline
    Amount
    $2,000

  2. Graduate Student Research Enhancement Award

    The Coleopterists Society offers annual Graduate Student Research Enhancement Awards to support graduate research on beetles, including materials, analytical equipment, fieldwork, laboratory work, and museum-collection travel.

    Research ProjectBiology and Entomology

    Deadline
    Amount
    $14,000

  3. J. G. Edwards Prize

    The Coleopterists Society offers the J. G. Edwards Prize to recognize outstanding Master’s thesis research on the biology and evolution of beetles, with a $500 cash award, plaque, and recognition at the Society’s annual general meeting.

    OtherBiology and evolution of beetles

    Deadline
    Amount
    $500

  4. Jean Theodore Lacordaire Prize

    The Coleopterists Society offers the Jean Theodore Lacordaire Prize for outstanding PhD dissertation research on the biology and evolution of beetles, comprising a $1,000 cash award, plaque, and recognition at the Society’s annual general meeting.

    OtherBiology and evolution of beetles

    Deadline
    Amount
    $1,000

  5. Ross Taylor Bell and Joyce Rockenbach Bell Research Grant

    The Coleopterists Society offers one $5,000 Ross Taylor Bell and Joyce Rockenbach Bell Research Grant for otherwise unfunded beetle research, with preference for taxonomy and systematics projects.

    Research ProjectBiology and Entomology

    Deadline
    Amount
    $5,000

  6. Taxonomic Research at Beetle Collections Grant

    The Coleopterists Society offers the Taxonomic Research at Beetle Collections Grant to support travel for taxonomic reviews, revisions, and monographs involving beetle collections, with three awards of up to $2,000 annually for expenses such as airfare, lodging, and meals.

    TravelEntomology and Taxonomy

    Deadline
    Amount
    $2,000

  7. The Coleopterists Society Honorary Membership

    The Coleopterists Society offers Honorary Membership to recognize sustained dedication to the Society and advancement of coleopterology.

    OtherBiology (Coleopterology)

    Deadline
    Amount
    Not listed

  8. Undergraduate Travel Award

    The Coleopterists Society offers an annual Undergraduate Travel Award of up to $1,000 to support student travel to the Coleopterists Society/Entomological Society of America annual meeting, including registration, transportation, lodging, and meals.

    TravelEntomology

    Deadline
    Amount
    $1,000

  9. J. G. Edwards Prize

    The Coleopterists Society awards the annual J. G. Edwards Prize—a $500 cash award and commemorative plaque—recognizing the best Master's-thesis–based research paper on the biology and evolution of beetles published in the preceding calendar year.

    ScholarshipEntomology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $500

  10. Jean Theodore Lacordaire Prize — PhD dissertation research on beetle biology and evolution

    The Coleopterists Society awards the Jean Theodore Lacordaire Prize for outstanding PhD dissertation–based research on beetle biology and evolution, with a $1,000 cash prize, a plaque, and recognition at the Society’s annual meeting.

    OtherEntomology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $1,000

  11. Kyle Whorrall Graduate Student Travel Award

    The Coleopterists Society offers the Kyle Whorrall Graduate Student Travel Award to support graduate student members presenting nearly completed beetle research at national or international in-person conferences.

    TravelEntomology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $500

  12. Outstanding Paper of the Year Award

    The Coleopterists Society annually presents a plaque recognizing the best paper published in The Coleopterists Bulletin during the preceding year.

    OtherEntomology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed

  13. Ross Taylor Bell and Joyce Rockenbach Bell Research Grant

    The Coleopterists Society offers the Ross Taylor Bell and Joyce Rockenbach Bell Research Grant to support beetle research—preferentially taxonomy/systematics—by awarding one $5,000 USD grant for projects that would otherwise be unfunded; awarded funds must be spent within one year or returned.

    Research ProjectEntomology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $5,000

  14. Taxonomic Research at Beetle Collections Grant

    The Coleopterists Society offers the Taxonomic Research at Beetle Collections Grant, making three annual awards of up to USD 2,000 each to subsidize travel (airfare, lodging, meals) for beetle taxonomic research such as reviews, revisions, and monographs, with priority for under‑funded applicants and proposals for future travel.

    TravelEntomology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $2,000

  15. Youth Incentive Awards

    The Coleopterists Society offers annual Youth Incentive Awards to encourage and financially support students in grades 7–12 studying beetles, awarding one Junior (grades 7–9) and one Senior (grades 10–12) prize of $1,000 USD each plus a one‑year subscription to The Coleopterists Bulletin.

    Research ProjectEntomology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $1,000
1 closed programDeadline passed before Sep 21, 2026

  1. Kyle Whorrall Graduate Student Travel Award

    Closed
    Amount
    $500

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