Research funding
Biology
500+ open programsCatalog updated
Biology in this catalog is dominated by taxonomic and organismal societies rather than by molecular biology, and that shapes what is available.
The Entomological Society of America runs more open programs than any other sponsor here, and the Society for Developmental Biology, the Paleontological Society, the American Society of Mammalogists and the Coleopterists Society all appear near the top. These are societies with small memberships and long-running award programs, which is the best combination an applicant can find.
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The median award is $1,500, the second lowest of any discipline hub. Most of this money is student research grants, travel awards and small field-season support, well matched to work where a few thousand dollars changes what is possible. Graduate students are eligible for more of these programs than any other stage.
Under a quarter carry a dated deadline, and field-season timing pushes them into late winter and early spring more often than fall. Ecology and conservation work mostly sits in the environmental science hub.
Open programs 500+
Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology
The National Academy of Sciences awards the Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology, a $20,000 prize recognizing a major advance in the field.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $20,000
AZA SAFE Granting Program
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) offers the SAFE Granting Program to support collaborative projects implementing approved Saving Animals From Extinction (SAFE) species program plans and advancing species conservation.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $50,000
International Event Grants
The Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE) offers International Event Grants to support international symposia, workshops, courses, and other evolutionary biology events that foster cross-country collaboration, particularly in emerging research communities.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $3,000
These are the soonest deadlines of 500+ open programs. FundFit holds every one, screens it against the researchers at your institution, and names who should apply.
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