Funder: Society for Freshwater Science
Due Dates: November 1, 2026 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: One $1,200 award annually
Summary: Supports graduate student research advancing biodiversity conservation, aquatic conservation planning, and conservation or restoration of threatened species and ecosystems.
Key Information: Applicants must be SFS student members at application and in the award year, with no previous GSCRA award or same-year SFS Endowment Award.
Description
The Graduate Student Conservation Research Award supports graduate research that advances knowledge and action for conservation. Funded by the Society for Freshwater Science’s Conservation Fund and administered by its Conservation and Environmental Issues Committee, the program makes one competitive award each year based on the scientific merit of a graduate student research proposal.
Proposals must address at least one of four priorities: understanding the biology or ecology of endangered or threatened species or ecosystems; advancing biodiversity conservation from genes to ecosystems; developing a plan to conserve an aquatic species or ecosystem; or supporting or implementing conservation or restoration of an impaired or threatened species or ecosystem. Projects may already be underway or begin upon receipt of the award.
