Graduate Student Research Awards
Forecasted
Graduate Student Research Awards support graduate students collecting preliminary data or enhancing dissertation research in systematics to help them begin, extend, or complete their research.
Funder: Society of Systematic Biologists
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Full application)
Funding Amounts: $1,000–$3,000; usable through the end of the recipient’s studies
Summary: Supports graduate students collecting preliminary data or enhancing dissertation research in systematics.
Key Information: SSB membership is required; applicants must be within their first two master’s years or first four PhD years.
Description
The Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB) Graduate Student Research Awards support graduate research in systematics, particularly the collection of preliminary data or activities that enhance dissertation research. Awards can extend an existing project through visits to additional field collection sites or museums, helping students initialize or complete their graduate research.
The program interprets systematics broadly: eligible research can address questions below or above the species level, use molecular or morphological approaches, and investigate pattern or process. Support is available for field research, computer-based work, museum and herbarium research, and laboratory activities, rather than being limited to a particular research setting or aspect of systematics.
