SICB Fellowship of Graduate Student Travel (FGST)
SICB Fellowship of Graduate Student Travel (FGST) supports graduate students’ travel to distant research sites for fieldwork, specialized training, or access to unique equipment and collections.
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Funder: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Due Dates: October 23, 2026 (Annual application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $2,000 per fellowship; 3–4 fellowships expected each year
Summary: Supports graduate students’ travel and related expenses at distant research sites for fieldwork, specialized training, or access to unique equipment and collections.
Key Information: Previous SICB GIAR or FGST recipients are ineligible; applicants may apply to only one of these programs.
Description
The Fellowship of Graduate Student Travel (FGST), administered by the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology’s Student Support Committee (SSC), helps graduate students undertake research at distant laboratories, museums, and field sites. Its primary purpose is to enable fieldwork, learning specialized techniques, or access to unique equipment and collections. The competition is open to student members of all SICB divisions, including international students.
The program prioritizes expenses that contribute directly to the success of the proposed investigation. Supported travel costs include airfare to research locations, fuel for regular long-distance research travel, and lodging at distant research sites. Proposals are assessed for their biological significance, explicit hypotheses, experimental design, analytical approach, creativity, feasibility, and reasonable use of funds.
