SICB Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR)
Forecasted
SICB Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR) supports graduate students' laboratory and field investigations in integrative and comparative biology, funding resources needed to complete their research.
Funder: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $2,000 per award; typically 25–35 awards totaling approximately $30,000
Summary: Supplemental research support for graduate students conducting laboratory and field investigations in integrative and comparative biology.
Key Information: Applicants must be active SICB members and must not have previously received a GIAR or FGST award.
Description
The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) established Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR) in 1996 to provide supplemental research support to graduate students across all Society divisions. The program funds investigations in integrative and comparative biology, emphasizing resources that contribute directly to completing the proposed research rather than major research travel.
Supported work includes laboratory and field investigations with clearly defined goals, explicit hypotheses, appropriate experimental designs, and justified approaches to interpreting data. The Student Support Committee considers biological importance, creativity, feasibility, and the reasonableness of requested resources. GIAR can support research supplies, equipment, field-station fees, and local field-site transportation. Projects fundamentally dependent on major travel are directed toward SICB’s separate Fellowship for Graduate Student Travel (FGST) program.
