James H. McLean Student Grant in Collections-Based Research
Forecasted
James H. McLean Student Grant in Collections-Based Research supports students’ travel to museum and university collections to study extant, extinct, and fossil western North American mollusks.
Funder: Western Society of Malacologists
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Proposals and recommendations)
Funding Amounts: Up to US$1,500 for collection-visit travel and accommodation
Summary: Supports student travel to museum and university collections for research on western North American mollusks.
Key Information: Collections must be beyond reasonable daily commuting distance from the applicant’s residence, university, or high school.
Description
The Western Society of Malacologists (WSM) offers this stipend to help students travel to natural history collections and study fossil or recent malacological specimens. It supports collections-based research on extant, extinct, or fossil western North American mollusks, including freshwater, terrestrial, and marine taxa occurring in the region as native or introduced species.
Funding supports visits to one or more university-based or natural history museum collections, domestically or internationally. Visits of two or more days are encouraged. The award honors James H. McLean, Curator of Malacology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County from 1964 to 2001 and Emeritus Curator until 2013.
