= Big Important Grants/Fellowships = * NSF Graduate Research Fellowship * Deadline Oct-nov * Hertz Foundation Fellowship [http://www.hertzfoundation.org/dx/fellowships/application.aspx Application and Deadlines - (Oct)] * Ford Foundation Fellowship * [http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap/ National Academies of Science Research Associateship Programs] = Medium sized grants/short term fellowships = * [http://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-opportunities/smithsonian-institution-fellowship-program/ Smithsonian] * Due Dec 1st * [http://chateaubriand-fellowship.org/ Chateaubriand Fellowship] - Get paid to study in France (4-9 months) * 2014/2015 app is due January 20th (Only available for late stage PhD students, i think you have to at least advance to candidacy) * [http://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/adults/bridgeup-stem/helen-fellowship Helen Fellowship at AMNH] * Year long. Deadline March 1, 2015. * For women in data science, tracks for graduates, MA/PhD, and post-docs. * [http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewisandclark Lewis & Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research] * February 2, 2015 <- Deadline is early in the year * Up to $5k for collecting '''SSE Grants''' * [http://www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?module=content&type=user&func=view&pid=16 Rosemary Grant Award] - (Starts in Jan) For early grads * [http://www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?module=content&type=user&func=view&pid=15 WD Hamilton Award] - Mostly for later stage PhDs to present unified work. Awarded for best graduate level presentation at the annual SSE meeting. * [http://www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?module=content&type=user&func=view&pid=18 TH Huxley Award] (Opens in March) - For presenting at a teaching conference * [http://www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?module=content&type=user&func=view&pid=14 RA Fischer Award] - Best dissertation published in Evolution (late stage) '''SSB Grants''' * [http://systbio.org/?q=node/22 Graduate Student Research Award] - ~$2k for collecting prelim data, etc. Must be in first 2 years of your phd. '''American Society of Naturalists''' * [http://www.amnat.org/announcements/StudentResearchAwardAnn.html Student Research Award] * $2k App due in January '''European Society of Evolutionary Biologists''' * [http://www.eseb.org/index.html?http://www.eseb.org/jmsprize.html John Maynard Smith Prize] * Nominations early January. Mostly for late-stage PhD early Post-Doc. You gotta have done something worthy of recognition. = Small / One-off grants (fun) = * [http://www.eseb.org/ ESEB Outreach Fund] * educational initiatives that promote evolution, development of evolutionary material (books, films, web sites) intended for a general audience, public outreach seminars, public exhibitions. * ~1500 Euro, deadlines March 15, September 15 = CUNY Specific Grants = * [http://cunydsc.org/grants/ CUNY Grad Student Activity Grant] GC digital fellowship mgold@gc.cuny.edu http://gcdsl.commons.gc.cuny.edu/about/ http://digitalfellows.commons.gc.cuny.edu/about/ http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap/ http://www.sicb.org/ Smithsonian fellowships * [http://www.smithsonianofi.com/blog/2014/09/12/applications-for-the-2015-smithsonian-institution-fellowship-program-now-open/ Application and info] Fulbright, or a scholarship such as a Rhodes, Churchill or Marshall Doctoral Student Research Grant Yrs 2-6 “Low Hanging Fruit” Foundation Directory Online [http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/honors/national-scholarships-and-fellowships.cfm CCNY Scholarship and Fellowship Page] http://forum.thegradcafe.com/forum/17-the-bank/