Potential Sources of Research Funding for Students

• National Science Foundation:  REU-Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program.  This program awards stipends for student research projects during the summer at different university locations.  Go to (http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/reu/start.htm) for more information and deadlines.
• Council for Undergraduate Research (CUR):  Summer Science Fellowships.  Apply with a faculty member. (http://cur.org/fellowhisps.html) Deadline is in November
• Sigma Xi Research Grants: Awarded for special equipment and travel to research sites.  Grants range from $100 to $1000. Go to (http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar/index.shtml).  Requires an advisor and one other letter of support.  Deadline is October 15 and March 15.
• American Museum of Natural History-Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund.  This is for research on North American fauna in wildlife conservation or natural history.  Go to (http://research.amnh.org/grants/grantsprog.html).  Deadline is in Mid February.
• Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles:  Grants-in-Herpetology.  Awards of $500 given in conservation, field research, laboratory research, travel, education, international and bibliographic research.  Go to (http://www.ssarherps.org/pages/GIH.php).  Apply late December for the next year and be a member of SSAR.
• Chicago Herpetological Society Grants. Awards up to $500 in the following categories: 1. Illinois Herpetology 2. Undergraduate Research in Herpetology 3. Graduate student Research in Herpetology 4. Conservation 5. Captive Management, Husbandry, and Propagation.  Go to (http://www.chicagoherp.org/grants/rules.html) for application. Deadline is late December.
• The Linnaeus Fund:  Annual Turtle Research Awards. Priority given to freshwater turtle projects in taxonomy and systematic relationships, conservation, distribution and zoogeography, ecology, natural history, and morphology.  Awards range from $1,000-$2,000 and approximately ten awards are given.  Go to (http:///www.chelonian.org/linnaeus/) for application.  Deadline is November 15.
• Gaige Fund Award (ASIH).  Awards range from $400-$1,000. Go to (http://www.asih.org/awards/gaige2.html) Deadline March 1st.
• William C Churchill Fund/Karl T. Frederick Memorial Fund: Supports research that contributes to restoration, protection and conservation of natural resources including wildlife.  Awards up to $2,000. Deadline is April 1st.  Contact: American Wildlife Research Foundation, Inc.; RD 2 Box 358; Meadowdale Road; Altamont, NY 12009-9534; USA; Tel.; 518 861-5357
• The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research:  Deadlines: June 24 with notification in July, for work beginning between September and May; march 15, with notification in may, for work beginning in June.  Go to (http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewisandclark.html).
• Science to Achieve Results (EPA STAR Grants): reviewed with GRO grants, support for a maximum of two years, up to $37,000 per of support. Deadlines: solicitation periods during the year-January, April, August, October: check the web site for current subject areas and deadlines.  Go to: (http://es.epa.gov/ncer/fellow/)
• Greater Research Opportunities (EPA GRO Grants): reviewed with STAR grants, only universities with <$50 million in federal funds, up to $37,000 per year of support for a maximum of two years.  Go to: (http://es.epa.gov/ncer/fellow/).