General Information

EEB Fellowships

Grad School and Other U

NSF Fellowships

EPA Star

Federal

Behavioral Sciences

For Women

Language Training

Other

EEB Graduate Fellowships and Summer Stipends

The EEB department, the Bell Museum, the Cedar Creek Natural History Area, the Itasaca Field Station, and the EEB Graduate Program administer a number of opportunities for fellowships and summer stipends.

The EEB Graduate Program administers the Block grant that provides limited funds for summer stipends and summer research support. The grant comes from the Graduate School. The amounts depend on the requests. An annual competition is held, deadlines and details are announced by the DGS of the EEB Graduate Program during the Spring term.

Occasionally, the EEB Department has funds available from the EEB Graduate Student Fund for support of student travel to professional meetings. If available, a competition is held; deadlines and details are announced by the DGS of the EEB Graduate Program.

The EEB department administers the Elmer C. Birney Fellowship, which carries a summer stipend equivalent to a 50% 3 month Research Assistantship. An annual competition is held, deadlines and details are announced by the DGS of the EEB Graduate Program during the Spring term.

The Florence Rothman Fellowship provides support for students working with Bell Museum faculty or doing field work in EEB (deadline: February 20, 2009).

The Huempfner Ruffed Grouse fund supports graduate students researching ruffed grouse and their habitat (deadline: February 20, 2009).

The Dayton and Wilkie Natural History Funds and McKinney Fellowships are is administered by the Bell Museum of Natural History. Funds can be used for laboratory supplies and equipment to support field studies that are directly related to the student thesis project (deadline: February 20, 2009).

The Sigerfoos Fellowship is for short-term zoological studies by graduate students at another institution (for instance, OTS courses in Costa Rica) or research area. Preference is for study of marine or tropical zoology. Apply through the department head of EEB.