ABS 2010 Combined Research Grant Announcement

Application materials are to be submitted through the ABS website (http://www.animalbehavior.org/ABSGrants2010/). This grant site is scheduled to open on Monday, 2 November 2009 and will close on Wednesday, 30 December 2009 (midnight, Eastern Standard Time). Submissions will not be accepted after the closing date. Students who have paid their society dues in full prior to Friday, 18 December 2009 will be eligible to submit a grant application. Applications can be submitted by logging in through the ABS website after they have contacted the ABS Central Office to verify their status. If you have any questions about your membership or the submission process, contact the ABS Central Office (aboffice@indiana.edu) prior to Friday, 18 December 2009. Potential applicants for these grants may contact ABS Senior Member-at-Large Alexandra Basolo (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0118 or abasolo@unlserveunl.unl.edu) with questions regarding application content or the grant review process.

ABS Student Research Grant

Student Research Grants for graduate student research are awarded at a level of US $500 to $2000 each, depending on referee evaluations. Applicants must be: (1) currently enrolled in a graduate program; and (2) active student members of ABS, enrolled or renewed by Friday, 18 December 2009. The deadline for receipt of completed submissions is Wednesday, 30 December 2009 (midnight, Eastern Standard Time). Late submissions will not be accepted. All applications will be reviewed by members of the ABS Student Research Grant Committee, and decisions will be announced in April 2010. (Also refer to the first paragraph of this announcement.)

E. O. Wilson Conservation Award

The Edward O. Wilson Conservation Award seeks to encourage graduate students of animal behavior to participate in meaningful conservation-related research. This single grant of up to US $2000 supports a proposal considered meritorious for its integration of behavior and conservation. The award is named for Dr. E. O. Wilson, professor at Harvard University, one of the world's preeminent scientists and pioneers in biodiversity conservation. Dr. Wilson received the ABS Distinguished Animal Behaviorist Award in 2002. Applicants must be: (1) currently enrolled in a graduate program; and (2) active student members of ABS, enrolled or renewed by Friday, 18 December 2009. The deadline for receipt of completed applications is Wednesday, 30 December 2009 (midnight, Eastern Standard Time). Late submissions will not be accepted. All applications will be reviewed by members of the ABS Student Research Grant Committee, and decisions will be announced in April 2010. (Also refer to the first paragraph of this announcement.)

George W. Barlow Award

The George W. Barlow Award's purpose is to encourage excellence in graduate student research in the field of animal behavior. This grant will be given annually to one top-ranked proposal in the Student Research Grant cycle in accordance with the most recent ABS Student Research Grant competition rules. Applicants must be: (1) currently enrolled in a graduate program; and (2) active student members of ABS, enrolled or renewed by Friday, 18 December 2009. The deadline for receipt of completed applications is Wednesday, 30 December 2009 (midnight, Eastern Standard Time). Late submissions will not be accepted. All applications will be reviewed by members of the ABS Student Research Grant Committee, and decisions will be announced in April 2010. (Also refer to the first paragraph of this announcement.)

Amy R. Samuels Cetacean Behavior & Conservation Award

The purpose of the Amy R. Samuels Cetacean Behavior & Conservation Award is to provide financial support for graduate students studying cetacean behavior and/or cetacean conservation in natural environments. The goal of this grant is to encourage original and significant research that focuses on endangered populations or species, or on critically important problems in cetacean behavioral biology. This year, a grant of up to US $500 will be made to a successful applicant. The grant must be used for field research; it cannot be used for laboratory research. This grant will be awarded only if there are proposals deemed worthy by the committee in any given year. Thus, there may be years in which no award is made. Eligible applicants must be: (1) enrolled in a Masters or Doctoral Program in a University accredited by a regional college association; and (2) members in good standing of one of the following professional societies: Animal Behavior Society or Association of the Study of Animal Behaviour (enrolled or renewed by Friday, 18 December 2009). The deadline for receipt of completed applications is Wednesday, 30 December 2009 (midnight, Eastern Standard Time). Late submissions will not be accepted. All applications will be reviewed by members of the ABS Student Research Grant Committee, and decisions will be announced in April 2010. ASAB members planning to apply for this grant must contact the Central Office (aboffice@indiana.edu) prior to Friday, 18 December 2009 to be able to submit an application through the ABS web site. (Also refer to the first paragraph of this announcement.)

Note: Applicants may receive only one of the following grants in a lifetime: ABS Student Research Grant; E. O. Wilson Conservation Award; George W. Barlow; Amy R. Samuels Cetacean Behavior & Conservation Award).

Animal Behavior Society Developing Nations Research Grant

ABS announces the annual Developing Nations Research Grant Competition. The funds are intended to provide financial support for scientific studies of animal behavior conducted by current Animal Behavior Society student members, as well as more established researchers, who are residents of a developing nation and are conducting research at an institution in a developing nation. (Please note that developing nation student members of ABS are also eligible to apply for the annual Student Research Grants Competition, and are eligible to receive both a Developing Nations Research grant and a Student Research Grant, but not in the same year.)

The following nations shall not be considered developing nations: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Grants are awarded for research to be conducted within a 1-year period from the date of receipt of this grant.

Applicants must be active members of ABS (i.e., enrolled or renewed by Friday, 18 December 2009). The deadline for receipt of completed applications is Wednesday, 30 December 2009 (midnight, Eastern Standard Time). Late submissions will not be accepted. All applications will be reviewed by members of the ABS Student Research Grant Committee, and decisions will be announced in April 2010. (Also refer to the first paragraph of this announcement.)

ABS Research Grants Site now OPEN