Graduate Ethnobiology Research Fellowships

Graduate Ethnobiology Research Fellowships

The Society of Ethnobiology supports three graduate research fellowships. We invite applications from graduate student members.

Justin Nolan Ecological Knowledge Fellowship

$750, annual competition.  Deadline: December 31

Applicants must be members of the Society and active students in a university graduate program in a field related to ethnobiology to be considered. This award is to support study of ethnobiology in traditional societies including folk foods, artisanship, wildlife knowledge, medicinal knowledge, craft-making, music, and related areas of ecological knowledge. Application requires a research proposal of 1500 words or less with a short, line-item budget, a letter of recommendation from the student’s major professor, and, as appropriate, documentation of Institutional Review Board approval through their college or university. If awarded, the recipient must provide a short final research report to be published as a fellowship report on the Society of Ethnobiology website. The award will be announced by February 15. Applicants may apply to all applicable awards, but will only win a maximum of one award in a given year. Fellows may only receive the Ecological Knowledge Research Fellowship one time.

Justin Nolan Ecological Knowledge Fellowship Application Form

Jessica Mae Orozco Indigenous Ethnobiologist Fellowship

$750, annual competition. Deadline: December 31

Applicants must be active students in a university graduate program in a field related to ethnobiology to be considered. It is not required that they be members of the Society. This award is to support ethnobiological scholarship by indigenous investigators in areas such as folk foods, artisanship, environment and religion, wildlife knowledge, ethnomedicine, craft-making, music, and other areas of ethnobiology. Application requires a research proposal of 1500 words or less with a short, line-item budget, a letter of recommendation from the student’s major professor, and, as appropriate, documentation of Institutional Review Board approval through their college or university.  If awarded, the recipient must provide a short final research report to be published as a fellowship report on the Society of Ethnobiology website. The award will be announced by February 15. Applicants may apply to all applicable awards, but will only win a maximum of one award in a given year. Fellows may only receive the Jessica Mae Orozco Indigenous Ethnobiologist Fellowship one time.

Jessica Mae Orozco Indigenous Ethnobiologist Fellowship Application Form

Urban Ethnobiology Fellowship

$750, annual competition. Deadline: December 31

Applicants must be members of the Society and active students in a university graduate program in a field related to ethnobiology to be considered. This award is to support study of ethnobiology in urban settings, such as research related to foods, urban-rural food interactions, urban wildlife, gardening, and related areas of urban culture–environment relationships. Application requires a research proposal of 1500 words or less with a short, line-item budget, a letter of recommendation from the student’s major professor, and, as appropriate, documentation of Institutional Review Board approval through their college or university. If awarded, the recipient must provide a short final research report to be published as a fellowship report on the Society of Ethnobiology website. The award will be announced by February 15. Applicants may apply to all applicable awards, but will only win a maximum of one award in a given year. Fellows may only receive the Urban Ethnobiology Fellowship one time.

Urban Ethnobiology Fellowship Application Form

The SoE Graduate Research Fellowship Committee selects the Fellows. All materials should be submitted via the online applications forms (links above). Questions? Contact fellowships@ethnobiology.org.

The Board is grateful to a generous anonymous donor for invigorating the Society of Ethnobiology through support for promising young ethnobiologists.