2025 Conference Awards & Waivers
The Society offers a variety of awards and fellowships.
Graduate Student Fellowships
- Jessica Mae Orozco Indigenous Ethnobiologist Fellowship
- Urban Ethnobiology Fellowship
- Justin Nolan Ecological Knowledge Fellowship
Note: Students may apply for more than one fellowship, but can only win one fellowship.
Application deadline: December 31, 2024
Student Academic Awards
- The Barbara Lawrence Award
Abstracts due: January 1, 2025
Final application due: TBD
- Best Poster Award
Abstracts due: January 1, 2025
Nomination deadline: February 28, 2025
The call for nominations will go out January 1.
NEW Awards
- Early Career Award in Ethnobiology
- Citation for Distinguished Service
- Communities and Ethnobiology Grant
Visa/Invitation Letter Requests
You are required to LOG IN to access the Visa/Invitation Letter Request Form. If you do not have a user account you may CREATE one. *NOTE: You will be required to validate your account request by clicking the log in link in the "Account details" email you will receive when you register.
Submission deadline: December 15, 2024 EXTENDED to January 15, 2025.
Visa/Invitation Letter Request Form
Awards No Longer Accepting Applications
Conference Travel Awards & Waivers
- Indigenous Peoples' Conference Travel Award
- Majority World Conference Travel Award
- Student Conference Travel Award
- Conference Registration and Membership Fee Waivers
Application deadline: December 1, 2024
Distinguished Ethnobiologist Award (DEB)
Undergraduate Ethnobiologist Award (UEB)
Nomination deadline for DEB and UEB: November 15, 2024