The YIBS Small Grants Program funds MS Research Grants for masters students, Pilot for early career PhD students, and Dissertation Improvement Grants for PhD
students in later stages of research.
The Small Grants Program funds research in all areas of biospheric studies
but preference is given to proposals for travel, supplies, and analyses in
support of creative, independent field research. Graduate students from Anthropology, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Epidemiology & Public Health, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Geology & Geophysics and related programs
are eligible to apply.
MS Research Grants are intended to help terminal Masters of
Science students conduct their thesis research. Students are eligible for
funding only once. Funding is expected to be highly competitive. The
2013 deadline is 15 February. Please find here the 2013
Request for Proposals (pdf). The YIBS Small Grants Program will fund 3-4 MS
Research Grants in 2013. The maximum allowable request is $3000.
Pilot Grants are intended to help early career PhD students conduct
independent research and to gather the pilot data required to justify more
substantial external funding. These grants are for students in their first or
second year of graduate studies. Students are eligible for funding only once.
Proposals are solicited in the spring of each year. The 2013 deadline is
15 February. Please
find here the 2013 Request for Proposals (pdf). The YIBS Small Grants
Program will fund up to 10 pilot grants in 2012. The maximum allowable request
is $3,000
 Dissertation Improvement Grants are more
substantial grants intended to help PhD students improve the overall quality of
dissertation research by supporting the use of specialized facilities or field
settings, or by expanding an existing body of dissertation research. Only students
who have passed into candidacy and who have applied for - but have not
received - external funding are eligible to apply. Dissertation Improvement
Grants are expected to be highly competitive. The YIBS Small Grants Program will
fund 2-4 Dissertation Improvement Grants in 2013. The 2013 deadline 1 March. Please
find here the 2013 Request for Proposals (pdf).The maximum allowable request
is $5,000.
Since 2002 YIBS Pilot Grants have supported the research of over 100 students
in the departments of Anthropology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB),
Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH),
Geology & Geophysics, and the School of Forestry & Environmental
Studies (FES). |
