Lerner-Gray Grants for Marine Research by American Museum of Natural History 2024

The Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Research provides financial assistance to highly qualified persons starting careers in marine zoology. Support is limited to projects dealing with systematics, evolution, ecology, and field-oriented behavioral studies of marine animals. Awards are not made to support research in botany and biochemistry.

Eligibility Criteria:

Open to all early career researchers (including all doctoral students) proposing to conduct research in systematics, evolution, ecology, zoology, or paleontology of marine life and environments.

Research Grants Application:

• Select Program
• Check off the science division(s) related to your project.
• Include a Project Title
• List the AMNH collections, special facilities, and/or other resources you plan to use (if applicable)
• If visiting AMNH, provide names of AMNH curators with whom you will collaborate (if applicable)
• Indicate the location of your proposed work (such as AMNH, Southwest Research Station, and/or other fieldwork locales)
• Indicate if you previously received a grant or fellowship from AMNH. Provide the name of the grant/fellowship you were awarded, the project title, and the year.
• Indicate the duration of the grant requested (the grant may be spent between July 1 of the application year and June 30 of the following year, and must be fully expended during that period).

Application Process:

Students need to submit an application form to be eligible for the scholarship.

Value of the Scholarship:

The grants are meant to act as seed money for new researchers, and generally amount to between $1000 and $3,500.

Notes:

• This grant will provide financial assistance to highly qualified persons starting careers in marine zoology.
• Support is limited to projects dealing with systematics, evolution, ecology, and field-oriented behavioral studies of marine animals.
• Awards are not made to support research in botany and biochemistry.