General resources
Foundationcenter.org [Aggregated source of funding opportunties. Requires subscription for a fee]
Distributed European School of Taxonomy list of funding opportunities in taxonomy and biodiversity
Distributed European School of Taxonomy list of funding opportunities in taxonomy and biodiversity
Postdoctoral fellowships, generic
Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
L'oreal USA for Women in Science Program
Dieter Lukas's list of independent postdoctoral fellowships in biology
L'oreal USA for Women in Science Program
Dieter Lukas's list of independent postdoctoral fellowships in biology
Postdoctoral fellowships in taxonomy and systematics
Grants/fellowships for students of systematics
Graduate Student Research Enhancement Award (GSREA) [in Coleopteran research], Coleopterists Society. $5000. Deadline: Mar 01.
Grants that support field work
Franklin Research Grants
American Philosophical Society. $6,000. All subject areas. Open to PhD holders only. Deadlines: Oct 01 & Dec 01,
annually.
The Lewis and Clark Fund
American Philosophical Society. $5,000. Any research that collects specimens or observations. Open to PhD
students only. Deadline: Feb 01, annually.
National Geographic Grants. $15,000-35,000. Applications accepted anytime.
American Philosophical Society. $6,000. All subject areas. Open to PhD holders only. Deadlines: Oct 01 & Dec 01,
annually.
The Lewis and Clark Fund
American Philosophical Society. $5,000. Any research that collects specimens or observations. Open to PhD
students only. Deadline: Feb 01, annually.
National Geographic Grants. $15,000-35,000. Applications accepted anytime.
Grants that support use of collections
Collection Study Grant, American Museum of Natural History. $500-1000. Deadline: May 01.
Essig Museum Visiting Taxonomist Grant, University of California, Berkeley. $600-1000. Applications accepted anytime.
The Ernst Mayr Travel Grants in Animal Systematics . $1000-1500. Deadlines: Oct 15 and Apr 01.
Essig Museum Visiting Taxonomist Grant, University of California, Berkeley. $600-1000. Applications accepted anytime.
The Ernst Mayr Travel Grants in Animal Systematics . $1000-1500. Deadlines: Oct 15 and Apr 01.
Small funding agencies
The Eppley Foundation for Research [funds basic and applied research in medicine, life sciences and the physical sciences]