STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS

SERNW invites advanced undergraduate and graduate students to apply for grants to support their research. The purpose of these grants is to support student research intended to improve restoration of natural systems (e.g., forests, wetlands, shrub-steppe) within the Pacific Northwest eco-region (WA, OR, MT, ID, Northern CA). Social or natural science graduate students and upper-level undergraduate students are encouraged to apply. Three grants of up to $1500 will be awarded in 2017.

 

GUIDELINES

Proposals are limited to four single-spaced pages (not including cover page, references, CV, and unofficial transcript). The grant scoring rubric is available here. Proposals are due by 1 April 2017 (11:59 PM PST) and decisions will be made by 15 May 2017.

Note: Preference will be given to applications from student members of SERNW or from students who are members of a SER Student Guild. Preference will also be given to research located within the Pacific Northwest although other projects will be considered.

 

2017 APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Proposals must be submitted before midnight April 1, 2017 and should include the following:

  1. A cover page including project title, name and mailing address of the student applicant (including e-mail address), study system and location, college or institution, SER membership status, and dollar amount requested.
  2. The research proposal including abstract, introduction with research questions and objectives, methods, expected results, project significance, and literature cited. Tables and figures should be embedded in the text. Page limit of 3-4 single-spaced pages, excluding references.
  3. Project timetable.
  4. Budget and justification, and research partners if any.
  5. A 1-2 page CV.
  6. Unofficial university transcripts.
  7. Materials should be emailed to sernw.grants@gmail.com. The last name of the applicant should start each filename. Both Microsoft Word documents and Adobe PDF files are acceptable.

 

PRODUCTS

SERNW would like to acknowledge the work of our student grant recipients by incorporating research summaries on our website or in our publications.

Grant recipients must agree to present their research results at a future SER Northwest Chapter Conference (held every 1.5 years).  SERNW will waive conference entrance fees for grant recipients.

Recipients are encouraged to become student members of SERNW. Click here to become a member.

The SERNW website is available here: http://chapter.ser.org/northwest/resources/student-grants/