Honours and post-grad funding list (for ecology research).

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Receiving a small grant can make or break many honours and post-grads research. I’ve talked to a few honours students lately that needed funding for what I thought was interesting research but without funds their project couldn’t run. With that in mind I thought that I should share a list of grants I’ve had sitting on my hard drive (and that I will add to if I see useful grants down the track) that may help fund small projects. The list has a bias towards grants in Australia that are aimed at aquatic science, but many are for ecology in general. This list is a work in progress and I’ll add to it as I come across more grants and awards. Feel free to add to the list as well, that would be helpful, as would any tips you might like to add on getting grants.

Some tips for anyone that hasn’t applied for some of the smaller grants from NGOs. Make your application is concise and easy to read and most importantly; try to demonstrate that the granting body will get something out of supporting you. Make sure to acknowledge any organisation that provides support in any media exposure you receive and also give them photos and videos that they can use on their social media, that always goes down very well and you should really go out of your way to do this.

(Edit: a few days after posting this my friend Kylie Soanes posted her grant list, seems we had been working on the same blog idea. Kylies list is more Victorian and terrestrial based plus has some good tips so it worth checking out if you don’t find anything suitable below. You can find her list here).

Award Type	Date Due	Type	Amount
General Ecology
The Linnean Society of NSW	1st March each year	Honours/PG	$1500-2500
ESA Student awards	27th of Oct	Honours/PG	$1,500
ESA/TNC applied conservation award	27th of April	Post grad	$9,000
ESA/Wiley Fundamental ecology award	25th of May	Post grad	$5,000
ESA Jill Landsberg trust fund scholarship	30th of March	Post grad	$6,000
Australian Wildlife Society Uni Grants	31st May	Post grad	$1,500
Science Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	3rd Oct	Honours/PG	–
The Youth Activity Fund Grant – Explorers org	5th of Nov	UG/Honours	$500 to $5,000
The Exploration Fund Grant- Explorers org	5th of Nov	Post grad +	$500 to $5,000
Ethel Mary Read Research Grant	30th of April	Honours/PG	$1,500
The Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS)	Early each year	Honours/Postgrad Travel	Up to $1500
Marine and Freshwater
Paddy Palin	18th August each year	Post grad	$7,000
AMSA Allen Award	28 February each year	Post grad Travel	$2,500
Fisheries NSW student grants	Early each year	Honours/PG	–
Seaworld Research and Rescue small grants	Early each year	Anyone	Up to $25000
ASFB Student Awards Various	Early each year	Honours/PG
ASFB Michael Hall Student Innovation Award	30th April	Honours/PG	$2,000
ASFB Student International Travel Scholarship	31st May	Honours/PG	–