Biodiversity Institute Grant Programs (Research & Outreach Grants)

Biodiversity Institute Grant Programs (Research & Outreach Grants) is sponsored by University of Wyoming Biodiversity Institute. The Biodiversity Institute at the University of Wyoming offers grant programs to support basic and applied research, and projects that communicate the scope and value of biodiversity research.

Grants and Awards :: University of Wyoming Biodiversity Institute 2024 Biodiversity Institute Grant open to applications February 12 to March 22, 2024. The Biodiversity Institute enhances and supports research across the University community and beyond through an array of research grants, faculty, museum, and facility collaborations, and statewide partnerships.

The Biodiversity Institute grant programs are funded and managed by the Institute to support basic and applied research, and projects that communicate the scope and value of biodiversity research happening at the University of Wyoming to the public.

The Biodiversity Institute currently supports three grant programs: The Biodiversity Institute's Biodiversity Graduate Student Research Enhancement Grants provide financial support to UW graduate students conducting innovative and high-impact research on topics related to biodiversity in departments across the University.

Successful conservation of biological diversity requires both basic and applied research to better inform current and future policy decisions. Because graduate students are a major engine of biodiversity research at UW, the Biodiversity Institute (BI) provides grants to enhance or expand ongoing graduate student research in any field related to biodiversity.

The Biodiversity Institute's Novel Outreach and Education Grant program supports exceptionally innovative approaches to science outreach, engagement, and education. The program is designed to fund activities that communicate scientific knowledge of how biodiversity is generated, maintained, and restored, and the impacts of biological diversity on human well-being.

The Novel Outreach and Education Grant program has replaced the Biodiversity in Art grant program which was offered for 6 years, between 2013 and 2018, and distributed grants to graduate students and faculty. Successful conservation of biological diversity requires the support of an informed and actively engaged public.

Public support for biodiversity and its conservation may be increased by providing compelling and relevant evidence of the impact of biodiversity on ecosystem services and human well-being. The Richard Baldes Native American Excellence Fund Award : Native American students who are doing biodiversity research relevant to the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho will be prioritized for this funding.

Applicants must demonstrate that they have a relationship and approval to do the research with either tribe. Biodiversity Graduate Student Research Enhancement Grants Successful conservation of biological diversity requires both basic and applied research to better inform current and future policy decisions.

Because graduate students are a major engine of biodiversity research at UW, the Biodiversity Institute (BI) provides grants to enhance or expand ongoing graduate student research in any field related to biodiversity. Novel Outreach & Education Grants Successful conservation of biological diversity requires the support of an informed and actively engaged public.

Public support for biodiversity and its conservation may be increased by providing compelling and relevant evidence of the impact of biodiversity on ecosystem services and human well-being. Maximum amount of the award is $20,000 for one year. We anticipate funding several proposals.

Richard Baldes Native American Excellence Fund Award Native American students who are doing biodiversity research relevant to the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho will be prioritized for this funding. Applicants must demonstrate that they have a relationship and approval to do the research with either tribe.

Samantha Poratti - "Investigating the Distribution and Reproduction of the Native California Floater and Western Pearlshell Mussels in the Bear River Watershed" 2023 Graduate Student Research Grant recipient Audrey Lindsteadt - How does a rare and endemic aquatic beetle live in a harsh environment? "I am honored to be awarded a grant from the Biodiversity Institute!

I have greatly admired the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database and the Biodiversity… Luke Wilde - Promoting Behavioral Diversity Through Informed Management in a Partially Migratory Ungulate I am grateful to the Don and Judy Legerski UW Teton Graduate Scholars in Biodiversity Fellowship for their generous support of my graduate work.

This… Casey Black - Integrating Stakeholders Into Alaskan Caribou Management: An Anthropologically Informed Approach to Wildlife Conservation I am extremely grateful to receive a Biodiversity Institute Graduate Student Enhancement Grant to conduct vital research that aims to promote a more… Michael Castaño - Testing the Impact of Forest Fragmentation, Precipitation, and Species Role on Structure and Stability of Biotic Interaction Networks "I am very grateful to receive the Biodiversity Institute Graduate Student Enhancement Grant.

Thanks to this, I will be able to strengthen my master's…