Grant and Awards
2023 Orthopterists’ Society Congress Travel Grants for ICO Application
Deadline: May 31, 2023
Call for Applications
The Orthopterists’ Society will provide a total of $15,000 for travel to 14th ICO. The funds will be for 5-8 separate grants of varying amounts, which will cover costs of travel to the ICO, plus congress hotel and registration expenses. The grants are mainly for students and young professionals who are giving a presentation at the congress (papers or posters) and who have insufficient funds for travel and who need either partial or complete funding for their travel.
Contact David Hunter
2023 Ted Cohn Award for Excellence as a Young Professional Orthopterist (2 Awards Available)
Deadline: August 31, 2023
Call for Applications
This award is for young professionals, aged 35 or less, who are at the last stage of dissertation, or doing a postdoc, or even early-stage research or another relevant professional position. There are two $2500 awards, one for applied and another for non-applied orthopterists. Because this is an excellence award, it should be based on research products, such as publications. The application is based on a 1-page personal statement, C.V., the applicant’s most significant publication, and 1-2 letters of support. The OS Executive Board will choose amongst the candidates.
Contact David Hunter
2023 D.C.F. Rentz Award for Lifetime Dedication to Orthopterology
Deadline: August 31, 2023
Call for Applications
This award is intended to recognize the outstanding contributions of the nominee to Orthoptera research, particularly the work of retired or Emeritus orthopterists who have devoted their entire life to the study of Orthoptera. Complete applications consist of a letter of nomination with a brief description of the accomplishments of the candidate proposed, along with one or two letters of support. The OS Executive Board will choose among the candidates and the awardees will receive a personalized award certificate to reflect the nature of their contributions to Orthopterology.
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2023 Sir Boris Uvarov Award in Applied Orthopterology
Deadline: August 31, 2023
Call for Applications
This award bears the name of the Father of Modern Acridology, the famous Russian-English Orthopterist, Sir Boris Uvarov (1886-1970). Co-sponsored by the Association of Applied Acridology International and the Orthopterists’ Society, this award recognizes outstanding contributions that have a direct impact on both the theory and practice of locust and/or grasshopper management. The award consists of a plaque and a $4000 prize. Nominations can be submitted by any person or organization and self-nominations will be accepted.
Nomination packages must include a C.V. of the nominee (5 pages maximum) and a letter of recommendation specifically stating the nominee’s significant contributions to the theory of locust and/or grasshopper management in the form of publications, research grants, student advising, and presentations at national and international scientific forums as well as evidence of major impact into the practice of locust and/or grasshopper management at national or international level. Nominees/candidates will be judged by an award panel consisting of Orthopterists’ Society members with international expertise in both theoretical and practical locust and/or grasshopper management and will include at least one previous recipient of the award.
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The Theodore J. Cohn Research Fund: A new call for applications for 2023
Deadline: March 31, 2023
Call for Applications
The Theodore J. Cohn Research Found is a research grant, primarily to found reaserach projects in Orthoptera (sensu lato) by young researchers, often as parto f a master´s or PhD, though postdoctorates may also be funded. A total amoubt of $15 K per year is available an it is posible to found research grants for up to $1, 500 per grantee.
Encourage students and young researchers from Africa and Asia to submit a Project. The committee will examine all applications with the same care and attention. The intrinsic quiality and ariginality of the research Project will be the only criterio.
Full detailed information can be found on the Orthopterists´ Society website, on the “Grants & Awards”
Proposal should be submitted in the suggested format and limited the number of pages indicated. As usual, proposal should be submitted at the following address: Michel Lecoq, Manager, The Ted Cohn Research Found, e-mail: mlecoq34@gmail.com
As a reminder, those whose projects have been selected are required to submit an article presenting their main results in a future issue of Metaleptea
Contact Michel Lecoq