There are several funding resources for graduate students within the Department of Integrative Biology. Some of these include:
Stengl-Wyer Graduate Fellowships
The endowment supports year-long fellowships for doctoral candidates pursuing dissertation research in the area of diversity of life and organisms in their natural environments. Funded by the Stengl-Wyer Endowment, fellowship recipients will receive a 12-month stipend of $34,000, full tuition and fees, staff health insurance, and an allowance of $2,000 to cover research and travel expenses.
Learn more about the fellowship
Stengl-Wyer Postdoctoral Scholars Program
Funded by the Stengl-Wyer Endowment, the Stengl-Wyer Postdoctoral Scholars Program provides up to three years of independent support for talented postdoctoral researchers in the broad area of the diversity of life and/or organisms in their natural environments. Scholars can study any groups of organisms, at levels from genes to populations to communities to ecosystems, and can use any combination of approaches. The award competition is conducted annually. The form and timing of competitions may change in subsequent years.
Graduate Research Funding Opportunities in Biodiversity Projects
A generous gift from the Winkler Family Foundation to the Biodiversity Center will support graduate student research in biodiversity. The fund will provide support for unanticipated research supplies and laboratory charges to help graduate students complete dissertation research projects in biodiversity.
Proposals should not be for startup funds, or the primary research funds for the dissertation, for which other funds are available. Rather, finishing graduate students who encounter unexpected research expenses (such as research supplies or core facility charges) that are needed to complete their dissertation in biodiversity studies (in any graduate program) may apply for funding. There is no deadline for applying: applications can be made as needed.
For more information, email Nicole Elmer.
IB Funds for Research and Travel Support
The Integrative Biology Graduate Program Fellowship Committee has funds that are allocated competitively to both EEB and PB graduate students to help them achieve their career goals. Such funds include a travel award, the Research Funds Competition, the Linda Escobar Award, the Graduate Fellowship in Herbarium Curation, and the 12 month Continuing Fellowship. Although funds aren't guaranteed, you can apply for up to $2500 each long semester for a maximum of $12,000 over the course of your academic career. As an IB gradute student, you will be notified via email listserve when the application cycles for these funds are open.
Ari Yehiel Blattstein Endowed Presidential Scholarship
Drs. Deborah and Abraham Blattstein, both UT alums, founded the Ari Yehiel Blattstein Endowed Presidential Scholarship in honor of their young son, Ari, whose promising life was ended by a tragic accident. At an early age, Ari was writing contest-winning poetry, creating art, and loved nature, animals, and museums. This scholarship is awarded to recognize outstanding undergraduate or graduate students with a demonstrated interest in nature, conducting research at the Brackenridge Field Lab or other UT field stations.