Members
Student Support Committee
GIAR/FGST Awards
The Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR) program was established by the SICB in 1996 to provide small awards to graduate students in support of their research in the fields of integrative and comparative biology. Awards are made payable to the individual recipients. No part of an award may be used for the payment of indirect costs to the recipient's institution. All funds must be expended directly in support of the proposed investigation. Any equipment purchased shall be the property of the institution.
The Fellowship of Graduate Student Travel (FGST) is a new award generously established in 2002 by the SICB. The purpose of these fellowships is to provide student funds for travel and other expenses at distant research laboratories, museums, or field sites. The primary purpose is for travel to "distant" research sites to learn specialized techniques or to use unique equipment or collections. Awards are made payable to the individual recipients. No part of an award may be used for the payment of indirect costs to the recipient's institution. All funds must be expended directly in support of the proposed investigation.
NOTE: The GIAR/FGST website will not be available until the end of summer. Deadline will be in October 2012.
For questions regarding the Programs, contact the chair of the Student Support Committee: Sheila Patek
Department of Biology
Univ of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Telephone: (413) 577-4426
Department of Biology Fax: (413) 545-3243
patek@bio.umass.edu