Academy of Natural Sciences - Jessup and McHenry Awards 2014-2 ($ 7,000)

The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia invites applications for the Jessup and McHenry Awards. Applicants wishing to conduct research between November 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015 should apply by October 1, 2014. Awards are intended to assist predoctoral, doctoral and postdoctoral students within several years of receiving their Ph.D's. The duration of an award is between two and sixteen weeks. The stipend for subsistence is $ 375 per week plus round-trip travel costs of up to $ 1,000.

Jessup funds are awarded competitively to students wishing to conduct studies at the postgraduate, doctoral and postdoctoral levels under the supervision or sponsorship of a member of the curatorial staff of the Academy. Such studies may be in any specialty in which these curators have expertise. The McHenry Fund is similarly intended, but is restricted to botanists.

Founded in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is America's oldest natural history museum and a world leader in biodiversity and environmental research.