Simons Foundation Accepting Applications for Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution

The Simons Foundation’s Life Sciences division is now accepting applications for its Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution awards. The deadline for fellowship applications is July 31, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. (noon) Eastern time.

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecology and evolution, we are particularly interested in interdisciplinary research that jointly considers processes on both ecological and evolutionary timescales or that links studies of ecology and evolution to other STEM fields, including physics, computer science, mathematics, chemistry and other areas of biology, especially genetics.

Among other eligibility requirements, applicants must be entering or applying for Ph.D. programs in biology or a subfield of the life sciences to study ecology and evolution, with matriculation to start no later than fall 2026. It is permissible for applicants to hold a master’s degree and encouraged that they hold a master’s degree in physics, mathematics, computer science or engineering. Individuals who already hold a Ph.D. or other terminal degree, or who have enrolled in a Ph.D. program prior to fall 2025, are not eligible. Fellowships must be hosted at United States institutions, at a campus within the United States. There are no citizenship requirements.