Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution

Supporting students in U.S.-based Ph.D. programs who intend to conduct research in ecology and evolution.

About

These awards will provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with plans to conduct research 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.

Funding

Under Review

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution – Request for Applications 2027

Funding Opportunity

Supports students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs in ecology and evolution, with particular interest in interdisciplinary research spanning ecological and evolutionary timescales and other STEM fields.

Closed

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution – Request for Applications 2026

Funding Opportunity

Supports students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs in ecology and evolution, with particular interest in interdisciplinary research spanning ecological and evolutionary timescales and other STEM fields.

Faculty Mentors

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Nicolas Bierne

Universite de Montpellier / CNRS

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Michael Desai

Harvard University

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Rampal Etienne

University of Groningen

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Daniel Fisher

Stanford University

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Qixin He

Purdue University

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Talia Karasov

University of Utah

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Phillip Messer

Cornell University

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John Novembre

University of Chicago

James O’Dwyer

University of Illinois

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Mercedes Pascual

New York University

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Molly Schumer

Stanford University

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Corina Tarnita

Princeton University

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First Simons Postdoctoral Fellows in Plant Biology Announced

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