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Simons Collaborations in Ecology and Evolution
The Simons Foundation seeks to create strong collaborations and foster the cross-pollination of ideas between investigators, as these interactions often lead to unexpected breakthroughs. Towards this end, in 2012 the foundation launched a new collaborative funding model, the Simons Collaborations, which funds groups of investigators — often from different disciplines — to work together on…
Program Area: Life Sciences | Ecology and Evolution
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology
The Simons Foundation’s Life Sciences division invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships to support candidates who intend to pursue a career in basic research on fundamental problems in plant biology. We are interested in applicants with training in disciplines that could be brought to bear on plant biology, including but not limited to engineering, computational modeling,…
Program Area: Life Sciences | Plant Biology
Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
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…
Program Area: Life Sciences
Pivot Fellowship
The fellowship will enable today’s brightest minds to apply their talent and expertise to a new field and will consist of one training year where the fellow will be embedded in a lab of a mentor to learn the new discipline and its culture.
Program Area: Simons Foundation | Life Sciences | Neuroscience
Simons Investigator in Aquatic Microbial Ecology Awards
Microbes inhabit and sustain all habitats on Earth. In both marine and freshwater systems, microbes capture solar energy, catalyze biogeochemical… Read More
Program Area: Life Sciences
Simons Early Career Investigator in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards
This program was titled “Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards” from 2015-2022. The purpose of these awards was to help launch the careers of outstanding investigators in the fields of microbial ecology, microbial biogeochemistry and/or microbial evolution in marine or natural freshwater systems, who will advance our understanding through field work,…
Program Area: Life Sciences
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology
The Simons Foundation’s Life Sciences division invited applications for postdoctoral fellowships to support candidates who intended to pursue a career… Read More
Program Area: Microbial Oceanography | Life Sciences