IWRS Graduate Student Research Awards
Deadline Date: October 31, 2024
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Donor Name: Insect Welfare Research Society
Grant Size: $1000 to $10,000
https://www.insectwelfare.com/student-research-awards
Submit your applications for the Insect Welfare Research Society (IWRS) awards in the IWRS Student Research Award in Sentience or IWRS Student Research Award in Welfare category.
The Insect Welfare Research Society aims to encourage graduate student scholars engaging in evidence-based, theoretically-grounded research on any aspect of insect or understudied invertebrate sentience (defined broadly as subjective experiences, including pain). This award will be given to a graduate student whose research has the greatest potential to make a substantive contribution to our understanding of sentience in these taxonomic groups.
Categories
- IWRS Student Research Award in Sentience
- IWRS Student Research Award in Welfare
Prize Information
- This $2,000 award shall be given annually to a graduate student conducting research related to insect or understudied invertebrate welfare and Sentience.
Eligibility Criteria
- IWRS Student Research Award in Sentience:
- Any currently enrolled graduate (MS, MA, PhD, etc.) student conducting research focused on insect or understudied invertebrate sentience is eligible, so long as they have not yet defended their thesis. Applicants from a range of disciplines (philosophy, comparative cognition, economics, entomology, marine biology, welfare science, agricultural science, environmental science, neuroscience, animal behavior, etc.) are encouraged to apply.
- Although there is no restriction on the nationality of individuals that may apply, they will not pay awards to recipients located in (or for research that will take place in) jurisdictions, countries, or regions of the world subject to trade restrictions, embargoes, or sanctions put in place by the United Nations or the United States of America.
- Any currently enrolled graduate (MS, MA, PhD, etc.) student conducting research focused on insect or understudied invertebrate sentience is eligible, so long as they have not yet defended their thesis. Applicants from a range of disciplines (philosophy, comparative cognition, economics, entomology, marine biology, welfare science, agricultural science, environmental science, neuroscience, animal behavior, etc.) are encouraged to apply.
- IWRS Student Research Award in Welfare:
- Any current graduate (MS, MA, PhD, etc.) student conducting research focused on insect or understudied invertebrate welfare is eligible, so long as they have not yet defended a PhD thesis. Applicants from a range of disciplines (philosophy, comparative cognition, economics, entomology, marine biology, welfare science, agricultural science, environmental science, physiology, animal behavior, etc.) are encouraged to apply.
- Although there is no restriction on the nationality of individuals that may apply, they will not pay awards to recipients located in (or for research that will take place in) jurisdictions, countries, or regions of the world subject to trade restrictions, embargoes, or sanctions put in place by the United Nations or the United States of America.
- Any current graduate (MS, MA, PhD, etc.) student conducting research focused on insect or understudied invertebrate welfare is eligible, so long as they have not yet defended a PhD thesis. Applicants from a range of disciplines (philosophy, comparative cognition, economics, entomology, marine biology, welfare science, agricultural science, environmental science, physiology, animal behavior, etc.) are encouraged to apply.
For more information, visit IWRS.
