Ashton Award for Student Research 2026 (up to $4,000) – YOA

Deadline: February 1, 2026

Applications are open for the Ashton Award for Student Research 2026. The Ashton Award for Student Research helps investigations by graduate and superior undergraduate college students engaged on Asian tropical forest biology. The Ashton Award for Student Research is made attainable by the generosity of Professor Peter Ashton and his spouse Mary Ashton by the Peter and Mary Ashton Training Fund.

Award

• Awards of up to $4,000 are granted to help pupil analysis bills.

Eligibility

• Award accessible to superior undergraduates and graduate college students.
• The award is just not restricted to universities within the United States or to US residents.

Selection Criteria

Awards are granted by a aggressive assessment course of. Selection of recipient(s) might be primarily based on:

• the tutorial background of the scholar and their readiness to conduct the proposed analysis;
• the standard of the proposed analysis;
• the relevance of the proposed analysis to the mission of the Arnold Arboretum.

Application

To be thought-about for an award, on-line functions ought to embody the next:

• Cover letter.
• Research assertion. The assertion must be 1 to 2-pages and describes your analysis undertaking and the way further funding through the Ashton Award would additional your analysis goals. Include the names of different collaborators (as well as to your advisor). References must be included however don’t rely as part of the web page restrict.
• Research price range. Applicants ought to submit a easy, 1-web page price range that itemizes the analysis and journey prices related to the proposed undertaking.
• Project timeline. Applicants ought to submit a timeline of the undertaking and anticipated begin and finish dates.
• Curriculum vitae.
• Two letters of advice. As part of the web submission, you should ship a request to the 2 referees to submit a letter of advice (through the request part). The referee might be robotically despatched an electronic mail with a hyperlink to an internet submission kind the place they may add a letter of advice. It is very beneficial that you just contact your referee prior to sending the request. Inform the referee to anticipate an electronic mail from [email protected] with directions for submitting a suggestion letter. Each referee should add his/her letter of advice by February 1.

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