Cushman Foundation Student and Retiree Research and Travel Grants
The Cushman Foundation offers Student and Retiree Research and Travel Grants. Deadline for applications are as follows:
- Student research grant proposals (Cushman, Loeblich and Tappan, and Sliter Awards) are due 1 March.
- Student and Retiree Travel Awards applications for Fall and Winter meetings are due 15 August.
- Student and Retiree Travel Awards applications for Spring and Summer meetings are due 15 February.
Proposals are judged upon scientific merit and financial need. A description of the awards and details on applying are available via the links below. The CFFR considers only individual merit and does not discriminate in any way in making these grants. Â Click on the titles for more information and past grantees.
The Board of Directors encourages awardees to submit their results to one of the Foundation's publications and requests that acknowledgment of the award be included in any thesis, dissertation or publication that results from work supported by an award of the Foundation.
STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS
Joseph A. Cushman Student Research Grant
The Joseph A Cushman Award for Student Research supports Master's and Doctoral Students research projects dealing with the systematics, biostratigraphy, paleoecology, and ecology of fossil or living foraminifera.
Loeblich and Tappan Student Research Grant
Loeblich and Tappan Student Research Award supports undergraduate and graduate student research on any aspect of living or fossil foraminifera or other protists, including diatoms, coccolithophorids, dinoflagellates, acritarchs, or radiolaria.
William V. Sliter Research Award
The William V. Sliter Research Award supports graduate student research on Mesozoic and Cenozoic foraminifera.
TRAVEL AWARDS
The Joseph A. Cushman Award for Student Travel
This award from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research supports current undergraduate, masters’ and doctoral students, and those who have been awarded the Ph.D. no more than one year past the application deadline. The award funds those who wish to present the results of their theses or dissertations at Foundation-approved professional meetings or workshops.
Retiree Research And Travel Grants
Retired members of the Cushman Foundation without other financial resources may apply for funds up to $2000 for research and travel dealing with any aspect of living or fossil foraminifera or other protists, such as diatoms, coccolithophorids, dinoflagellates, acritarchs, or radiolaria.
The Buzas Award for Travel to the Cushman Collection
The Buzas Award for Travel (BAT) was established in 2017 by Dr. Martin A. Buzas and his family to support foraminiferal researchers wishing to use the world-famous Cushman Collection of foraminifera at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA. The award is open to graduate students and professional researchers who can demonstrate a need to use the collection and associated facilities. The CFFR does not discriminate in its selection of awardees in any way.
FELLOWSHIPS & INTERNSHIPS
M. Ruth Todd Graduate and Postdoctoral Internship Grant
This Grant is to advance the careers of graduate students (M.S. and Ph.D.) and postdoctoral investigators studying micropaleontology. It is named in honor of M. Ruth Todd who was a member of the original Joseph A. Cushman lab and the recipient of the first Cushman award. The internship grant is intended to provide support to graduate students and postdoctoral investigators who seek an opportunity at another institution to further their knowledge and research interests on any aspect of fossil or living foraminifera and/or allied organisms.
Johanna M. Resig Foraminiferal Research Fellowship
This Fellowship recognizes and advances the careers of outstanding doctoral candidates committed to foraminiferal research. It is made possible by a gift from the estate of Johanna M. Resig, a lifelong specialist on Foraminifera and former editor of the Journal of Foraminiferal Research. Proposals are judged upon scientific merit and financial need. Deadline for applying is 1 March. CFFR invites applications from all members or those within the broader community of foraminiferalogy.