Amount: $8,000. About: Offered by International Society for Human Ethology Vienna, Austria, the Owen F. Aldis Scholarship Fund is a $8,000 award to support graduate studies in human ethology, defined as the biological study of human behavior; to nurture excellence in human ethology by supporting students who are undertaking empirical research in human behavior, drawing on the repertoire of methods developed in biology and the human behavioral sciences. Applicants must be students who have not yet formally received doctorate at the time of the application deadline; they may be from any academic discipline related to human ethology, and academic advisor or director at a recognized educational or scientific institution must support application; “Student” includes anyone working toward a degree with a mentor or advisor at a recognized institution; mentors can be any researcher from a reputable scientific institution; neither applicants nor mentors need be members of ISHE; previous applicants, including previous winners of Aldis Commendations but excluding previous winners of Aldis Awards, are eligible to re-apply for an Aldis Award in a later year; the proposed research must be ethological in nature.
Eligible Grade Levels: Graduate Student
Eligible Majors: Science
Residency Requirement: No residency requirement
Minimum GPA: No GPA requirement
Deadline: January 20. Please note that scholarship deadlines often change, so make sure to check the scholarship sponsor’s website for up-to-date deadlines.