SEEDS Graduate Alumni Travel Awards:

The SEEDS program offers Alumni Participation Awards to former SEEDS students who continued their education to a graduate degree and wish to attend the ESA Annual Meeting and serve as near peers in the support network for SEEDS undergraduate students. 

The 110th ESA Annual Meeting – Ecology is Everywhere will be held in Baltimore, Maryland from August 10-15, 2025.

Selected Graduate Students will receive:

• $1,000 travel award to attend the ESA Annual Meeting
• Mentoring experience with a group of undergraduate students
• Networking opportunities at SEEDS only events
• Give back to your SEEDS family! 

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Participation Requirements:

• Participation in a past SEEDS event as an undergraduate (Field Trips, ESA Annual Meetings, Leadership Meetings or Fellowship)
• Attended a large science meeting, such as ESA
• Completed or are currently enrolled in a graduate program in an institution within the United States
• Plan to submit a presentation for the ESA Annual Meeting by 5pm on 2/27/25 – https://esa.org/longbeach2024/call-for-contributed-abstracts/ (you will need the presentation code)
• Must agree to follow all COVID meeting requirements

Participants are selected based on; potential for serving as a mentor or teacher, and demonstrated pursuit of a career in ecology and commitment to increasing opportunities for underrepresented students. Each selected SEEDS Alumni will be mentoring a group of undergraduate participants.

Preference will be given to students who:

• have experience mentoring
• demonstrate the pursuit of ecology (i.e. attending graduate school)
• plan to present research at the meeting
• exhibit promise in contributing to the ecology program at their home institution or in their community
• show promise as an educator or mentor

Students that submit abstracts to present have a better chance of being selected for the award.

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Application Information:

• Contact Information
• Academic Information
• Meeting presentations (oral or poster) information – you submit that directly with ESA, we just need the presentation code. *This is not a requirement to participate*
• Resume or CV (PDF preferred – add your name to the document title)
• An Essay (500 word max.)

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Click on the image above to visit the SEEDS Application Portal

Applications open for the 2025 ESA Annual Meeting January 7 until March 3, 2025.

 

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