Roger Conant Grants in Herpetology

Grant proposals will be considered in the following categories:

1. Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles: Proposals should outline a conservation-oriented research project. This project may focus on species endangered or threatened at the state, national, or international level, or address research on potentially threatened habitats or species, or on introduced injurious species.
2. Field Research In Herpetology. Proposals may address needs for field station fees or equipment and materials in field-oriented projects, or the field work portions of broader studies. This might include in-situ behavioral studies, ecological, life history, or sexual selection studies.
3. Laboratory Research. Proposals may address needs for equipment or materials in laboratory projects or laboratory portions of broader projects.
4. Travel. Proposals may address support for travel to field study sites near or far, or to utilize distant collections or facilities.
5. International. Proposals may address needs in any of the above five categories. The applicant must be a student, but not necessarily a SSAR member. Preference will be given to students with limited access to research funds and in countries where herpetological research has historically been under-funded.
6. Herpetological Education. Proposals may address an educational project or start up support for an educational program in a zoo, museum, park, nature center, regional herpetological society, etc. The project must focus on a herpetological topic.
7. Undergraduate Research in Herpetology. Proposals in this category can outline any research project focused on questions related to amphibian or reptile taxonomy, biology, ecology or conservation. Funding can be used to purchase equipment, materials, or as re-imbursement for travel to conduct research (i.e., offset the cost of gas for trips to field sites, museums to investigate specimens, etc.)