$340k
awarded directly to investigators
118
understudied species documented
42
remote field stations funded
Fundamental physiological discovery begins where conventional grant models refuse to look.
Institutional funding panels funnel billions into a handful of laboratory model organisms. Dr. Jonathan C. Wright taught that comparative physiology requires confronting the full, uncurated diversity of living systems.
Three distinct grant allocations
Each grant tier removes specific fiscal hurdles confronting early-career investigators prior to peer-reviewed publication.
Field Expeditions
Comparative Physiology
Taxa Documentation
Direct stipends covering travel, remote field station lodging, and specimen collection logistics for wild population sampling.
Bench-fee offsets and micro-respirometry equipment access for laboratory trials investigating metabolic adaptations.
Specialized micro-photography and dissection microscopy funding for invertebrate taxonomic surveys and anatomical folios.
Proposals for 2025 field research close November 15. Decisions return within forty business days.