The North American Symposium on Bat Research (NASBR) is an extremely student-friendly meeting. Below is a list of resources for students. If you know of other awards or scholarships that should be added to this page, please send an e-mail to dan dot riskin at brown dot edu.
As a graduate or undergraduate student, you have two NASBR Board Representatives at your service. They are there to bring your concerns or questions to the attention of the board. Also, if you ever have any questions about the NASBR meeting and want a friendly answer, these people are a great place to start.
Lynne Burns
Dalhousie University
e-mail Lynne dot Burns at dal dot ca
J. Angel Soto-Centeno (Angelo)
Florida Museum of Natural History
e-mail sotocenteno at ufl dot edu
To help students cut the costs of attending NASBR, the student representatives for NASBR maintain a bulletin board, where people can find others with whom to share a room at the conference.
Note that this website is not part of the NASBR website, and this service is not provided by the NASBR society. The society assumes no responsibility nor liability for any problems arising from the use of the roostmate finder website.
Looking for a roommate? For those who have a room and need a roommate; or if you are looking for a room to share, a link will be posted here before the bat meetings so you can find other people with complimentary needs.
To help students network with scientists at NASBR, or to help them learn more about different career options, the student representatives for NASBR arrange lunch meetings between students and bat biologists during the bat meetings.
Southeastern Bat Diversity Network Student Travel Award
This award of up to US$500 is intended to help send a student to the NASBR meeting. The student must be an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in a university or college within the Southeastern United States, working on bats. The deadline is June of each year. Details here and here. To apply, contact Susan Loeb (sloeb at clemson dot edu).
The Bernardo Villa Award
This award sends a Latin American student to NASBR, providing travel, lodging, banquet, and registration costs. To be eligible, applicants must be currently enrolled graduate or undergraduate students in a Mexican university, or must have graduated during the past year (i.e. since the end of the most recent NASBR meeting) from a Mexican university.
Any Latin American student enrolled in any Mexican University is eligible for the Bernardo Villa Award. The student can be conducting research anywhere in Latin America and the Caribbean, however those students with research emphases and applications in Mexico will be given priority.
The deadline is in April of each year.
Avinet Award
Sponsored by Avinet, this award recognizes the best presentation, either oral or poster, and on any subject, by an undergraduate student. Students from primarily undergraduate institutions are particularly encouraged to enter the competition.
Basically Bats Wildlife Conservation Society Award
Sponsored by Basically Bats Wildlife Conservation Society for a poster on any subject.
Bat Conservation International Award
Sponsored by Bat Conservation International for a platform paper on any aspect of the biology of bats.
Bat Research News Award
Sponsored by Bat Research News for a platform paper on any aspect of the biology of bats.
Karl F. Koopman Award
Sponsored by the North American Society for Bat Research for a platform paper, usually given in the field of zoogeography or systematics.
Luis F. Bacardi Bat Conservation Award
Sponsored by the Lubee Bat Conservancy and preferably given for a platform paper on ecology, behavior, reproductive biology, or conservation of plant-visiting bats.
Organization for Bat Conservation Award
Sponsored by the Organization for Bat Conservation for a poster on bat conservation.
Speleobooks Award
Sponsored by Speleobooks for a poster on any any aspect of the biology of bats.
Titley Scientific Award
Sponsored by Titley Scientific for a platform paper on any aspect of the biology of bats, with preference given to novel applications or development of technology.
The Bat Conservation International Scholarship
This scholarship of up to US$5,000 funds research aimed at bat conservation.
Lubee Bat Conservancy Small Grants (typically for Pteropodid conservation work)
Information here.
American Society of Mammalogists Grants in Aid of Research
Information here.
AMNH Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grants
Information here.
The Animal Behavior Society Research Grants
Information here.
The Society of Systematic Biology
Information here.
EPA Star and GRO Fellowships
Information here.
Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research
Information here.
