#  Funding 

 



##  Funding Opportunities 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology 

An essential part of our mission is to support scientists wishing to pursue research and conduct fieldwork.



 

 

 

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### Summary of MCZ funding sources

Grants vary in focus, eligibility and application process. Please review each funding source webpage for more information.

SortFunding SourceEligibilityFocusDeadlineBiodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship

open to all with a Ph.D.

taxonomy and/or systematics

September 30, 2026

Ernst Mayr

open to all

animal systematics

October 15 and April 1

Grants-In-Aid of Undergraduate Research (GUR)

Harvard undergraduate students advised by tenure-track faculty

faculty-advised research

Fall 2026-Summer 2027 dates TBD

Putnam Expedition

MCZ faculty-curators and their postdocs and graduate students

comparative zoology field work

October 1 and March 12

Farish A. Jenkins, Jr.

Graduate and undergraduate students advised by MCZ faculty-curators

student fieldwork in comparative zoology

October 1 and March 12

McQuilling-Cabral

MCZ faculty-curators and their postdocs and graduate students

research in the Dominican Republic

October 1 and March 12

Ken Miyata

Graduate students advised by MCZ faculty-curators

herpetological fieldwork

October 1 and March 12

Wetmore Colles

Senior or lead author must be an MCZ faculty-curator, their advised postdoctoral fellow or graduate student, or MCZ staff.

publication fees related to zoological research

in advance of publication

Putnam Conference Support

MCZ faculty-curators and their postdocs and graduate students

conference attendance and travel

October 1 and March 12







 

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