Ecological Society of America is currently accepting applications for its Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About Ecological Society of America - Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award
Offered each year, the Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) gives graduate students hands-on training and science policy experience including interacting with congressional decision-makers, federal agency officials and ecologists who work in the science and public policy arena.
Benefits of Ecological Society of America - Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award
Participants receive:
- An all expenses paid trip to Washington, DC.
- Policy and communications training, including information on the legislative process and in federal science funding.
- An opportunity to hear first-hand from ecologists currently working in federal agencies about their policy careers.
- The experience of meetings with congressional policymakers on Capitol Hill to discuss the importance of federal investments in the biological and ecological sciences, with a primary focus on the National Science Foundation.
Ecological Society of America - Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award Requirements
- Applicants must be an ESA member and reside in the United States. Graduate students may be seeking a masters or a Ph.D. Past GSPA recipients are not eligible to apply.
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
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