{"id":3774,"date":"2025-12-01T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T22:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/northwest\/?p=3774"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:37:19","slug":"ser-nw-chapter-student-grant-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/northwest\/ser-nw-chapter-student-grant-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"SERNW Chapter 2026 Student Grant Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you a graduate student or upper-level undergraduate conducting research on ecological restoration in Northwest natural systems\u2014or do you know someone who is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SER Northwest Chapter 2026 Student Grants<\/strong> are now open! SERNW will award up to three grants of up to <strong>$3,000<\/strong> to support student research that advances ecological restoration in the Pacific Northwest eco-region (WA, OR, AK, MT, ID, Northern CA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preference will be given to student members of SERNW or an SER Student Chapter. Graduate students in social or natural sciences, as well as upper-level undergraduates, are encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deadline:<\/strong> March 2, 2026 (11:59 PM PST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScyaR3ROhpItGokBGjRetuBH0ioabzEQUuIrUs0uk151_j91A\/viewform?usp=header\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Please submit electronically using the 2026 Application Form<\/strong><\/a>. Include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cover page with project title, name, mailing address, email, study system and location, institution, SER membership status, and requested funding amount.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research proposal (3\u20134 pages, single-spaced, excluding references) with:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abstract (&lt;250 words)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduction, research questions, and objectives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Methods, expected results, and significance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Literature cited<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tables\/figures embedded in text<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clear explanation of how your research supports restoration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Project timetable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Budget and justification, including research partners if applicable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CV (1\u20132 pages)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unofficial university transcripts<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>File submission guidelines:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Begin each filename with your last name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use standard file types (doc, docx, rtf, odt, pdf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: If you received an SERNW Student Grant in the prior calendar year, please wait one year before reapplying.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScyaR3ROhpItGokBGjRetuBH0ioabzEQUuIrUs0uk151_j91A\/viewform?usp=header\" style=\"border-radius:0px;background-color:#0084a9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apply Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General questions may be directed to sernw[at]ser.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadline for application is March 2, 2026 (11:59 PM PST).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":3776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,22,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-chapter-news","category-research-grants"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/northwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/northwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/northwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/northwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/northwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/northwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/northwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/northwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/northwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/northwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}