Scholarships for people who want to go into arachnacology?

[JAFUENTES]

I was wondering if there are any specific scholarships for individuals who want to go into arachnacology? I've been looking but nothing yet.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

I'm not sure if "scholarship" is the right word for that (lol), but last similar thing to that, happened here in Italy when Italy was a Reign and Tamerlan Thorell went to Genova (Genoa) city for study spiders with Giacomo Doria.

After that, nothing, still spiders and T's weren't hated like happened after 2003.

I've heard from a well renowned source that in Switzerland there's courses, let's say, for people who want to learn more, especially for overcome that "primitive and ancient" fear of Theraphosidae.

 

[JAFUENTES]

That's interesting. Might have to go to another country. I can see the world and learn about what I'm passionate about. That's awesome.

 

[AphonopelmaTX]

You may want to contact the American Arachnological Society with this question.
www.americanarachnology.org

 

[JAFUENTES]

Thanks!

 

[Belegnole]

I would suggest that most scholarships or grants that you may be able to apply for would be at a more generic level. For instance google grants/scholarships for insect study and see what you get. Other search terms might include: Entomology, Arachnology, etc. Also don't be afraid to go even more general in your search. Such as Biology, Physical sciences etc.

I also strongly suggest if you are serious that you seek the help of you school counselor.

 

[viper69]

I was wondering if there are any specific scholarships for individuals who want to go into arachnacology? I've been looking but nothing yet.

You need to be more specific, are you speaking at the BS MS or PhD level? There are arachnologists in the USA and they obtained their degrees in the USA.

 

[JAFUENTES]

You need to be more specific, are you speaking at the BS MS or PhD level? There are arachnologists in the USA and they obtained their degrees in the USA.

PhD level all the way.

 

[viper69]

PhD level all the way.

Typically in the USA for a PhD there is funding, usually all paid for and a stipend which keeps you at just above poverty level.

However, the level of funding varies by area of study (eg Molecular Biology vs Biology, the former would have more opportunity for more money), university (they all offer something different) and even by department within a university.

That's not to say your degree couldn't be from the Dept of Molecular Biology and your model system is arachnids, but that's unlikely. I know a guy who researches population genetics, but his model system is bees, and you'd swear his lab was geared towards studying bees with no direct application to human biology.

In the end, you aren't looking for arach scholarships, you are looking for researchers who study arachnids and then looking at what their PhD level programs offer for money.

There's TONS of information about getting your PhD and all the tips/tricks one needs to know using google.

 

[JAFUENTES]

Sweet!

 

[awiec]

Pretty similar to what viper said, here in the states you can go about it in a few different ways as most schools don't have an entomology/arachnology(you spelled arachnology wrong btw) bachelors degree. What the arachnologists I knew did was get a bachelors in biology, tailor it more towards invertebrates if possible, and then they chose a school that offered masters/phd programs in arachnids. When a professor takes you on they usually prefer to secure you some funding and graduate school is a bit cheaper than undergrad. Though there are people like myself who secured their own funding via scholarships and loans so I could get my foot in the door as my boss/major professor had no money for me at the time. When you get into graduate school a lot of times there are opportunities to write research proposals that can net you some funding as well.