
Grant proposals are invited for the ASP Small Research Grant. The Research and Development Committee will welcome applications beginning April 14, 2025 and the deadline for application submission is June 20, 2025.
Award amounts range from $500 to $2000, and will be for a period of one year. This funding mechanism supports research designed to test hypotheses about the proximate and ultimate processes that influence primate behavior, social organization, development, reproduction, physiology, anatomy and/or evolution. Proposals focused purely on welfare or conservation activities are not eligible (for other ASP funding mechanisms, see here).
You will need to be an ASP member and login to the ASP website in order to submit your application. Instructions on how to become an ASP member can be found here.
If you have any questions regarding your proposal’s suitability for funding, please review the Frequently Asked Questions.
To apply for the ASP Small Research Grant, you must login to the website. You will find a link to the application on your profile page.
Dr. Julie Teichroeb and Dr. Emily Rothwell are the co-chairs of the Research and Development Committee for 2024-2026. Julie can be contacted by email at julie.teichroeb@utoronto.ca and Emily can be contacted by email at ROTHWELL@pitt.edu
For an ASP Small Research Grant you will need two letters of recommendation. At the time you submit your grant application online, the online system will request the email addresses of your two letter writers and automatically email them with instructions on how to submit their letters. Your letter writers do not have to submit their letters of recommendation by the grant application deadline. However, to ensure that the letters are received in time for review, referees should submit their letters no later than 2 weeks after the grant application deadline.
This grant is administered by the Research and Development Committee. Chairs: Julie Teichroeb and Emily Rothwell.
If your project focuses primarily on conservation, you should apply for a Conservation Small Grant, NOT a Small Research Grant. Small Research grants should be designed to test hypotheses about the proximate and ultimate processes that influence primate behavior, social organization, development, reproduction, welfare, physiology, anatomy and/or evolution.
Yes, for an ASP Small Research Grant you will need two letters of recommendation. The online system will request the email addresses of your two letter-writers, and automatically email them with instructions on how to submit their letters. To ensure that the letters are received in time for review, referees should submit their letters no later than 2 weeks after the grant application deadline.
No. Grants are not awarded to replenish monies already spent. If you have already started your project, the only way you are eligible for an ASP Small Research Grant is if you apply for portions of the project that will be implemented in the future.
Yes. We welcome applications from long-term studies that have side projects or additional needs. As long as your proposal clearly shows the value of the project to primate research, it could be eligible.
Yes. It is not necessary for your project to be connected to a larger program. As long as the project is focused on primate research, is deemed feasible and of high quality, you are encouraged to apply.
The ASP Research and Development Committee announces its final decisions on funding at each annual meeting. Winners are announced at the Business Meeting and at the Closing Banquet.
In general, the ASP Small Research grants can be used for research supplies, travel for research purposes, living costs while in the field, field assistance, etc. We do not fund overhead to universities, travel to scientific meetings, or equipment that should be available through the applicant’s institution.
Dr. Julie Teichroeb and Dr. Emily Rothwell are the co-chairs of the Research and Development Committee for 2022-2024. Julie can be contacted by email at julie.teichroeb@utoronto.ca and Emily can be contacted by email at rothwell@pitt.edu.
Applicants may not submit duplicate, or essentially similar, grant applications simultaneously to the ASP Conservation Small and ASP Small Research grants for review. To discuss whether a project should be submitted as a Conservation Small or Small Research grant, contact one of the committee chairs.
Priority will be given to applicants who have never received an ASP Small Research Grant Award and previously awarded applicants are not eligible to apply the following year after receipt of funding.
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