Award Type: eDNA Collaborative Microgrant
Submission Deadline: 15 July 2026
Anticipated Number of Awards: 20
Program Contacts: Justine Jadallah, Shana Lee Hirsch, Lauren Sassoubre
(eDNACollab@uw.edu)
Opportunity Details
Micro-scale grants, or ‘microgrants’, are for researchers needing very specific equipment, materials, supplies, or training to achieve their objectives towards eDNA research and analyses.
This round of microgrants will be awarded in the form of an online course provided by Physalia Courses. Physalia provides scientific training courses and workshops in bioinformatics, genomics, and related fields, promoting the transfer of new methods and emerging techniques to a broad range of researchers. Their goal is to build a knowledge-sharing platform between highly qualified instructors and participants at various stages of their scientific and academic careers (e.g., Ph.D. students, post-doctoral researchers, PIs).
The eDNA Collaborative will pay the registration fee for the eDNA Metabarcoding Using Nanopore Sequencing Physalia Course. Successful applicants will have research interests in line with the eDNA Collaborative’s mission. Our focus is researchers from historically underfunded geographies and institutions; we will prioritize applications with this in mind.
In addition to class registration, awardees will be featured on the eDNA Collaborative website, and added to the ListServ network of eDNA Collaborative visiting scholars, grantees and micrograntees to help facilitate networking and communication among eDNA researchers.
Limitations
Priority will be given to those who have not received a prior eDNA Collaborative Microgrant.
Timeline
Applications due 15 July 2026
Award notifications sent by 29 July 2026
Application: Available in Google Forms.
This microgrant opportunity is in collaboration with Physalia.
Please visit their website for more information