1,700+ open positions · 165 fellowships & grants · 42 upcoming conferences
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The US faculty hiring season is in full swing, and a big run of fellowship deadlines lands over the next eight weeks, including ERC Starting, NSF PRFB, NERC IRF, Banting and Leverhulme. Below are the newest positions from the board and the deadlines worth putting in your calendar now.
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New faculty & permanent positions
Ecology — William & Mary, USA
Evolutionary Biology – Biological Diversity — University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Integrative/Comparative Approaches to Cognition — Yale University, USA
Plant Evolution / Director of Plant Resources Center — University of Texas at Austin, USA
Evolutionary Biology and Mechanistic Processes — University of Texas at Austin, USA
Integrative Shellfish Biology — University of Texas Marine Science Institute, USA
Assistant Professor in Marine Biology (tenure-track) — Texas A&M University at Galveston, USA
Fish Ecology — University of South Carolina, USA
Plant or Fungal Genomics — University of Wyoming, USA
Vector Biology — University of Oklahoma, USA
Animal Ecology — Wichita State University, USA
Quantitative Biology — SUNY Geneseo, USA
Aquatic Biology / Ichthyology — Georgia College & State University, USA
Plant and Landscape Systems — Brigham Young University, USA
Biology / Environmental Science — University of West Alabama, USA
Department Chair, Biological & Environmental Sciences — Georgia College & State University, USA
Assistant Teaching Professor in Plant Biology — University of Cambridge, UK
Lecturer in Environmental Science — University of Stirling, UK
New postdocs & research fellowships
Chancellor’s Climate Futures Fellowship — UC Berkeley, USA
Career Development Research Fellowships 2027 — St John’s College, Oxford, UK
Seagrass–Microbe Interactions — UC Riverside, USA
Computational Aquatic Ecology — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Biodiversity Sciences — University of Texas at Austin, USA
Spatial Biodiversity – Ecohydrology of Terrestrial Birds — University of Georgia, USA
Metagenomic Trait Prediction / Modelling Microbial Systems — Stony Brook University, USA
Forest Ecology — Black Rock Forest, USA
Marine Ecology — Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Integrative Taxonomy: Genomics + AI — Netherlands
Research Associate in Computer Vision and Environmental Modelling — University of Sheffield, UK
PhD studentships & other roles
PhD: Wildlife Connectivity in Tree-Based Agricultural Systems — Newcastle University, UK
PhD in Arctic Freshwater Ecology — Sweden
MSCA PhD: Restoration of Co-invading Alien Plant Species — Swansea University, UK
PhD: Camera Monitoring of Inshore Fish Assemblages — University of Plymouth, UK
PhD: Bacterial Pathogen Evolution under Antibiotic–Phage Treatment — University of Exeter, UK
Senior Teaching Associate in Ecology and Conservation (part time) — University of Cambridge, UK
Ecologist and Conservation Biologist — Holden Arboretum, USA
Short-term Ecologist / GIS — Black Rock Forest, USA
Browse all 1,700+ open positions →
⏰ Fellowship & grant deadlines: October–December
October
Oct 7 — Darwin Initiative Grant (UK Defra) · up to £400,000
Oct 8 — NSF Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship (OCE-PRF) · $54,000/yr + $12,000 research allowance
Oct 15 — ERC Starting Grant · up to €1.5M over 5 years
Oct 15 — Schmidt Science Fellows · $100,000/yr + travel
Oct 15 — NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship · CAD $45,000/yr
Oct 15 — Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Fellowship · $65,000–$75,000/yr + research funds
Oct 15 — USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellowship · $50,000–$60,000/yr
Oct 22 — BBSRC Discovery Fellowships · salary + £50,000 research support
Oct 29 — Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship · CAD $70,000/yr
November
Nov 1 — Rachel Carson Postdoctoral Fellowship (PNNL) · $77,000–$100,000/yr
Nov 1 — Carlsberg Foundation Research Fellowship · DKK 450,000–600,000/yr
Nov 1 — Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Research Grant · up to £10,000
Nov 4 — NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB) · $54,000/yr + $12,000 research allowance
Nov 5 — NERC Independent Research Fellowship · full salary + research costs
Nov 5 — Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship · €28,000–€41,400/yr + research costs
Nov 11 — British Ecological Society Large Research Grant · up to £25,000
Nov 12 — Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship · up to £60,000
Nov 15 — Liber Ero Fellowship · CAD $70,000/yr + $10,000 research budget
Nov 15 — AMNH Research Fellowship · $45,000–$55,000/yr
Nov 17 — Royal Society Research Grant · up to £15,000
Early December
Dec 1 — Princeton Environmental Institute Fellowship · $65,000/yr + benefits
Dec 1 — NSF Arctic Postdoctoral Research Fellowship · $54,000/yr + research & travel allowance
Dec 1 — Smithsonian Institution Fellowship · $36,000–$48,000/yr
Dec 1 — Bat Conservation International Research Grant · $5,000–$20,000
Always check the funder’s website: deadlines and eligibility can change between calls.
Browse all 165 fellowships & grants, matched to your career stage →
Conferences
We track 42 upcoming ecology, evolution and conservation meetings, including ESA, BES, SCB, ICCB and ISBE, with abstract and registration deadlines as they’re announced. See the conference calendar →
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