Fellowships & Scholarships

Stengl-Wyer Graduate Fellowships

The endowment supports year-long fellowships for doctoral candidates pursuing dissertation research in the area of Diversity of life and organisms in their natural environments. Funded by the Stengl-Wyer Endowment, fellowship recipients will receive a 12-month stipend of $34,000, full tuition and fees, staff health insurance, and an allowance of $2,000 to cover research and travel expenses.

We strongly urge projects to apply that will use both of these field stations: Brackenridge Field Lab and Stengl Lost Pines. Applicants should consult with us for project suitability, access to facilities and letters of support before submission.

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Stengl-Wyer Postdoctoral Scholars Program

Funded by the Stengl-Wyer Endowment, the Stengl-Wyer Postdoctoral Scholars Program provides up to three years of independent support for talented postdoctoral researchers in the broad area of the diversity of life and/or organisms in their natural environments. Scholars can study any groups of organisms, at levels from genes to populations to communities to ecosystems, and can use any combination of approaches. The award competition is conducted annually. The form and timing of competitions may change in subsequent years.

We strongly urge projects to apply that will use both field stations: Brackenridge Field Lab and Stengl Lost Pines. Applicants should consult with us for project suitability, access to facilities and letters of support before submission.

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Ari Yehiel Blattstein Endowed Presidential Scholarship

Drs. Deborah and Abraham Blattstein, both UT alums, founded the Ari Yehiel Blattstein Endowed Presidential Scholarship in honor of their young son, Ari, whose promising life was ended by a tragic accident. Ari Yehiel Blattstein (1983-1991) had already accomplished much in his eight years, writing contest-winning poetry and creating art through various mediums. He had an impressive appreciation of museums and art. This annual scholarship is awarded alternately to undergraduate and graduate students participating in research at the Brackenridge Field Lab.

Summer Fellowships

Most summers the field station offers paid graduate and undergraduate research opportunities including the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates program through the Environmental Science Institute