Finally, we want to congratulate all applicants for submitting excellent proposals and thank their mentors for writing letters of support. If your proposal was not selected this time, we very much encourage you to reapply next year!

The Tschinkel Ant Natural History Research Grant goes to Allina Win (Linksvayer Lab, Arizona State), who will receive a $2,500 grant to support her research project: “A Comparative Study of Larval Fluid as a Novel Social Regulator of Queen Fecundity and Colony Sociogenesis.”

The William L. and Ruth D. Nutting Research Grant goes to Elijah Carroll (Mizumoto lab, Auburn), who will receive a $2,500 grant to support his research project: “Does sexual conflict in nest-site selection act as a barrier to hybridization in Cryptotermes termites?”

The 2025 Charles Michener Bee Research Grant goes to Kathryn Naherny (Ramsey Lab, Uni. of Colorado), who will receive a $2,500 grant to support her research project: “Using Host Traits to Understand the Interplay of Melittophiles and Peruvian Stingless Bees”.

The 2025 Robert L. and Louise B. Jeanne Social Wasp Research Grant goes to Paige Caine (Goodisman Lab, Georgia Tech), who will receive a $2,500 grant to support her research project: “The effect of social parasitism on genome evolution in social wasps”.

This is a great opportunity for undergraduates who are interested in significantly advancing their research skills in the field, the laboratory, or both. Students from underrepresented groups in science and agriculture are particularly encouraged to apply. harvest.cals.ncsu.edu/beemore/