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”.

Congratulations to the 2025 IUSSI-NAS Spring Research Award Winners! 🧵See the below thread to read about the awarded projects! 🐜🐝You can read more on the IUSSI-NAS website:

Open for applications! An Extension Associate Position with Louisiana State University in the Department of Entomology in coordination with the USDA-ARS Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics and Physiology Research Laboratory 🐝 Application deadline February 15th

The Dept. of Biological Sciences at SUNY Plattsburgh is #hiring an Assistant #Professor in #Genetics! Follow this link to read the details about the position:

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.

If you are an undergraduate science major who is interested in pursuing a career in STEM, there is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills while studying the interface between microbes and bees. BeeMORE is a USDA-funded Research and Extension Experience for Undergraduates

Please consider donating to help students attend the 2026 IUSSI conference in Freiburg, Germany! 🐝🐜 https://t.co/T9IbKq3XZ2

The Department of Entomology at the University of Minnesota invites applications for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor in Functional Genomics related to agricultural pest management. https://t.co/siYHFpyzax

🚨 Join Our Lab: Exciting Graduate Opportunities! We are currently recruiting four highly motivated students to join our research team at Université Laval. Explore diverse, cutting-edge research opportunities across entomology, molecular biology, and plant-pathogen interactions:

Two PhD Scholarships: Invasive Bumblebee Ecology in Tasmania

Our ❤️is full of gratitude to those that came to our 12th Latin/Hispanic Symposium at @EntsocAmerica #EntSoc24. Thanks to our speakers: Armando Falcon-Brindis, Maria Gonzalez-Morales, Samuel Discua, Daiana De Souza, and Steven M. Reyna. Stay connected here with #SomosEnto 🦋🌎

Please fill out this nomination form by Dec. 6th, 2024:

We are pleased to accept nominations for the following positions: President-Elect (1 seat) Awards Committee (2 seats) Elections Committee: (1 seat) Social Media Committee: (1 seat) DEIJ Committee: (1 seat) Self-nominations welcome! https://t.co/5kuB2Uzw8B

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