Category: News & Announcements (& uncategoried)

Applications are now open for the Ant Course, an intensive international field course focused on ant biology, systematics, and ecology. Information on location, dates, instructors, and how to apply, can be found here: https://www.antcourse.org/ The Ant Course is a globally recognized training program that brings together students, researchers, and professionals to learn directly from leading myrmecologists…

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It is with great pleasure that we announce the IUSSI-NAS Spring Student Awards! There are four awards to support graduate student research on social insects, one for each of the four major social insect groups.  We are also pleased to announce the Mary Jane West-Eberhard Best Paper Award, which is presented to the best first…

The annual international IUSSI Newsletter has been released and is available for members to read (below). In particular, please note: 2026 International IUSSI Congress submission deadline The next international IUSSI Congress will take place in Freiburg, Germany. The abstract submission deadline has been extended to January 31st, and registration is open. Members are encouraged to…

The DEIJ committee is pleased to announce that we, together with the Turner-Collins advisory board, have decided to award two Turner-Collins Awards for 2025. Please find the announcements and awardee information attached. 2025 Turner-Collins Outreach Awardees:Dr. Duane M. Jackson, and Dr. Hongmei Li-Byarlay

The George C. Eickwort Student Research Award is given to recognize distinguished research and scholarly activity by graduate or undergraduate students in the field of social insect biology. Thanks to all those that submitted nominations, because the committee had lots of amazing applications to choose from! The winner of the 2025 Eickwort Award is Patrick…

The IUSSI-NAS DEIJ Committee is excited to announce our second workshop.  Topic: Communicating Social Insect SciencePresenters: Dr. Barrett Klein and Dr. Kaitlin BaudierDate & Time: December 11, 2025, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Central Time)Location: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/975501244 Join us for our second DEIJ Committee workshop, where we will explore effective strategies for communicating social insect science…

We are excited to announce the Turner-Collins Program! The Turner-Collins Program encourages and recognizes efforts to promote interest in biology among African-Americans and Native-Americans using social insects and related material, by IUSSI-NAS members, or persons observed by them (for example, a non-member teacher). This award is inspired by the work and advocacy of two African-American…

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Jeffery P. La Fage Student Award for Applied Research on Social Insects Due October 13, 2025 Purpose: To recognize a graduate student for distinguished research and scholarly activity on social insects with an emphasis on applied projects. This annual award was established in memory of Dr. Jeffery Paul La Fage (1945-1989), a…