Category: News & Announcements (& uncategoried)

Submission Deadline: September 28, 2020 The Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees is again offering four $3,000 scholarships to apiculture graduate students in 2021. The purpose of this scholarship program, now in its fourteenth year, is to foster professional development of emerging apicultural scientists by allowing award recipients to attend the American Beekeeping Federation…

The successful candidate will join a growing research community at Central State University (CSU), an 1890 Land-grant in Wilberforce, OH. The candidate will possess advanced genomic and bioinformatic skills for honeybee evolutionary genomics and breeding program. Please see website for more information or contact Hongmei Li-Byarlay.

The Imported Fire Ant and Household Insects Research Unit, within the Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE) in Gainesville, FL has a Research Entomologist position open now.  This announcement will close on August 28, 2020. You can see position details in the attachment and the Application submission site, below. https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/574920300 Please contact Bob…

The honey bee lab (www.yorku.ca/zayedlab) at York University’s Dept. of Biology (Toronto, Canada) has several positions available for a postdoctoral fellow with demonstrable expertise in genomics and bioinformatics starting Fall of 2020.  We have multiple projects available, ranging from pure research on the genetics and evolution of eusociality and colony level traits in insects, to…

The Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral research associate who will be required to lead a grant-funded project developing molecular markers for Apis species and unwanted Apis mellifera subspecies. The postdoc will also be required to collaborate on a project discovering new diagnostic tools for honey bee pests and…

University of Lausanne, Department of Ecology and Evolution. We are looking for PhD students and postdoctorals to work on three lines of research. Positions advertised 2020 Ant behaviour Ant genetics Evolutionary genomics Applications should comprise a CV, a list of publications, 1 page describing why you are interested in joining our group and contact information…

Dear Colleagues, We are launching a Special Issue for the journal /Insects/ (IF: 2.139) and we are writing to ask you if you would be willing to contribute either an article or a review for the issue: Special Issue: The Citizen Science Approach for Expanding the Research on Insects Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/insects/special_issues/citizen_science_insects Deadline: 28 February 2021. This…

The USDA Agricultural Research Service is seeking a permanent, full-time Entomologist who will be responsible for a multifaced research program, focusing on improving the supply and quality of managed bumble bees for U.S. crop pollination and to conserve native bumble bee populations. Research Entomologist Bumble bee biology Please apply on USAJobs (www.usajobs.gov; Job Announcement Number:…

Congratulations to our 2019 IUSSI-NAS research award recipients 2029 Robert L. and Louise B. Jeanne Social Wasp Research Grant: Meghan Barrett 2020 Charles Michener Bee Research Grant: Madeleine M. Ostwald 2020 William L. and Ruth D. Nutting Termite Research Grant: Chris Albin-Brooks 2020 Tschinkel Ant Natural History Research Grant: Horace Zeng A big THANK YOU…