# Research Funding Opportunities ## expand\_more The HUH is pleased to offer resources to help researchers fund their work through travel grants and fellowships. The resources vary in focus, eligibility and application process. Please see the individual descriptions below for more details. For more information on our funding opportunities, please contact . ***HUH Research Fellowship** - **Not accepting applications at this time; Harvard has implemented a temporary pause on hiring across the University.*** *The Harvard University Herbaria Research Fellowship is a plant and/or fungal science fellowship awarded for two years under the mentorship of a Harvard University faculty member. The goal of the program is to facilitate collections-based research using resources at the HUH which include more than five million specimens of algae, bryophytes, fungi, and vascular plants with complementary Libraries and Archives. The collection includes herbarium sheet material of extant species as well as a paleobotanical and archaeobotanical collection and artifacts of economically important plants and fungi. Fellowships are awarded through a competitive review process. Applications are accepted annually online only through ARIeS in the Fall.* ***Farlow Fellowship** - **Not accepting applications at this time; Harvard has implemented a temporary pause on hiring across the University.*** *The Farlow Fellowship, a 1-year fellowship with renewal possible for up to 3 years, aims to facilitate research on and curation of the collections at the Farlow Herbarium, the HUH unit that contains more than 1.5 million specimens of fungi, bryophytes, algae, and lichens. Applications are sought from early career individuals with a research program involving collection-based taxonomy and/or systematics in groups represented in the Farlow collection, as well as a strong interest in the curation and stewardship of the collection. Applications are sought approximately every 3 years, online only through ARIeS; the next application period is expected to be in Fall 2025.* [**HUH Travel Grant**](/file_url/2148) (PDF) The Harvard University Herbaria awards travel grants for research in plant, fungal, and algal biodiversity to non-Harvard researchers wishing to conduct research at the HUH. The principal objective of these grants is to stimulate systematic research on neglected taxa or little studied regions of the world. Of particular interest are taxa with numerous poorly described species in institutional collections. We also encourage use of our libraries. \*\*Foreign nationals please note that depending on your immigration and visa status, it is possible that you will not receive your award until after you have traveled to the Harvard Herbaria.\*\* Proposals are reviewed twice a year; [application](/file_url/2148) deadlines are 15 October and 1 April. [**Friends of the Farlow Fellowships**](http://fof.huh.harvard.edu/fellowships) The Friends of the Farlow supports fellowships for graduate student and professional study at the Farlow. Visit the [FoF website](http://fof.huh.harvard.edu/fellowships) for details. [**HUH Student Expedition Fellowship**](/sites/g/files/omnuum6796/files/2025-02/HUH%20Student%20Expedition%20Fellowship%20Application.pdf "HUH STUDENT EXPEDITION FELLOWSHIP Application") (PDF) The Harvard University Herbaria (HUH) awards graduate students expedition grants in support of specimen and data collection relating to the advancement of knowledge in botanical fields of study. Awards are provided to defray costs of travel and related expenses incurred in pursuit of these objectives and is not intended for salary support. Eligibility is restricted to current Harvard OEB graduate students. [**Grants-in-Aid of Undergraduate Research**](https://mcz.harvard.edu/grants-in-aid-undergraduate-research) The Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), the Harvard University Herbaria (HUH), and the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University (AA) are pleased to award grants in support of faculty (tenure track)-supervised research by Harvard College undergraduates. Projects in any subject area are eligible for support, although priority may be given to projects that utilize MCZ, HUH, or AA research collections, laboratories and other facilities, and to related fieldwork. Funds from the HUH are available to support HUH collections-based projects. Please visit for more information. [**Royal T. Moore Endowment for Systematic and Developmental Mycology Grant**](https://oeb.harvard.edu/files/oeb/files/royal_t._moore_fund_grant_application_2019.final_.pdf) The Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University periodically awards research and travel grants to support scholars engaged in the study of systematic and developmental mycology. Applicant research should be focused on the structure and development, ecology, evolution, and systematics of fungi. Awards may support the collection of specimens and data in the field, conference travel, or laboratory and collection research directly focused on fungi. Royal T. Moore funds are not intended to be used for salary support. Application deadlines are 15 October (fall semester) and 15 April (spring semester).