Established in 2019, the New Harvest Dissertation Award is designed to help graduate students who discovered cellular agriculture later in their degree make the leap into this field for their professional career.Â
Application Due Date: January 15
Average Acceptance Rate: 0-1 awards granted per year
Length of Award: 1 year
Average Award Total: $10,000 USD
Ph.D. students in their final year of training (or those who have just defended their thesis)
Before the due date:
Please email Research Operations and Outreach Director Breanna Duffy at breanna@new-harvest.org to request relevant application materials.
Applicants are encouraged to set up a call with Research Program Director Jeremiah Johnston in advance of applying.
After the due date:
Decisions will be announced alongside fellowship grant decisions, roughly four months a candidate’s initial submission.
Dissertation awards are intended to elevate members of the research community as leaders in cellular agriculture.
We evaluate each candidate according to the following criteria:
In addition to the financial award, New Harvest provides dissertation awardees with the following opportunities to engage with New Harvest’s research community:
In addition to the New Harvest Dissertation Award, we offer the following funding opportunities.
Fellowship Grant Dissertation Award