It is our vision to harness the power of genomics to understand and conserve the diversity of life
The American Genetic Association grants awards each year to it's members for support of special events that advance the mission of AGA, particularly to support students to attend the event.
Eligible events include specialized workshops and short courses in topical areas of organismal genetics and genomics, but any event relevant to AGA's purpose will be considered. Events that could lead to Journal of Heredity articles will receive special consideration.
Awards are between $1,000-$10,000. Funding is competitive, and applications must follow the guidelines.
Ecological, Evolutionary, and Conservation Genomics Research Awards
The American Genetic Association grants EECG Research Awards to graduate and post-doctoral researchers who are at a critical point in their research, where additional funds would allow them to conclude their research project and prepare it for publication.
These awards are open to any graduate student or postdoctoral fellow who is a member of the American Genetic Association at the time of application.
Awards are for up to $6,000.
Registration information for the upcoming AGA Presidential Symposium can be found HERE
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Speakers will include
John Kelly - U Kansas, Lawrence
Samuel Yeaman - U Calgary, Alberta
Bret Payseur - U Wisconsin, Madison
Jianzhi Zhang - U Michigan, Ann Arbor
Guy Sella - Columbia University, New York
Rachael Bay - U California, Davis
Dmitri Petrov - Stanford University, Stanford
Jenny Tung - Duke University, Durham
Joanna Kelley - U California, Santa Cruz
Molly Schumer - Stanford University, Stanford
Sarah Kocher - Princeton university, Princeton
Rasmus Nielsen - U California, Berkeley
Jeff Good - U Montana, Missoula
Graham Coop - U California, Davis
Paul Schmidt - U Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Trisha Wittkopp - U Michigan, Ann Arbor
Katie Lotterhos - Northeastern University, Nahant
The American Genetic Association has established the Robert K. Wayne Conservation Scholarship and Research Fund to support graduate students whose research directly benefits a threatened species. The first $6000 scholarship was awarded to Kyle Jaynes in 2023. We welcome donations from members of our community who wish to grow the impact of this Fund in Bob’s honor.
AGA2026: Polygentic Adaptation in a Changing World - President Michael Nachman
AGA2024: Genomic Technologies and the Future of Conservation - President Beth Shapiro
AGA2022: Selfish Evolution: Mechanisms & Consequences of Genomic Conflict - President Lila Fishman
AGA2021: Conservation Genomics, Current Applications & Future Directions - President Kelly Zamudio
AGA2020: Genes as Environment - President Kimberly Hughes
AGA2019: Sex and Asex - President Maria Orive
AGA2018: Origins of Adaptive Radiation - President Rosemary Gillespie
AGA2017: Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics in the Wild - President Anne Bronikowski
AGA2016: Local Adaptation - President Lynda Delph
AGA2015: Chromosome Evolution - President Katie Peichel
AGA2014: Evolution and Plasticity - President Robin Waples
AGA2013: Speciation Continuum - President Kerry Shaw
The AGA's EECG Research Awards provide funds to support the final stages of genomic research projects for grad students and postdocs.
The AGA grants awards to its members for support of special events that advance its mission, particularly to enable students to attend the event.
The Outstanding Student Paper Award for the best student paper published in AGA's Journal of Heredity includes a cash prize of $2,000.
10 + 1 Awards!
“Ancestry testing of “Old Tom,” a killer whale central to mutualistic interactions with human whalers”
Four events funded this year
Learn about how Oliver Ryder and his team at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance made the incredible discovery of condor parthenogenesis. Research article in the December 2021 issue of Journal of Heredity.
Boldly visualized by Brian Bowen with an Orlog metaphor, wherein the actions of the past and present influence future outcomes. FREE online
Read the JHered article for free at https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esz058
Read the JHered article by Krysko et al. FOR FREE https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esw086
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Pop Quiz: what creatures make up more than 70% of the approximately 1.9 million described species on earth and have long served as model organisms in many areas of biology? If you guessed invertebrates, you’re right!
Check out our Editor's Choice article by Zimmerman et al., examining the great plains bison at American Prarie, while our cover this issue is courtesy of Winter et al., who lay out the best assembly yet of the beautiful Ural owl
AGA member have elected a new President and Councilors.
Jeff Good
Katie Lotterhos
Al Roca
Christine Edwards
Klaus-Peter Koepfli
Michael Russello
Nevé Baker
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Any questions? Contact the Managing Editor at theaga@theaga.org.
