The Simons Collaborations funds groups of investigators — often from different disciplines — to work together on a timely and important problem.

Funding Organization: Simons Foundation

Research Scope: Ecology and evolution

Eligibility
All investigators must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and have a faculty position or the equivalent (eligible for receiving grant funding as a PI) at a college, university, research institute or other research facility. In addition, eligible applicants must have research space at their institution.

Applications may be submitted by domestic and foreign nonprofit organizations; public and private institutions, such as colleges, universities, laboratories, institutes, units of state and local government; and research-oriented agencies of the federal government. There are no citizenship requirements for PIs.

Maximum Award: The fellowship provides up to 4 million USD per year for up to 5 years, including 20% of indirect costs.

Application Process: Applications must be submitted online via the Simons Award Manager (SAM), https://sam.simonsfoundation.org/.

Application Deadline: The deadline for vision statement submission is 16 October 2025. Full proposals are due 2 March 2026.

Further Information: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-collaborations-in-ecology-and-evolution/

For more information, please contact
Ms. Panida Suwannatheerak and Ms. Mananchaya Pissaparn
Tel.: 0 2470 9654
Email: researchfollowup@kmutt.ac.th