Walder Foundation has opened the 2026 Biota Awards, a program to fund early-career researchers based in Illinois who seek to restore, protect, and conserve biodiversity locally and around the world.

Six postdoctoral scientists will advance research to protect and increase biodiversity in Chicago and beyond.

CHICAGO, IL – May 7, 2024–Today, the Walder Foundation announced five 2024 Biota Award recipients. Now in its third year, the Biota Awards continue to advance early-career researchers who are working to understand, protect, and restore the unique and diverse ecosystems in Chicago and around the world.

SKOKIE, IL - Today, the Walder Foundation announced the five 2023 Biota Award recipients whose research aims to understand, protect, and restore biodiversity in Chicago and around the world.

SKOKIE, Ill. (March 30, 2022) – Walder Foundation announced today the five Biota Award recipients whose research aims to restore, protect and conserve biodiversity in the Chicago region and around the world.