DeWind Award

A white woman standing in a wildflower field, next to a set of equipment for collecting moths and surveying plant species. In the background, a road and houses show that this is in an urban setting.

2024 DeWind Awards Fund New Research on Moth Conservation in Urban Areas

We are excited to announce this year's two award winners: Lillian Hendrick and Lucy Guarnieri!

Awardees Katie McManus and Remy Sutherland

2023 DeWind Awards Support Research into Pollinator Corridors and the Impacts of Fire Ants on Monarch Butterflies

Xerces' annual Dewind Awards support students researching Lepidoptera conservation. This year's awardees are studying how land use shapes butterfly connectivity and the impacts of invasive ants on monarch butterfly reproduction.

2022 Dewind Awardees Chris Cosma and Brendan Carson

Announcing the 2022 DeWind Awardees

Every spring, the Xerces Society gives out at least two awards for students engaged in research related to Lepidoptera conservation, made possible through the Joan Mosenthal DeWind Awards program. This year, we are thrilled to announce our two awardees, both of whom are PhD candidates: Chris Cosma of University of California-Riverside and Brendan Carson of Tufts University.

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Announcing the 2021 DeWind Award Winners

The DeWind Awards are given annually to students engaged in research related to butterfly or moth conservation. The 2021 winners are Wendy Valencia-Montoya and Chris Halsch.

A person wearing fluorescent clothing and a headlamp swings a net alongside a roadway lit by streetlamps at night.

Announcing the 2020 DeWind Awardees

In the midst of so much uncertainty, Xerces is heartened to continue our annual grant program—the Joan Mosenthal DeWind Award for student research into Lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) conservation. This year, we are thrilled to award three students research grants: Douglas Boyes, Jayme Lewthwaite, and Max Ferlauto.