Applicants for graduate fellowships and postdoctoral positions may select a sponsor from the following list of Field Museum scientists. Applicants are required to contact their prospective sponsor well in advance of the application deadline.
- Kenneth Angielczyk, MacArthur Curator of Paleomammalogy and Section Head, Earth Sciences e-mail
- Foreman Bandama, Assistant Curator of African Anthropology e-mail
- John Bates, Curator of Zoology (Birds) e-mail
- Rüdiger Bieler, Curator of Zoology (Invertebrates) e-mail
- Bruno de Medeiros, Negaunee Assistant Curator of Pollinating Insects e-mail
- Lesley de Souza, Conservation Scientist: Rapid Inventories e-mail
- Michael Donovan, Collections Manager e-mail
- Anderson Feijó, Assistant Curator of Mammals e-mail
- Gary Feinman, MacArthur Curator of Mesoamerican, Central American, and East Asian Anthropology e-mail
- Adam Ferguson, Negaunee Collection Manager (Mammals) e-mail
- Christina Friberg, Assistant Curator of North American Anthropology e-mail
- Felix Grewe, Director, Phylogenomics Initiative, Grainger Bioinformatics Center e-mail
- Shannon Hackett, The Richard and Jill Chaifetz Associate Curator (Birds and Pritzker DNA Lab) e-mail
- Lawrence Heaney, Negaunee Curator of Mammals e-mail
- Philipp Heck, Senior Director, Negaunee Integrative Research Center e-mail
- Fabiany Herrera, Negaunee Associate Curator of Paleobotany e-mail
- Rachunliu Kamei, Collections Manager e-mail
- Thorsten Lumbsch, Curator (Botany) and Vice President, Science and Education e-mail
- Arjan Mann, Assistant Curator of Early Tetrapods e-mail
- Ben Marks, Collections Manager, Birds e-mail
- Caleb McMahan, Collections Manager, Fishes e-mail
- Luis Muro Ynonan, Curator Path Research Scientist, e-mail
- Matt Nelsen, Senior Research Scientist, e-mail
- Jingmai O' Connor, Associate Curator of Fossil Reptiles e-mail
- William Parkinson, Curator (Anthropology) and Section Head, Social Sciences e-mail
- Nigel Pitman, Senior Conservation Ecologist e-mail
- Richard Ree, Curator (Botany) and Section Head of Life Sciences e-mail
- Sara Ruane, Women's Board Associate Curator of Herpetology e-mail
- Tatiana Sepulveda, Collection Manager, Insects e-mail
- Petra Sierwald, Associate Curator of Zoology (Insects) e-mail
- Matt von Konrat, Collections Manager Bryophytes & Pteridophytes, Head, Collections e-mail
In addition to the above list, applicants for Visiting Scholarships and Bass Senior Visiting Fellowships may also select from the following list of prospective sponsors. Applicants are encouraged to contact their prospective sponsors as soon as possible.
- Stacy Drake, Collections Manager e-mail
- Chad Eliason, Research Scientist, email
- Steve Goodman, MacArthur Field Biologist e-mail
- Kimberly Hansen, Collections Manager e-mail
- Sean Keogh, Collection Manager, Invertebrate Zoology e-mail
- Dylan Maddox Molecular Laboratory Specialist e-mail
- Paul Mayer, Collections Manager, Fossil Invertebrates e-mail