List of awards and grants received by students that Onja mentored

  • Black and Indigenous Scholars Award from the American Society of Mammalogists (V. Ramananjato, 2022)
  • Primate Action Fund (V. Ramananjato, 2022)
  • Latin American Student Field Research Award, American Society of Mammalogists (A. Cardenas Navarrete 2022) 
  • Ikala STEM Small Grants for reseachh (N. Raoelinjanakolona 2022)  
  • Philomaathia Graduate Fellowship in Environmental Sciences (V. Ramananjato 2022) 
  • Duke Lemur Center’s Field Improvement Grant for Malagasy Students (R. Nantenaina, N. Raoelinjanakolona 2022) 
  • Rocca Fellowship, Center for African Studies (V. Ramananjato, 2022) 
  • Lewis and Clark Fund fir Exploration and Field Research (V. Ramananjato, 2022) 
  • Tinker Field Research grant, Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley (A. Cardenas Navarrete 2022) 
  • African Graduate Student Research Fellowship, American Society of Mammalogists (V. Ramananjato 2021) 
  • Train Faculty Fellowship, WWF’s Education for Nature (V. Ramananjato 2021 & 2022) 
  • International Peace Scholarship (V. Ramananjato 2021; Anaid Cardenas Navarrete 2022) 
  • American Association of University Women fellowship for international students (V. Ramananjato 2021) 
  • iNaturalist fund (N. Raoelinjanakolona 2020) 
  • National Geographic Society Early Career grant (N. Raoelinjanakolona 2020) 
  • Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation (V. Ramananjato 2021 & 2018, R. Nantenaina 2020, N. Raoelinjanakolona 2018, R. Nantenaina 2020 & 2018, R. Heriniaina 2017) 
  • Award for Best Poster Presentation at ATBC conference (M. Rasamoelina 2019) 
  • Award for Best Poster Presentation at the Mouse Lemur Congress in Antananarivo, Madagascar (V. Ramananjato, 2019) 
  • Ikala STEM Small Grants for travel (R. Nantenaina & N. Raoelinjanakolona 2019) 
  • Vahatra travel grants (R. Nantenaina, N. Raoelinjanakolona & V. Ramananjato 2019) 
  • Primate Conservation, Inc. grant (N. Raoelinjanakolona, 2018; V. Ramananjato 2022; A. Cardenas Navarrete 2022) 
  • Student Conference for Conservation Sciences bursary (N. Raoelinjanakolona, 2018) 
  • New Phytologist Best Poster Presentation in the field of plant sciences at ATBC conference (N. Raoelinjanakolona, 2018) 
  • Herchel-Smith Fellowship, Harvard University (C. DeSisto, 2018) 
  • Elizabeth Gardner Norweb Summer Environmental Scholarship, Garden Club of America (C. DeSisto 2017, 2018) 
  • ATBC Travel grants (N. Raoelinjanakolona 2017, 2018, R. Nantenaina 2017, 2018) 
  • IdeaWild (R. Nantenaina 2020, N. Raoelinjanakolona 2018, V. Ramananjato 2018, D. Rasamisoa 2016) 
  • Awards for Best poster presentations at the Malagasy Primatological Society’s Congress, Dec 2017 (N. Raoelinjanakolona: 2nd place; V. Ramananjato: Special Recognition) 
  • Grants-In-Aid of Undergraduate Research, Harvard University (C. Desisto 2017) 
  • Weissman International Program Grant (C. DeSisto 2017)