List of awards and grants received by students that Onja mentored

  • 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)
  • International Peace Scholarship (V. Ramananjato 2021; Anaid Cardenas 2022)
  • American Association of University Women fellowship for international students (V. Ramananjato 2021)
  • iNaturalist fund (N. Raoelinjanakolona 20210)
  • 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 conference travel (R. Nantenaina & N. Raoelinjanakolona 2019)
  • Vahatra travel grants (R. Nantenaina, N. Raoelinjanakolona & V. Ramananjato 2019)
  • Primate Conservation, Inc. grant (N. Raoelinjanakolona, 2018)
  • 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 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)