List of awards and grants received by students that Onja mentored
- Beim Award: Matt McGee 2026
- Carl Rosberg and Judith Geist Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Center for African Studies: Ian Chan 2026
- Alden Miller Fellowship: A. Cardenas Navarrete 2025
- The Dr. Abigail Ross Foundation for Applied Conservation (TDARFAC) grant: K. Culbertson 2024, D. Randriamora
2025 - Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany (K. Culbertson 2024, 2025) and Summer Environmental
Scholarship (C. DeSisto 2017, 2018) - IB Summer Research Grants: V. Ramananjato 2023 & 2024; A. Cardenas Navarrete 2023 & 2024; M. McGee 2024,
2025, & 2026; Hannah Hilden‑Reid 2025 & 2026 - Carl B. Koford Memorial Fund: V. Ramananjato 2023; Matt McGee 2026
- Best student presentation awards at the Frugivores and Seed Dispersal Symposium (V. Ramananjato 2024), Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation annual meetings (K. Culbertson 2024; V. Ramananjato 2023; M. Rasamoelina 2019; N. Raoelinjanakolona 2018), Mouse Lemur Congress in Antananarivo, Madagascar (V. Ramananjato, 2019), and the Malagasy Primatological Society’s Congress (N. Raoelinjanakolona 2017; V. Ramananjato 2017)
- Rocca Dissertation and Pre‑dissertation Fellowships, Center for African Studies: V. Ramananjato 2023 & 2022; K. Culbertson 2024 & 2023; M. McGee 2024, 2025 & 2026; Hannah Hilden‑Reid 2026
- Primate Action Fund: V. Ramananjato 2022, N. Raoelinjanakolona 2022, R. Nantenaina 2023, A. Cardenas Nacarrete 2023
- Latin American Student Field Research Award and African Graduate Student Research Fellowship of the American
- Society of Mammalogists: A. Cardenas Navarrete 2022 and V. Ramananjato 2021, respectively
- Ikala STEM Small Grants for research (N. Raoelinjanakolona 2022) and for travel (R. Nantenaina & N. Raoelinjanakolona 2019)
- Philomathia Graduate Fellowship in Environmental Sciences: V. Ramananjato 2022, A. Cardenas Navarrete 2025, Matt McGee 2026
- Duke Lemur Center’s Field Improvement Grant for Malagasy Students: R. Nantenaina 2022, N. Raoelinjanakolona 2022
- Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research: V. Ramananjato, 2022; K. Culbertson, 2023
- Tinker Field Research grant, Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley: A. Cardenas Navarrete 2022
- Train Faculty Fellowship, WWF’s Education for Nature: V. Ramananjato 2021
- International Peace Scholarship, Philanthropic Educational Organization: V. Ramananjato 2021 & 2023; Anaid Cardenas-Navarrete 2022 & 2025
- 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: H. Rakotoarisoa 2025, A. Cardenas Navarette 2023, V. Ramananjato 2018 & 2021; N. Raoelinjanakolona 2018 & 2023; R. Nantenaina 2018, 2020 & 2023; R. Heriniaina 2017
- Travel grants & bursaries to attend conferences, from Vahatra (R. Nantenaina, N. Raoelinjanakolona & V. Ramananjato 2019), Student Conference for Conservation Sciences (N. Raoelinjanakolona, 2018), ATBC (N. Raoelinjanakolona 2017, 2018; R. Nantenaina 2017, 2018; H. Rakotoarisoa 2026)
- Primate Conservation, Inc. grant: N. Raoelinjanakolona 2018; V. Ramananjato 2022; A. Cardenas Navarrete 2022; M. McGee 2024; H. Hilden‑Reid 2025 & 2026
- Herchel‑Smith Fellowship, Harvard University: C. DeSisto, 2018
- IdeaWild: R. Nantenaina 2020, N. Raoelinjanakolona 2018, V. Ramananjato 2018, D. Rasamisoa 2016
- Grants‑In‑Aid of Undergraduate Research, Harvard University (C. Desisto 2017)
- Weissman International Program Grant (C. DeSisto 2017)