Ross Taylor Bell and Joyce Rockenbach Bell Research Grant

Fact (page-stated): a research grant of The Coleopterists Society funding beetle (Coleoptera) systematics and taxonomy research, made possible by Joyce Bell's donation in memory of her husband Ross Bell. Fact: awarded annually on April 23; the inaugural award went out in 2020 and awards have been made every year through 2026, with two awards given in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. Fact: it is internationally open — the Society reported 17 applications in 2023 from North America, Japan, Nepal, South Africa, Europe, Australia and four from Latin America. Fact: funded projects are collections/museum-based taxonomic work and fieldwork (e.g. curating Colombian entomology collections; cataloguing Trogidae types in Paris and London; phylogeny of Melolonthinae). Assumption: award amount is not stated on the captured pages.