The Education and Outreach Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Small Grants for Local and Regional Outreach [2]. These grants provide funding for public lectures, exhibits, student competitions, professional development events for teachers, and other outreach programs around the world. This year’s recipients are:

Melissa DeBiasse, Radford University: Salamander Evolution Trading Card Game

Nathaniel Sharp, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Velma Hamilton Middle School (VHMS) yeast evolution

Tim Hartelt, University of Kassel: Evolution in upper secondary education: A professional development event for biology

Florencia Soteras, CONICET-National University of Córdoba: “EvoJuego”: a board game for learning about evolutionary ecology

Javad Meghrazi, The University of British Columbia: Fostering evolution and ecology education in Iran by providing mentorship opportunities for undergraduate students (The Zistyar Program)

Gyaneshwer Chauby, Banaras Hindu University: Teaching the recent knowledge on Human Evolution to Middle-High School (6-12) students