Congratulations to the 2019 Graduate Research Excellence Grant - R. C. Lewontin Early Award [1] recipients! This award provides research funding for students in the early stages of their Ph.D. programs to collect preliminary data or to enhance the scope of their research beyond current funding limits.

Context statement: We received 157 GREG-R.C. Lewontin Early Award applications. The evaluation committee, Chaired by VP Tracey Chapman, selected 24 proposals for funding. Based on inferences from given names, 56.7% of Lewontin applicants and 62.5% of the winners are female. The evaluation committee [2] consisted of 6 females and 3 males; 3 reviewers are GSAC members.