Below are links to directories that include arachnologists who are willing to sponsor students who wish to obtain an advanced degree involving research on some aspect of the biology of arachnids. Information contained herein has been assembled from data contributed by the sponsors listed below. Each entry gives:

• the sponsors's name and department, and institutional affiliation (meaning also the institution where degree/s will be awarded
• the advanced degrees offered
• institution mailing address
• telephone and FAX numbers
• e-mail address
• website (when available)
• a statement of research interests that may be accompanied by further information regarding the graduate program with which the sponsor is affiliated

The primary purpose of this directory is to provide a service to the academic community as part of a continuing effort of the AAS to promote and develop the field of Arachnology. The American Arachnological Society makes neither recommendations nor endorsements of persons or organizations listed.

Drawing of salticid (Marengo sp.) by W. A. Shear, Hampden-Sydney College, it appeared on the cover of the second volume of The Journal of Arachnology in 1974.

Directory of Sponsors:

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Lists organized by area of research:

• Systematics/Morphology/Phylogeny/Genetics/Paleontonology/Biogeography
• Ecology/Biological Control
• Behavior/Behavioral Ecology/Neurophysiology
• Physiology/Physiological Ecology/Biophysics/Biomechanics

E-mail Form: Sponsors should use this form to add their name and institution to the sponsor's list or to modify their present information.