Hello, I am an evolutionary biologist and biology education researcher conducting a collaborative research project to understand the impacts of unexpected research outcomes on biologists (including evolutionary biologists and systematists), with the end-goal of creating educational materials that build resilience to these outcomes in undergraduate students. Unexpected results (i.e. results that don't support the hypothesis of a study) are a ubiquitous but seldom studied experience in research and undergraduates may erroneously view these types of results as failures. In my studies in evolutionary biology, I have experienced unexpected research outcomes multiple times in my career. To achieve our goal of studying these outcomes, we have designed a survey for researchers that characterizes their experiences with and perceptions of results that do not support hypotheses. For more information about this study, please read the attached information letter. For those interested in participating in our study, you can access the survey here: https://sunybuffalo.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_01F9xiwhz4SK0fQ The survey should take 15 minutes or less to complete. We ask that you please forward this message to any colleagues that you think would be interested in participating. Thank you for helping with our efforts to improve career outcomes for evolutionary biologists in training, and please reach out with any questions. Cheers, Robin Costello, Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo Carolyn Graham, Postdoctoral Researcher, University at Buffalo Melissa Kjelvik, Research Specialist, Michigan State University Elizabeth Schultheis, Education & Outreach Coordinator, Kellogg Biological Station LTER, MSU Carolyn Graham, PhD She/her/hers Postdoctoral Researcher Costello Lab University at Buffalo https://cdkgraham.wixsite.com/carolyn-graham Carolyn Graham (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)