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Grants and Awards
Pamela
and Alexander F. Skutch Research Award
The Skutch Award for Studies in Avian
Natural History is offered annually
by the Association of Field Ornithologists.
The Fund is intended to support the
study of life histories, especially
social relations and reproduction, of
little known birds of the Continental
Neotropics including Trinidad and Tobago,
with a minimum of
disturbance.
The
funds requested from the Award should
be adequate for the intended study
to avoid seeking additional funds. The
grantee may be an amateur or professional
ornithologist of any nationality. It
is highly desirable that he or she has
some previous experience of the region
and birds (and if possible, the locality)
where he or she will study. One award
of up to $10,000 will be considered
annually.
Application
deadline:
January 7, annually. For application
guidelines, please download the application
form below or write Elissa Landre, Broadmoor
Sanctuary, Massachusetts Audubon, 280
Eliot St., Natick, MA 01760. elandre@massaudubon.org.
(No phone calls, please.)
Application
forms: English
Spanish
Portuguese
Previous
Award Winners:
2002:
Juan Diaz Alvan, Peru, to study
the behavior of the recently described
Antwren (Percnostola arenarum)
2003:
Sandra Victoria Rojas Nossa,
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, to
study the ecology of a community of
Andean Flowerpiercers (Diglossa and
Diglossopis)
2004:
Carlos Humberto Pereira de Oliveira,
Brazil, to study the behavior and reproductive
biology of the Restinga Antwren (Formicivora
littoralis)
2005:
Harold Greeney, Ecuador, to
study the behavior and reproductive
biology of little known montane passerines
in eastern Ecuador
2006:
Ursula Valdez, Peru, to study
Ecology of forest-falcons (Micrastur)
in Amazonian rainforest of southeast
Peru
2007:
Mieko Kanegae, Brazil, to study
Habitat use and population size of endemic
and threatened birds of Cerrado in the
Ecological Station of Itirapina, Southeastern
Brazil; and Sandra V. Valderrama,
Colombia to study the Natural History
and Landscape Influence on Vocal Variation
of a Critically Endangered Songbird,
Niceforo’s Wren (Thryothorus nicefori),
Colombia
2008:
Juan Ignacio Areta, Argentina,
for a study entitled: Aves especialistas
en semillas de bambú: historia
natural de Claravis godefrida, Sporophila
falcirostris, Sporophila frontalis y
Tiaris fuliginosus durante una floración
de la Takuarusu (Guadua chacoensis)
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