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Grants, Awards, & Prizes in Ornithology

Alphabetical list by sponsoring organization

Alternative: Grants sorted by deadline date

Robert L. Curry, Editor

This site replaces the booklet Grants, Awards, and Prizes in Ornithology, 3rd edition (1993; out of print). Kudos to Dick Banks, Tom Grubb, and others who worked on previous editions.

Do you have information (or a web address) for an award program not listed below?? Please send your information to Robert.Curry@villanova.edu so we can add it to the list.

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: Research Experiences for Undergraduates Fellowships (summer internship)
American Bird Conservancy: William Belton Conservation Grants (by invitation only)
American Museum of Natural History:
- Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund
  - Chapman grants -- supporting graduate research
  - Collection Study Grants
  - Chapman Fellowships
- Student Research Support, Southwestern Research Station
American Ornithologists' Union:
- Senior awards (nominations sought)
  - Brewster Award
  - Coues Award
  - Ned K. Johnson Young Investigator Award
  - AOU Conservation Award
  - Marion Jenkinson AOU Service Award
- Student Awards
- Competitive Grants Program (also known as the International Grants Program)
Animal Behavior Society: Student Research Grants
- Student Research Grants
- George W. Barlow Award
- E. O. Wilson Conservation Award
Association of Avian Veterinarians:
- Research Grants
- Conservation Grants
Association of Field Ornithologists:
- Pamela and Alexander F. Skutch award
- E. Alexander Bergstrom Memorial Research Award
Archbold Biological Station: Research internships
Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States: Crowder-Messersmith Conservation Fund, small projects

Biological Research Station of the Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve: Graduate and Post-graduate Research Grants

BP Conservation Programme: Awards for Conservation Research
- Future Conservationst Award
- Conservation Follow-up Award
- Conservation Leadership Award
- WCS Research Fellowship Program
- Scholarships
- Apprenticeships
Birds Australia: postgraduate research awards
- Stuart Leslie Bird Research Award
- Professor Allen Keast Research Award
Bird Studies Canada: James L. Baillie Memorial Fund for Bird Research and Preservation
- Regular grants
- Small grants
- Student field research grants
California Waterfowl Association: Dennis Raveling Scholarship for Waterfowl Research
Canon National Parks Service Science Scholars Program (fellowships for doctoral students)
Center for Field Research (Earthwatch Institute): Grants for Field Research
Center for the Study of Tropical Birds, Inc.: Clark Frazier Memorial Small Grants
Colorado Field Ornithologists:
- Project Fund
Cooper Ornithological Society: awards
- Loye and Alden Miller Research Award
- Harry R. Painton Award
- A. Brazier Howell Award
- Frances E. Roberts Award
- Board of Directors Student Paper Award
- Mewaldt-King Student Research Award
- Joseph Grinnell Student Research Award
- Young Professional Award
Delaware Museum of Natural History: Ornithology Scholarship
Earthwatch Institute: Student Challenge Awards Program
Eastern Bird Banding Association: Memorial Research Awards
Explorer's Club:
- Exploration Fund
- Youth Activity Fund
- Scott Pearlman Field Awards for Science and Exploration (for journalists and flmmakers associated with research projects)
The Field Museum of Natural History: Research Scholarships and Grants
- Visiting Scholarships
- Graduate Student Fellowships
- Undergraduate Internships
Florida Ornithological Society:
- Research Awards
- Education Awards
- William B. and Mary J. Robertson Fellowship Award
Garden Club of America: The Frances M. Peacock Scholarship For Native Bird Habitat
Georgia Ornithological Society: Grants
- H. Branch Howe, Jr. Graduate Student Research Grant
- Bill Terrell Graduate Student Research Grant
- Richard Parks Young Birders' Conference Scholarship
- GOS Opportunity Fund
Hawaii Community Foundation: Ka Papa O Kakuhihewa Fund (Hawaii)
Hawk Migration Association of North America: HMANA Research Award
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Research, Education, and Monitoring Internships
The International Osprey Foundation: Graduate Research Grant
Lincoln Park Zoo:
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates, Graduate Students, and Post-Doctoral Students
Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences:
- Kathleen S. Anderson Award
- Pablo Canevari Award
- Brian A. Harrington Research Award for Shorebirds
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent): Sabbatical Scholars, Working Groups, and Catalysis Meetings
Neotropical Bird Club: Conservation Awards
Neotropical Ornithological Society: Francois Vuilleumier Fund Research Grants (English/Spanish) :: Francois Vuilleumier Fund Research Grants (Portuguese)
North American Bluebird Society: Research Grants
North Star Science and Technology: North Star Grant Program
Ornithological Society of the Middle East: Conservation & Research Grants
The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium: Conservation funding
Purple Martin Conservation Association: Research and Conservation Grants
Raptor Research Foundation: Awards
- Senior Awards
  - Tom Cade Award
  - Fran and Frederick Hamerstrom Award
- Student & Research Awards
  - Dean Amadon Grant
  - Leslie Brown Memorial Grant
  - Stephen R. Tulley Memorial Grant
  - Morley Nelson Fellowship
  - James R. Koplin Travel Award
  - William C. Anderson Memorial Award
Rocky Mountain National Park & Rocky Mountain Nature Association: graduate research fellowship
Sea Duck Joint Venture: Funding and Endorsement
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society: Grants-in-Aid of Research
Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute: Sigurd T. Olson Common Loon Research Award
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History: Research Training Program (10-week in-residence summer research program for undergraduate students)
Society for Conservation Biology: David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship program (post-doctoral awards)
Society of Canadian Ornithologists | Société des Ornithologistes du Canada:
- Senior Awards
  - Doris Huestis Speirs Award
  - The Jamie Smith Memorial Mentoring Award in Ornithology
- Student research awards
  - Taverner Awards
  - James L. Bailey Award
  - Fred Cooke Award
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology:
- Grants in Aid of Research Program
- Fellowship for Graduate Student Travel
- Best Student Paper Awards
South Dakota Ornithologists' Union: Grants & Awards
- Nathaniel R. Whitney, Jr. Memorial Research Grants
- Husmann Memorial Scholarship
- Hinds Memorial Scholarship
Virginia Society of Ornithology: J. J. Murray Research Award
The Waterbird Society
- Research Grants
  - Kushlan Research Award
  - Nisbet Research Grant
- Awards
  - Robert Cushman Murphy Prize (nominations sought)
  - Kai Curry-Lindahl Award (nominations sought)
  - Distinguished Service Award
  - Student presentation & travel awards
Webster Groves Nature Study Society: Scholarships
- Menke Scholarship for Wildlife Habitat (undergraduate and graduate students in Missouri colleges and universities)
- Mickey Scudder Scholarship in Field Biology (graduate students in St. Louis area universities)
Wilson Ornithological Society:
- Senior Awards
  - Margaret Morse Nice Medal
- Student Awards
  - Louis Agassiz Fuertes Award
  - George A. Hall / Harold F. Mayfield Award
  - Paul A. Stewart Awards
  - Student Travel Awards
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