Dean Amadon Research Grant

Dean Amadon Research Grant

THE AWARD: This award is designed to assist persons working on the distribution and systematics, or taxonomy, of raptors. Systematics covers a wide array of interests from molecular work to differential migration of populations from various geographic regions, for example distribution also covers a wide array of interests but should have something to do with where raptors live or why they are there.

ABOUT DEAN AMADON: Dr. Amadon was the former Lamont curator of birds at the American Museum of Natural History and president of the American Ornithologists’ Union. He was the author or co-author of over 400 publications, many, if not most on avian systematics. He passed away in 2003, in his 91st year. In 1937 he was offered a job at the AMNH by Frank M. Chapman. Dr. Amadon remained at the museum for the rest of his life. This grant is the result of a donation of AT&T stock that he gave to RRF in the late 1990s, which formed a large part of the principal of our Memorial Endowment Fund.

AMOUNT: $2,500 plus waived page charges. The waived page charges allow the recipient to publish their research in the Journal of Raptor Research. The recipient must be the primary author and the paper must reflect what the award was for.

Number of grants issued per year: 1.

TO APPLY: Submit:

• A cover letter highlighting the motivations, objectives, and expected outcomes of the study (1 page).

• The applicant’s CV.

• A proposal of no more than five pages, including:

o Background and justification (need)

o Study objectives and methods

o A budget detailing how funds will be spent

o A list of other funding sources, both requested and received

o Expected results

o Literature cited (maximum one page)

• A photograph of the applicant, preferably in the field, to be used when awards are announced.

Deadline: June 30

Application Method: Apply online through June 30th. Please contact [email protected] with questions about your application. The online application opens in January each year.