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 awards@raptorresearchfoundation.org with questions about your application. The online application opens in January each year.
Dean Amadon Grant
| Year | Amadon Recipient | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Karma Jimba | The distribution, foraging behavior, food resources, and habitat use by Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in Punakha-Wangdue Valley, Western Bhutan. |
| 2022 | Neil Paprocki | Effects of Diet on Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) Migration Distance. |
| 2022 | Matias A. Juhant | Testing patterns and mechanisms of differential migration by age during the non-breeding season in three hawks of the genus Geranoaetus. |
| 2021 | Hannah Toutonghi | Using high-resolution telemetry to describe daily and seasonal movements, habitat use, and activity of Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula) in winter |
| 2020 | Lily Martin | Eastern Screech-Owl density and the effects of anthropogenic noise in the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia |
| 2019 | Petra Sumasgutner | Are Central Asian Golden Eagles genetically distinct? The distribution of the subspecies Aquila chrysaetos daphanea in Mongolia |
| 2018 | Andrew Schmalfuss | Juvenile Goshawk movement ecology in the Northeastern United States |
| 2017 | Beth Mendelsohn | Great Gray Owls on the Range Edge: Population Genomics and Ecology of an Elusive Raptor |
| 2016 | Michaela S. Brinkmeyer | Using high-resolution genetic markers to reveal American Kestrel connectivity: towards understanding kestrel population declines and the impacts of climate change on raptor monitoring and management |
| 2015 | Not awarded | |
| 2014 | Meghan Jensen | The effect of urbanization on gene expression in a widely distributed North American raptor |
| 2013 | Francisca Helena Aguiar-Silva | Harpy Eagle nesting territories in Brazilian Forests, during the past 15 years |
| 2012 | Maria Wheeler | Genetic Consequences of Different Approaches to Reintroduction:An Example with Bald and Golden Eagles |
| 2010 | Todd Whiklo | Nest structure and breeding habitat characteristics of Barred Owls in Manitoba |
| 2009 | Bishnu Prasad Shrestha | Status and Distribution of Critically Endangered Vultures; Gyps bengalensis, Gyps tenuirostris and Sarcogyps calvus in Dang Deukhuri Foothill Forests and West Rapti Wetlands, an Important Bird Area of Nepal |
| 2008 | Ralph Buij | Evaluating the impact of land-use on resident and migratory raptors in West African savannas |
| 2007 | Ronald Kale Mulwa | Survey of raptors in the isolated hilltop forests of Muumoni, Endau and Nuu Hills of Kitui and Mwingi districts in eastern Kenya |
| 2006 | Ricardo Perez | Distribution of birds of prey in Montecristo National Park, Santa Ana, El Salvador, (Evaluación del rol de las aves rapaces en el mosaico de habitats naturales y perturbados del parque nacional Montecristo y su zona de influencia, durante la estación reproductora 2007, Santa Ana, El Salvador) |
| 2005 | Isabel Caballero | DNA analysis of population structure and subspecies composition of reestablished Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) populations in the Midwest |
| 2004 | Muhammad Iqbal | Compilation of raptor notes in Sumatra, Indonesia; Sara Ress. Use of stable hydrogen isotopes to identify and assess yearly variation of natal origins among raptors migrating through the Florida Keys. |
| 2003 | Heather Lerner | Testing hypotheses of Harpy Eagle phylogenetics and phylogeography. |
| 1994 | Robert Sheehy | A phylogenetic analysis of the avian family Accipitridae based on molecular data |
| 2002 | Timothy T. Weber | Northern Goshawk habitat on the north coastal region of California |
| 2001 | Stephanie Grossman | Responses of a forest raptor community to critical habitat thresholds in central Alberta. |
| 2001 | Denis Bogomolov | The changes of ranges and habitats of Bright Harriers within European Russia in the twentieth century |
| 2000 | Unknown | |
| 1999 | Laura Plice | Winter distribution of American Kestrels |
| 1998 | Sabine Hill | Adaptive divergence among populations of kestrels in the Cape Verde Islands |
| 1997 | No applications received | |
| 1996 | Samantha J. Rayroux | Morphometric variation of five Northern Goshawk populations in North America |
| 1995 | Unknown |