THE AWARD: The Fran and Frederick Hamerstrom Award is a non-monetary award that recognizes an individual who has contributed significantly to the understanding of raptor ecology and natural history. The award has no restrictions, but membership in the RRF is encouraged. Nomination packets can be submitted at any time. Recipients will be announced at the annual meeting. Recipients are invited to give a plenary lecture at the subsequent RRF annual meeting.
IN MEMORIAM: FRANCES HAMERSTROM, 1907-1998 – The Auk
IN MEMORIAM: FREDERICK N. HAMERSTROM, 1909-1990 – JRR News and Reviews
ABOUT THE HAMERSTROMS: The award was established in 1990 to recognize and honor the Hamerstrom’s contributions to our understanding of raptor natural history and ecology through their long-term ecological studies. Between them, during their lifetime of research they authored and co-authored over 240 scientific papers, books, and reviews. Fran and Hammie moved from Boston to the midwest, where Fran was Aldo Leopold’s only female graduate student. They settled down in Plainfield Wisconsin where a small army of young researchers got their start in the field helping out on studies of harriers and prairie chickens.
AMOUNT: Non-monetary award
NOMINATIONS: should include:
• Name, title, and address of the nominee.
• Name, title, and address of the nominator.
• Names of three persons qualified to evaluate the nominee’s scientific contribution
• A summary of the scientific contribution of the nominee.
• A complete list of publications authored by the nominee.
AMOUNT: non-monetary award.
Number of Awards Issued per Year: 1-2
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.
Year | Hamerstrom Recipient |
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2023 | José Antonio Donázar Sancho |
2022 | Patricia L. Kennedy |
2021 | Carol L. McIntyre |
2020 | Clayton M. White |
2020 | James R. Belthoff |
2019 | W. Grainger Hunt |
2019 | Clint W. Boal |
2018 | Erikki Korpimäki |
2018 | Ian Newton |
2017 | Brian A. Millsap |
2017 | Juan José Negro |
2016 | None awarded |
2015 | None awarded |
2014 | Mark Fuller |
2014 | Robert Anthony |
2013 | Richard Reynolds |
2012 | Not Awarded |
2011 | Fabrizio Sergio |
2011 | Mike Collopy |
2010 | Keith Bildstein |
2009 | Carl Marti |
2008 | Not Awarded |
2007 | Mike Kochert |
2007 | Karen Steenhof |
2006 | Charles Henny |
2005 | Miguel Ferrer |
2004 | Not Awarded |
2003 | Stuart Houston |
2002 | Not Awarded |
2001 | Fernando Hiraldo |
2000 | Jim Enderson |
1999 | No Nominations received |
1998 | Dan Berger |
1997 | No Nominations received |
1996 | Jon Gerrard |
1995 | Richard Fyfe |
1994 | Not Awarded |
1993 | Not Awarded |
1992 | Riley McClelland |
1991 | Valerie Gargett |