WBBA OFFERS TWO $1,000 GRANTS each year, one for research and the other for monitoring, for individuals and/or organizations engaged in projects in the New World using marked birds.The research grant should help test a hypothesis, while the monitoring grant is intended to help individuals or institutions establish or continue monitoring programs that investigate changes in bird populations.Students (including undergraduates) and organizational interns are encouraged to apply.Grant awardees will be asked to submit results of their grant projectsfor publication in future issues of North American Bird Bander as wellas present results at future WBBA annual meetings. Applicants for thesegrants should submit a project proposal and two letters of referenceattesting to the qualifications of the applicant.
Proposals must includea description of the research or monitoring program that includesobjectives, methods, and a budget detailing how requested funds will beused. Applicants may increase their chances by having smaller projectbudgets or detailing the use of requested funds for larger projects. Theproposal constitutes the application and should be limited to no morethan three typed pages, including full contact information. Noadditional forms are required; no information packets are available fromWBBA.
Applicants for these annual grants should submit the informationdescribed above by 31 Aug to:GEOFFREY GEUPEL,WBBA Awards, PRBOConservation Science,Palomarin Field Station, PO Box 1157,Bolinas CA94924 USA.Announcement of successful applicants will be made at the WBBA annual meeting in late summer/early fall and funds will be available from the treasurer soon after.