Louis Agassiz Fuertes Grants
Elsa Chen, Virginia Commonwealth University (Advisor: Lesley Bullock): “Understanding the tradeoffs of female aggression in high- and low-density breeding sites for a migratory songbird”
Sheela Turbek, University of Colorado, Boulder (Advisor: Rebecca Safran): “Explaining mismatches between genetic and phenotypic divergence in a rapid radiation of finch-like birds”
Wilson Ornithological Society Research Grants
Open
GlauciaDel-Rio, Louisiana State University (Advisor: Robb T. Broomfield): “Genomic architecture of an amazonian hybrid zone”
Katie Schroeder, University of Massachusetts (Advisor: Jeffrey Podos): “A timeline and mechanism for species-specific song discrimination in nestling passerines”
Masters only
Christine Gurley, University of North Texas Denton (Advisor: Jeff Johnson): “Testing the female-mimicry hypothesis in Painted Buntings (Passerina ciris)”
Jennifer Linscott, University of South Carolina (Advisor: Nathan Senner): “Fleeting stopovers in a long-distance migratory strategy”
Paul A. Stewart Grants
Elizabeth Ames, The Ohio State University (Advisor: Chris Tonra): “Carryover effects between breeding and winter habitat in a Neotropical migrant that is non-territorial on the wintering grounds”
John Muller, University of Oklahoma (Advisor: Jeremy Ross): “Winter occupancy, abundance and movement of Chestnut-collared Longspurs in Oklahoma”
Luke Wilde, University of South Carolina (Advisor: Nathan R. Senner): “Investigating the community effects of spatio-temporal distribution on the predator-prey dynamics in the sub-Arctic nesting-grounds”
Kiah Williams, Tulane University (Advisor: Caz Taylor): “The effects of parental investment and territory establishment on chick survival in Wilson’s Plovers”
George A. Hall/Harold F. Mayfield
Kristina Cockle, CONICET: “Tracking Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) movements from wintering grounds in Argentina”
The Committee received 88 applications.
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