Research Grants

$3050 to Nickson Otieno ~ National Museums of Kenya

To investigate the habitat surroundings of open pond fish farms and whether enhancing pond water fertilization (by the addition of farm manure and commercial grade nitrogen and phosphate) to reduce visibility of fish influences the frequency and rate of predation on pond fish by ospreys, marsh harriers and black kites during the migration through western Kenya.

$2453 to Luis Saavedra ~ Venezuela

To investigate the autumn migration of ospreys in the Cordillera de Merida (an inter-Andean valley), whether ospreys feed in fish farms in the migratory corridor and to mitigate the threat of this major human-wildlife conflict.

$2500 to Abdul Kareem Almustapha Tijani ~ Nigeria

To study the distribution, population density and threats to the critically-endangered Hooded Vulture in order to develop effective conservation strategies.

$3000 to Denis Kitel ~ Belarus osprey project 

A continuing grant to research the osprey nesting sites in northern Belarus and fund efforts to achieve official conservation status.

$2000 to Network Nature ~ Liberia

To study the distribution and threats to the critically endangered White-headed Vulture coupled with a conservation education program to protect the species against threats.

$5000 to Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation ~ Sanibel, FL

Investigation of the impacts of red tide events on food provisioning and nesting osprey productivity on Sanibel and Captiva islands.

Michael Academia College of William & Mary, VA

(menhaden food-stocks in the Chesapeake Bay) 

Boa Vista Osprey Project Cape Verde Islands

(reduction of predation of Ground-dwelling  osprey)

Belarus Osprey Project, Belarus

(migration observation)

$2500 to Michael Academia ~ William and Mary College

Michael is researching the relationship between osprey breeding success and availability of fish in the Chesapeake Bay.

$2500 to Denis Kitel ~ Belarus Osprey Project to continue support for Denis’ Project objectives

Identifying and securing national protection status for osprey nesting sights in the forests and river valleys of northern Belarus where commercial logging threatens their breeding areas.

$2500 to Denis Kitel ~ Belarus Osprey Project

Denis’ key objectives include identifying and securing national protection status for osprey nesting sights in the forests and river valleys of northern Belarus where commercial logging threatens their breeding areas.

$3000 to the Avian Conservation Center ~ Charleston, South Carolina

To provide medical care for injured ospreys and to provide osprey conservation infrastructure. The funds will also allow them to expand their partnerships with other raptor conservation organizations.

Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife, CROW

(support of osprey care and necropsies)

Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge

(support of educational programs)

$2000 to the Avian Research and Conservation Institute ~ Gainesville Florida

To re-establish Magnificent Frigate Bird nesting colonies in the Florida Keys.

$2000 to Alan Poole (internationally renowned authority on all things osprey)

For the publication expenses for his new book entitled Ospreys: The Revival of a Global Raptor

$1500 to Fundacion Migres ~ Spain

To support efforts to re-establish a breeding population of ospreys in Spain.

$1500 to the Ghana Wildlife Society ~ Ghana

To support research on the current population of ospreys along the Volta Lake in Ghana.

$1500 to Regan Dohm University of Wisconsin-Madison

For continued support of master’s thesis work on the long-term impact of wind farm development on raptors.

$1500 to Pedro Lopez Suarez ~ Republic of Cape Verde

To support efforts to reduce the number of predation losses of the ground nesting osprey population. 

$500 to Rosiane Ariana Fortes ~ Cabo Verde

A continuing grant for further study of the osprey population breeding parameters, foraging habits, reproduction and phrenology data on the island of San Nicolau.

$1500 to the Avian Research and Conservation Institute ~ Gainesville Florida

To expand reddish egret research begun in 2014 to discover the physical features of the its foraging habits which are thought to be so specific as to limit their distribution and breeding productivity.

$1500 to Maria Steele, PhD ~ University of Arkansas

To support dissertation research on the habitat and movement ecology of the globally vulnerable Pallas Eagle by compiling a database of the eagle’s range and distribution which could result in relisting the species as endangered.

$1500 to Regan Dohm ~ University of Wisconsin-Madison

To support master’s thesis research investigating the impact of wind farm construction on the abundance and behavior of raptors.

$1000 to Phillip M. Coppola ~ University of West Florida

To support the investigations into the status of the effect of the Snail Kites exclusive diet of the Apple Snail.

$1000 to Francisca Helena Aguilar-Silva ~ Raptor Research Foundation-National Institute of Amazonian Research-Brazil

On the Harpy Eagle habitat use and range in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. 

$1000 to The Avian Research and Conservation Institute ~ Gainesville, Florida

To continue financial support for the expansion of research on Reddish Egret Habitat, forage and movements from the Florida Keys to Sanibel and surrounding coastal waters.

$1500 The Avian Research and Conservation Institute ~ Gainesville, Florida

To support the expansion of research on Reddish Egret Habitat, forage and movements from the Florida Keys to Sanibel and surrounding coastal waters. 

$1000 Kathleen St. Clair-McGee ~ Clark Ford, Idaho

American Heritage Wildlife Foundation 

$1000 Matthew Hansen Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida

For research on the food habits of breeding Bald Eagles in Florida Bay.

$1000 Ruth Tingay and Visal Sun ~ Berkshire England

For a Rapid Assessment Survey for the Grey-headed Fish Eagles at Tlnle Sap Lace, Cambodia.

$500 Sharon Matola ~ Belize

To continue financial support for her project, “Belize Harpy Eagle Restoration Program.” 

$1000 CROW Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife ~ Sanibel, Florida

For the repair and maintenance of the Osprey Flight Enclosure. 

$1000 Matthew Henson ~ Boca Raton, Florida

For the study of the foraging ecology of Bald Eagles in Everglades National Park, 

$1000 Alejandro V. Baladrón Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata Funes, Argentina

For his study of the breeding success of the Burrowing Owls in natural and modified environments on the flooding pampas of Argentina. 

$1000 Cathy Viverette Virginia Commonwealth University ~ Richmond, Virginia

For the study “A Comparative Phylogeography and Landscape Genetic Analysis of Chesapeake Bay Bald Eagles and Osprey Populations.”

$1000 Kathleen St. Clair-McGee ~ Clark Ford, Idaho

To help sponsor the American Heritage Wildlife Foundation.

$2000 Paul Spitzer ~ Trappe Maryland

To continue the study and observation of the Ridgeway’s Osprey, a distinct subspecies found In Belize.

$1500 Maria G. Bravo-Vinaja ~ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia

For the assessment of the geographic distribution of Golden Eagles in northwestern Mexico. 

$1000 Jennifer Phillips ~ University of California-Davis

To support dissertation research on how multiple species of birds’ coloration (including raptors) are affected by humidity and feather-degrading bacteria. 

$1000 Kathleen St. Clair-McGee ~ Clark Ford, Idaho

To help sponsor The American Heritage Wildlife Foundation.

$1000 Paul Spitzer ~ Trappe Maryland

To continue financial support for the study and observation of the Ridgeway’s Osprey, a distinct subspecies found in Belize. 

$1000 Sharon Matola ~ Belize

To provide financial support for her project “Belize Harpy Eagle Restoration Program.” 

$1000 Attila D. Sandor ~ Scovao, Romania

For his project on Sooty Falcon breeding in the southern Red Sea area of Egypt. 

$1000 Terry Dennis ~ Southern Australia

For a population reassessment of the Eastern Osprey (Pandion cristatus) in Australia. 

$1000 Rob Bierregaard ~ University of North Carolina-Charlotte

To pursue a project with the Hispaniola Ornithological Society to develop and implement an educational program to try to reduce the shooting of ospreys in the Dominican Republic.

$1000 Paul Spitzer ~ Trappe Maryland

For his project to study and observe the Ridgeway’s Osprey, a distinct subspecies found 

in Belize.

$1000 Terry Dennis ~ Southern Australia

To continue financial assistance for his project to establish ongoing support for research initiatives and field trials of artificial nesting platforms to benefit the isolated and endangered Australian Osprey population at the extreme edge of its breeding range.

$1000 Isabel Caballero ~ Naperville, Illinois

To pursue her project on the assessment of genetic variability on extirpated and re-established Peregrine Falcons in the midwestern states of the United States. 

$1000 Robert Domenech Raptor View Research Institute ~ Missoula, Montana

To continue his “Citizen-Science” Osprey Project. 

$1000 to Terry Dennis ~ Southern Australia

For his project to establish Ongoing support for research initiatives and field trials of artificial nesting platforms to benefit the isolated and endangered Australian Osprey population at the extreme edge of its breeding range.

$1500 Inge Marie Laursen ~ La Selva Beach, California

For her project studying the demographics, ecology and health status of the breeding Red Kite in Denmark. 

$1500 Michelle Clark ~ University of Nottingham, England

For her project about the ecology, breeding biology, and habitat requirements of Asian Fishing Eagles. 

$1500 Jennifer Rettew ~ Charlotte, North Carolina

For her project observing breeding behavior in a population of Ospreys on Martha’s Vineyard, MA. 

$1000 KEEP INC. ~ Dawson Springs, Kentucky

To help them build and erect many more osprey platforms in the Lake Barkley, Kentucky area.

$1000 Ernesto Ruelas Inzuna ~ Mexico

For his study of trends in Osprey populations derived from migration Counts in Mexico. 

$1000 Sara Ress

For her study of the use of stable hydrogen isotopes to identify and and assess yearly variation of natal origins among raptors migrating through the Florida Keys. 

$1000 Claudia Burns ~ Sanibel Island, Florida

For her development of Osprey Coloring Book for elementary school-age children.

$1000 Ruth Tingay

For her study of the population dynamics and behavioral ecology of the critically endangered Madagascar Fish Eagle and the implications for conservation.

$1000 Dr. Mark Martell

For his use of radio collaring of Osprey and other raptors. 

$1000 Michael McMillan

For his time budget analysis of Osprey sub-colonies at two South Florida lakes; a sink and a source.

$1000 Frank Quamen ~ University of Wisconsin

For his study of the factors Influencing nest site selection and reproductive success of Ospreys in Wisconsin. 

$1000 Michell Donaghy Cannon ~ Jonesboro, Arkansas

For her work on ecological correlates and benefits of cooperative polyandry in the Galapagos Hawk.

$1000 Sarah M. Karpanty State University of New York at Stonybrook

For a survey of the diurnal raptor communities of four reserves in Madagascar.

$1000 Dale Trexel University of Minnesota-St Paul

For a study of genetic population structure in Swainson’s Hawks.

$1000 Todd Katznner ~ Arizona State University

For raptor conservation studies in north-central Kazakhstan, home to four distinct eagle species.

$1000 Irina Utekhina Institute of Biological Problems of the North Magadan State Preserve

For aerial surveys of Ospreys and Steller's Sea Eagles in northeastern Siberia since 1991.

$1000 James Berkelmen ~ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For his study on the habitat requirements of the Madagascar Fish Eagle.

$1000 Kimberly J. Fernie ~ McGill University Quebec, Canada

For her study of the effects of electromagnetic fields generated by power lines on avian reproduction and development.

$1000 Lauren N. Gilson ~ Boise State University Boise, Idaho

For funding for radio transmitters and field housing in support of her work studying the behavioral strategy selection in juvenile Ospreys at Cascade Reservoir.

$1000 Ruth Anne Ebert ~ University of California-Davis

For her work studying the use of avian indicator species to monitor environmental Mercury exposure in Clear Lake, California, near an abandoned mercury mine.

$1000 Michael McMillan ~ University of West Florida Pensacola, Florida

For his studies into the effect of pesticides on reproduction near Lake Istokpoga, Florida.

$1000 David J. Green ~ Simon Frazer University Vancouver, Canada

For studying female Osprey production decisions and male parental effort.

$1000 Gustavo Danemann ~ Universidad Autónoma De Baja California La Paz, Mexico

For his study of Ospreys in coastal lagoons of the Baja California, Mexico.