AFO grants & awards | 2024 Bergstrom Grants recipients! – Association of Field Ornithologists

We are proud to present the winners of the Bergstrom Grants 2024!

Did you know? The Association of Field Ornithologists has a fellowship program aimed at supporting field researchers at all stages of their careers, including non-professional ornithologists.

Recently, AFO undertook a reorganization of its fellowship program. A mid-year round of the Bergstrom Grants was previously available for Latin American applicants. Latin Americans now have to apply for a Skutch Research Grant —different category, same benefits!

The recipients of this year’s Bergstrom Grants are:

Sam Fishman

Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond VA

Measures of habitat quality associated with native and non-native shrub cover for two declining warblers in Appalachian Shrublands

Megan Miller

Colorado State University-Pueblo,
Pueblo CO

Evaluating drought and pollution-induced oxidative stress across diet groups during migration

Sarah Scott

Boise State University,
Boise ID

Diversity, trends and effects of haemosporidian parasites in a partial migrant population of American Kestrels

Emilia Roberts

George Mason University,
Fairfax VA

Beating the heat: The potential role of microclimate refugia in buffering Amazonian
birds from climate change

Brian Hofstetter

Cornell University,
Ithaca NY

Paternity as a driver of post-fledging brood division and male parental effort in the
socially monogamous Black-throated Blue Warbler

Vanessa Merritt

Rare Inc.,
Arlington VA

Key shade tree species that support local bird communities in central Colombian
cacao agroforestry systems

Congratulations, everyone! We wish you the best with your research, and invite you to publish in the Journal of Field Ornithology when you are finished!