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.
We are proud to present the recipients of the 2025 round of the Bergstrom Grants. If you need funding for your research, consider applying for this opportunity. Mor information can be found here.
The recipients of this year’s Bergstrom Grants are:
Abby Bressette
USA
Virginia Commonwealth University
Associational effects of non-native invasive shrubs on food availability for Golden-winged and Chestnut-sided Warblers
Hannah Pryor
USA
Cornell University
Reciprocal song playback and subspecies recognition in the Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) complex
Sarah Chiasson
CANADA
St. Mary’s University
Do females who engage in intraspecific brood parasitism also raise their own brood?
Lorena Patrício
USA
Cornell University
Restoring a silent forest: reintroducing the Ceará Gnateater to a refugial ecosystem in northeast Brazil
Matthew Dunning
USA
University of Idaho
Adaptive evolution in Burrowing Owls: 20 populations across 20 years in heterogeneous landscapes
James Loomis
USA
University of New Mexico
How temperature adaptation affects migratory behavior: a natural experiment in a polymorphic songbird population
Olivia Jenkins
USA
Friends of Ballona Wetlands
Tree Swallow research at Los Angeles’ last coastal wetland: Training the next generation of conservationists
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!