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 2026 round of the Bergstrom Grants. If you need funding for your research, consider applying for this opportunity. More information can be found here.
The recipients of this year’s Bergstrom Grants are:
Rohith Srinivasan
USA
University of the Pacific
Does estradiol, rather than testosterone, regulate natural female song in a wild-breeding songbird?
Piper Tedrow
USA
College of William and Mary
The nest microbiome under anthropogenic pressure: an investigation of Gray Catbird nest bacterial communities along the Passaic River, NJ
Mariana Echeverri Diez
CANADA
Thompson Rivers University
Linking water quality and heavy metal exposure to the migration patterns of Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) and Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) in Colombian wetlands
Mark Duchene
Canada
Trent University
The bird who cried wolf: Hudsonian Whimbrels as sentinel alarm callers in the Subarctic
Emma Regnier
USA
Boise State University
How eagles shape cliff biodiversity: using eDNA to measure the effects of nest building and ectoparasite treatment on arthropods
Joe Brosseau
Canada
University of Saskatchewan
Assessing Forster’s Tern’s movement and population structure across the annual cycle
Jasmine Cuellar
USA
Virginia Commonwealth University
Assessing the relationship between nest box temperature and Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) nestling fitness
James Bustin
USA
Weber State University
Urban subsidies as a buffer against ecosystem collapse: post-fledging survival and movements of juvenile California Gulls (Larus californicus) at Great Salt Lake
Shea Fee
USA
The Trustees of Reservations (Martha’s Vineyard & Nantucket, MA)
Post-breeding ecology of Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii) on Nantucket, Tuckernuck, Muskeget, and Chappaquiddick Islands, Massachusetts
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!