We are proud to present the winners of the 2025 Skutch Research Grants!
The Association of Field Ornithologists has a fellowship program aimed at supporting field researchers at all stages of their careers, including non-professional ornithologists.
Formerly the Bergstrom Grants for Latin America (a mid-year round of the Bergstrom Grants), the Skutch Research Grants are an opportunity for Latin Americans who need funding for their research. Non-academic professionals, undergraduates, Master’s degree candidates, PhD students, Post-docs and avocational ornithologists are eligible for a Skutch Research grant.
Learn more about eligibility and how to apply here. Appplications for the next round of the Skutch Research Grants will be open between March 15 and June 15, 2026.
The recipients of this year’s Skutch Research Grants are:
Paula Doll
ARGENTINA
Universidad Nacional del Comahue – INIBIOMA-CONICET
Behavioral and physiological responses of Austral blackbird (Curaeus curaeus) flocks to urbanization
Facundo Niklison
ARGENTINA
Universidad de Buenos Aires – CONICET
Conservation value of grassland remnants for birds in agricultural landscapes of the Argentinean Pampas
Maia Lores
ARGENTINA
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Vulnerability and health impact of South American flamingos exposed to microplastic pollution in wetlands.
Fernando Novoa
CHILE
Cape Horn International Center for Global Change Studies and Biocultural Conservation (CHIC) and Doctoral Program in Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Sciences, University of Magallanes
Interaction between the wood-decomposing fungal community and an endemic cavity-excavating bird of the temperate forests of South America.
Mariana Lopes Gonçalves
BRAZIL
Graduate Program in Biology of Continental Aquatic Environments, Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG)
Nesting under threat: pesticide impacts on the breeding success of the globally endangered Marsh Seedeater (Sporophila palustris)
Luciano Haro
ARGENTINA
Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos CESIMAR- CONICET
Foraging strategies through the breeding season in two species of seabirds in Patagonia, Argentina: a study contributing to their conservation
Elisa Nonino
BRAZIL
Graduate Program in Ecology and Conservation (PPGECO) at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)
INVISIBLE NETWORKS: Microbiome, sociality, and coloration in Chiroxiphia caudata
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!
Header photo: Swallow-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata) by YES BRASIL | Getty Images.