Funding – Association of Field Ornithologists

AFO grants & awards | Meet the 2024 Skutch Research Grants recipients!

Posted on October 16, 2024November 19, 2024 by Agustina Torretta

We are proud to present the winners of the 2024 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 […] Read More

AFO grants & awards | 2024 Bergstrom Grants recipients!

Posted on August 27, 2024November 19, 2024 by Agustina Torretta

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 […] Read More

AFO grants & awards | Grass Wrens in the Uspallata Valley: notes from a Bergstrom Award recipient

Posted on June 20, 2021November 19, 2024 by Milagros Jefferies

I studied the Grass Wren in the Uspallata Valley, Mendoza, Argentina, at the foothills of the magnificent Central Andes Mountains. A beautiful setting where there are grassland patches associated with riverbeds in which the Grass Wrens breed and reside all year round. The development of my PhD thesis involved fieldwork during four months and three breeding seasons... Read More