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Dean Amadon Grant
The Dean Amadon Grant is designed to assist persons working in the area of distribution and systematics (taxonomy) of raptors. Systematics covers a wide array of interests from molecular work to differential migration of populations from various geographic regions, for example. Distribution also covers a wide array of interests but should have something to do with where raptors live or why they are there.
To apply send:
- A Curriculum Vitae
- A proposal (no more than four pages including an abstract) outlining the
- A cover letter indicating how your project fits into the area of raptor distribution and/or systematics. Students involved in thesis work may submit an outline of their thesis proposal.
a. objectives of your study
b. methods
c. anticipated budget
d. a list of other funding sources
Amount: up to $1,000
Number of Grants Issued per Year: 1
Deadline: Complete applications must be submitted by 15 February. Recipients will be notified by 15 April.
Contact: Dr. Carole Griffiths, 251 Martling Ave, Tarrytown, NY 10591; tel. 914-631-2911; e-mail: cgriff@liu.edu
Recent Recipients:
| Year | Amadon Recipient | Title |
| 2010 | Todd Whiklo | Nest structure and breeding habitat characteristics of Barred Owls in Manitoba |
| 2009 | Bishnu Prasad Shrestha | Status and Distribution of Critically Endangered Vultures; Gyps bengalensis, Gyps tenuirostris and Sarcogyps calvus in Dang Deukhuri Foothill Forests and West Rapti Wetlands, an Important Bird Area of Nepal |
| 2008 | Ralph Buij | Evaluating the impact of land-use on resident and migratory raptors in West African savannas |
| 2007 | Ronald Kale Mulwa | Survey of raptors in the isolated hilltop forests of Muumoni, Endau and Nuu Hills of Kitui and Mwingi districts in eastern Kenya |
| 2006 | Ricardo Perez | Distribution of birds of prey in Montecristo National Park, Santa Ana, El Salvador, (Evaluación del rol de las aves rapaces en el mosaico de habitats naturales y perturbados del parque nacional Montecristo y su zona de influencia, durante la estación reproductora 2007, Santa Ana, El Salvador) |
| 2005 | Isabel Caballero | DNA analysis of population structure and subspecies composition of reestablished Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) populations in the Midwest |
| 2004 | Muhammad Iqbal | Compilation of raptor notes in Sumatra, Indonesia; Sara Ress. Use of stable hydrogen isotopes to identify and assess yearly variation of natal origins among raptors migrating through the Florida Keys. |
| 2003 | Heather Lerner | Testing hypotheses of Harpy Eagle phylogenetics and phylogeography. |
| 1994 | Robert Sheehy | A phylogenetic analysis of the avian family Accipitridae based on molecular data |
| 2002 | Timothy T. Weber | Northern Goshawk habitat on the north coastal region of California |
| 2001 | Stephanie Grossman | Responses of a forest raptor community to critical habitat thresholds in central Alberta. |
| 2001 | Denis Bogomolov | The changes of ranges and habitats of Bright Harriers within European Russia in the twentieth century |
| 2000 | Unknown | |
| 1999 | Laura Plice | Winter distribution of American Kestrels |
| 1998 | Sabine Hill | Adaptive divergence among populations of kestrels in the Cape Verde Islands |
| 1997 | No applications received | |
| 1996 | Samantha J. Rayroux | Morphometric variation of five Northern Goshawk populations in North America |
| 1995 | Unknown |
