Angus Gavin Migratory Bird Research Grant

Jess McLaughlin, Sam Simon - 2025 Recipients
Jess McLaughlin, Sam Simon - 2025 Recipients

The Angus Gavin Memorial Migratory Bird  Research Grant was created in 1983 with gifts from Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), now ConocoPhillips Alaska, and ARCO employees in honor of Angus Gavin. The grant supports research on migratory bird species found either permanently or seasonally in ÐßÐßÊÓÆµor its coastal waters, including their biology, general ecology and habitat relationships.

 

Call for Review Team Volunteers:

Volunteers are recruited annually as reviewers to join the Angus Gavin Award Review Team to evaluate grant applications submitted to the UA Foundation. If you are interested in being considered or would like more information about the process, please contact Dory Straight, senior director of scholarship administration.

 

Application process:

Grant proposals will be accepted from scientists within the University of ÐßÐßÊÓÆµsystem, which includes graduate students and faculty members. 

Protocol Development Outline

Gavin Submission Checklist

 

Deadline:

ACCEPTING PROPOSALS NOW! The deadline for receipt of complete proposals  - including applications, transcripts and letters of reference - is Friday, January 17, 2025. 

Grants are intended to be used for the support of research on bird species found either permanently or seasonally in ÐßÐßÊÓÆµor its coastal waters, including their biology, general ecology and habitat relationships. Research designed to yield information of value in management of bird species will be given preference. This shall include aspects of management directed toward protection, maintenance or enhancement of bird populations and their habitats that