Call for Applications
The Los Angeles Audubon Society presents an annual research grant, the Ralph W. Schreiber Ornithology Research Award, to support research relevant to the biology of birds. Award recipients are limited to students and amateur ornithologists with limited or no access to major granting agencies and who reside in southern California (from San Luis Obispo, Kern and San Bernardino Counties south) or are currently enrolled in a southern California academic institution. There is no geographical restriction on the research area.
One or more awards will be given out in 2021. Between $1500 and $5000 are awarded each year. The application deadline for the 2021 Research Award is April 30, 2021; grants will be awarded in June, 2021.
Direct any questions to Ryan Harrigan, Grants Committee Chairman, @ Institute for the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Box 951496, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1496, By email: iluvsa@ucla.edu
Dr. Schreiber was curator of birds and mammals at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, known for his research on Pacific seabirds, including the impacts of the pesticide DDT on Brown Pelicans, who died in the prime of his career.
