Memorial Fund Research Grants

The Eastern Bird Banding Association is offering the Memorial Fund Research Grants to support research utilizing avian marking techniques, such as banding. Applicants must submit a detailed project proposal, including significance and budget, alongside their background in ornithology. Grants are open to all, particularly encouraging student applications, with no lifetime award limit per individual. Projects must focus on species within EBBA territory, ensuring marking techniques are integral to the research.

The Eastern Bird Banding Association seeks applications for grant awards to be used toward research using banding or other avian marking techniques. Applicants should submit a complete proposal including project plan including the significance of the study and a budget, and a resume of the candidate’s banding and ornithological background.

Eligibility

Applicants are limited to one award per degree program, and to one award per project. There is no limit to the number of awards an individual can receive in a lifetime.The focal species must spend at least a part of their life cycle in EBBA territory, which includes the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts,Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia; the District of Columbia; and  the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario,  Prince Edward Island, and Quebec.Banding or other avian marking techniques (including telemetry) must be integral to answering the research question. Proposals will be rejected if the marking is only  incidental to the methodology.