Seabird Group Research Grant

The Seabird Group Research Grant supports small research projects focused on Atlantic seabirds, providing up to £500 per grant. Eligible applicants include Seabird Group members, with priority given to conservation and survey projects. Applications are accepted twice a year, with decisions communicated within six weeks. The grant aims to enhance understanding of seabird populations and promote volunteer involvement in seabird activities, ensuring sustainable practices in wildlife research.

Introduction
The Seabird Group has the facility to award small grants each year to help with costs associated with research projects, or with survey projects for the UK national seabird census. Grants can cover travel, subsistence, and equipment, but staff costs are excluded. Priority is given to Seabird Group members working on Atlantic seabirds. We also award training grants to help support people to undertake voluntary seabird activities.
The Seabird Group funds 5-6 research grants each year. The maximum amount awarded per grant is £500. In the past research, grants have been given towards ringing studies, productivity assessments, sea-watching projects, and tracking studies, often in the UK but also abroad, e.g. in Portugal or Cabo Verde.
More information can be found on the Research Grants guidelines (link below). Applications should be submitted, preferably in electronic form, to the Secretary using the official application form available below. Applications should reach the secretary prior to the following dates: 31st October and 28/29th February. Following these dates, all applications will be circulated around the Committee and decisions taken. We aim to inform applicants of the outcome of their application within six weeks of these dates.

Eligibility

The Seabird Group supports projects on seabirds, focussing in particular
on the research, survey and conservation of Atlantic seabirds. In addition
grants may be awarded for the promotion of seabirds to the general
public. Grants for the ringing of seabirds can be awarded.

Ineligibility

The group does not support projects that are not related to the
seabirds and would not normally consider supporting projects requiring a
grant commitment of greater than 3 consecutive years. Bids from organisations larger or with greater resources
than the Seabird Group, or those to augment PhD and other student
research projects will NOT normally be supported.Grants will not be made for the funding of staff positions or for the
purchase of vehicles.