Research grants
Our Society wishes to encourage research relevant to the conservation of birds and their habitat in Queensland, including those under threat. To this end we offer from time to time a limited number of research grants. These grants are generally small, to a maximum of $5,000 in 2010, and do not normally cover the costs of salaries or wages.
They are for projects (or defined components of larger projects) of one year duration, although consideration may be given to further funding of suitable on-going projects. Submissions require the support of an incorporated body or of a university head of department and research services section, through which the research contract and grant payment will be administered.
Three grants were given in 2010, each of $5,000:
- Darryl Jones (Griffith University), a scientific grant of $5000 for one year for the project entitled: Birds and roads in South-east Queensland: barriers, filters and thresholds.
- Anna Koetz, Brad Congdon & Jessica Dickie (James Cook University), a scientific grant of $5,000 for one year for the project entitled: The effects of geographic barriers on cultural behaviour in Chowchillas.
- Julian Reid & Robert Heinsohn (Australian National University), a scientific grant of $5,000 for one year for the project entitled: Night Parrot research in Western Australia.
Some past projects supported by Birds Queensland, and the institution supervising the research, are:
- Investigation of bird health and feeding behaviour at supplementary feeding sites. (University of Queensland)
- The behavioural ecology of Hall’s Babbler: an endemic, cooperatively-breeding passerine of eastern Australia. (University of New South Wales)
- Avian use of a reforested corridor linking rainforest patches on the Atherton Tablelands, North Queensland. (Charles Sturt University)
When the next call for grant applications is made, a specific application form will be provided. Further information can be obtained from the .
