Forest & Bird Dunedin's research grant is available for conservation projects related to biodiversity outcomes in the Otago region.
In total, up to $9,000 NZD is available over a three year period, which may be split amongst several applications.
Preference will be given to those projects that align with Forest & Bird’s Strategic Plan. Successful applicants must provide a report within eight months of receiving the funds which may be made public and provided to interested parties.
How to apply
Please complete the application form and send it with all supporting documents directly to dunedin.branch@forestandbird.org.nz.
Applications are due by 5pm on Friday 19 March 2021. We will notify all applications whether they have been successful as soon as possible.
Previous recipients
- Mel Young (2018). “Coping with nutritional stress: diet, dispersal, and plasticity in the foraging strategies of yellow-eyed penguins/hōiho (Megadyptes antipodes)”
- Cara-Lisa Schloots (2018). "The structure and future of wetland plant communities int he Mahu Whenua Covenants, Central Otago, New Zealand."
- Max Buxton (2015). "The role of moths as pollinators on mainland New Zealand."
- Scott Jarvie (2015). "Monitoring the re-establishment of tuatara at Orokonui Ecosanctuary."
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Dr Junichi Sugishita. "A new approach to study of seabird-fishery overlap: Connecting chick feeding with parental foraging and overlap with fishing vessels."