Dean Amadon Research Grant

The Dean Amadon Research Grant is designed to assist persons working on the distribution and systematics, or taxonomy, of raptors. Systematics covers a wide array of interests from molecular work to differential migration of populations from various geographic regions. Distribution also covers a wide array of interests but should have something to do with where raptors live or why they are there. The grant was established through a donation made by Dr. Dean Amadon, former Lamont curator of birds at the American Museum of Natural History and president of the American Ornithologists' Union, who authored over 400 publications on avian systematics. The award provides financial support for research on raptor distribution, systematics, and taxonomy, with the recipient expected to publish findings in the Journal of Raptor Research as the primary author.