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Evergreen Fellow Aida Bustamante presents her research on large cats at the December 2006 Friends of the Osa Science Meeting.

The Evergreen Fellow Grant Program provides funding for research projects promoting science-based conservation in the Osa Peninsula region. See below for a list of past Evergreen Fellows and Friends of the Osa Research Associates. Please read the Friends of the Osa Science Plan to learn more about our research priorities and the kinds of projects we are most likely to fund.

A small number of these grants, which range from $2,000-$5,000, are provided by the Evergreen Foundation, and are administered and managed by Friends of the Osa. Grants are generally provided to support 1-4 months of fieldwork, including transportation, living expenses and equipment. Applicants are strongly encouraged to work at the Osa Biodiversity Center. Long-term projects using Evergreen grants as seed money are also encouraged. These grants are primarily intended for master’s or doctoral students, or for established researchers. Evergreen Fellows and Friends of the Osa Research Associates will be asked to submit a preliminary report and a final research report. Researchers may also be asked to present their findings at the bi-annual science meeting held by Friends of the Osa at our Osa Biodiversity Center.

Friends of the Osa and the Evergreen Foundation will soon announce a 2008 funding cycle for the Evergreen Fellow Grant Program.

First funding deadline: August 11, 2008

Second funding deadline: April 13, 2009

Winners will be announced one month after the application deadline.

Please submit the following application materials:

• Curriculum vitae
• Grant application (click here to download the English version or here for the Spanish version)
• Research proposal (following guidelines described in application)

Please send all materials in electronic format to Friends of the Osa's science program at: info@osaconservation.org

Past and Current Evergreen Fellows/Friends of the Osa Research Associates

Evaluating the impacts of invasive species in ACOSA protected areas: tilapia farms, ornamental gingers, and the effect of native ferns on forest regeneration by Maya Kapoor (Arizona State University, USA), Jennifer Rhemann, and Claudine Sierra (ELAP, Costa Rica)

Social and environmental assessment and proposed environmental zoning using a participative process in the Zancudo mangrove coastal area (Golfo Dulce) by Thomas Poirout, University of Costa Rica and La Rochelle University (France)

Humpback whale distribution and activity around Drake Bay, Costa Rica by Lenin Oviedo, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica

Patterns of gene flow across disturbed and undisturbed habitats in Mexico and Costa Rica for the locally endangered tree Ceiba pentandra by Sylvia Solís, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Using butterflies as environmental indicators by Philip Davison, Bosque del Cabo (Costa Rica)

Density and habitat segregation of felines in non-protected areas of the Osa Peninsula by Aida Bustamante, Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica)

Interaction among landscape heterogeneity, secondary-seed dispersal and forest regeneration in a Costa Rican wet forest by Alejandro Lopera, University of New Orleans (USA)

Tree phenology in the Rio Piro watershed, Osa Peninsula by Reynaldo Aguilar Fernandez, Osa (Costa Rica)

A preliminary applied research and conservation agenda for the Osa Peninsula scarlet macaw population by Christopher Vaughan (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) and Fiona Dear (Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica)

Census of Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile) on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica by Mike Boston, Osa Aventura (Costa Rica)