2022 Washington Biologists’ Field Club Research Awards Competition

The Washington Biologists’ Field Club (WBFC), organized in 1900, annually provides competitive grants to support field research on the natural history of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States. The WBFC welcomes proposals that consider aspects of natural history, systematics, biodiversity, ecology, or environmental issues. This year, studies focusing on organisms occurring on Plummers Island, Maryland, and within the Potomac River drainage will be given high priority for funding, but field-based research projects conducted throughout the Mid-Atlantic will also be considered for funding. The WBFC is particularly interested in studies increasing knowledge of the biodiversity, conservation, and natural history of poorly-known taxa. Awards that were funded in 2021 supported studies of deadwood decomposition, grazing management effects on bird nesting, land use effects on kestrel foraging behavior and wood turtle recruitment, salamander natural history, effects of salinity on crab-parasite interactions, the taxonomy and diet of annelid worms, effects of tree diversity and mycorrhizal associations on soil carbon storage, nutritional ecology and evolution of ants, predator-prey relationships in aquatic isopods, mating behaviors in harvestmen, and effects of the cicada emergence on bird feeding behaviors.

The deadline for submissions is January 21, 2022.

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