2025
David Redden Conservation Science Fund
Small Grants Program Awardees
David Redden Conservation Science Fund
Small Grants Program Awardees
- Donahue, Matthew and Urban, Mark
University of Connecticut
Evolutionary interactions of species-specific traits and urbanization for solitary bee conservation in the Northeastern United States - Lienau, Janey and Bradford, Mark
Yale University
Incorporating soil fauna in plant-soil feedbacks to improve high value seedling regeneration - Montana, Kate and Ware, Jessica
American Museum of Natural History
Quantifying polyandry among dragonflies (Anisoptera: Odonata) of the Northeast - Vernon, Corina and Reinmann, Andrew
CUNY- Advanced Science Research Center
Tree physiology and isoprene emission in climate stressed red oak (Quercus rubra)
Grant awards of up to $10,000 will be made on a competitive basis to fund research with application to the conservation of species, populations, or ecosystems. Projects must be completed, at least in part, within Black Rock Forest in Cornwall, New York.
Applications from students, post-doctoral scholars, and senior researchers are welcomed. Proposals from high school and undergraduate students must be submitted in collaboration with a teacher or faculty mentor who will directly supervise their research and provide a mentoring agreement.
At Black Rock Forest we value diversity in our ecosystems and our organization. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workplace and in our science, education, and conservation. We strongly encourage applications from underrepresented group members.
Award funds can be used to purchase project supplies and equipment, to pay for the processing of samples at external laboratory facilities, as stipends for students, assistants, and faculty, and/or to cover transportation or other incidental costs.
Please visit our website for guidelines, the application form, and more information. For questions, please call the Black Rock Forest Office at (845) 534-4517 or email kterlizzi@blackrockforest.org.
Our 2024 request for proposals is now closed but will re-open in Fall 2025.
Black Rock Forest is a nonprofit organization founded in 1989 to advance scientific understanding of the natural world. In addition to a 1,586-ha forest in Cornwall, NY the organization runs a field station with labs, classrooms, and lodging. The Forest features a diversity of terrestrial and aquatic habitats with nearly 70-km of forest roads and trails.
Click here to view previous David Redden Conservation Science Fund award recipients
Isobel Mifsud, a masters student from Columbia University, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology and a 2020 David Redden Conservation Science Fund Small Grant recipient, explains the impact of winning the award had on her and her project (quantifying rates of N Fixation in xylophagous beetle larvae).