2011 BCI Student Research Scholarship Program
Each year, BCI awards scholarships to help students at universities around the world conduct conservation-relevant research. The goal of this program is to support exceptionally talented students in research initiatives that will contribute the new knowledge that is essential to conserving bats and the ecosystems they serve worldwide.
The maximum one-year award per student is $5,000. We hope that these funds will open opportunities for matching grants from other conservation organizations, government agencies and private foundations, and that BCI's support will grow in years to come.
We are now accepting applications for 2011 BCI Scholarships. Applications must be completed online. The deadline for receipt of applications for 2011 Scholarships is December 15, 2010.
 General Scholarship Information
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We congratulate the winners of the 2010 BCI Student Research Scholarships and gratefully recognize the generous donors whose support made them possible:
U.S. Forest Service International Programs
Jorge Ayala (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) The effect of physiological constraints in the geographical distribution of nectar-feeding bats, Mexico
Laura Cisneros (University of Connecticut, United States) Bat metacommunities in a Neotropical fragmented landscape: time-lag responses to dynamic changes in land cover, Costa Rica
Natalia Cortes-Delgado (Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Mexico) Roost use in shade coffee plantations by the yellow-shouldered bat and the intermediate fruit-eating bat in Veracruz, Mexico
Dawn Cory Toussaint (University of Pretoria, South Africa) Bats roosting in Baobab trees in the Limpopo River Valley of South Africa: the importance of thermally buffered microsites for water and energy balance in a hot, dry habitat, South Africa
Alona Gukasova (Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia) Development of a new system of summer bat-population monitoring on the territory of nature reserves, Ukraine
Chun-Chia Huang (Texas Tech University, United States) Ecological services by insectivorous bats in paleotropical rainforest and agroforest systems: a functional diversity study, Indonesia
Ralisata Mahefatiana (University of Antananarivo, Madagascar) Population and roosting ecology of the Old World sucker-footed bat (Myzopoda aurita), Madagascar
Corneile Minnaar (University of Pretoria, South Africa) The effect of artificial night lighting on the diet composition of insectivorous bats, South Africa
Kendra Phelps (Texas Tech University, United States) Significance of karst formations to bat conservation in peninsular Malaysia
Leighton Reid (University of California - Santa Cruz, United States) Development of artificial bat roosts for tropical forest restoration, Costa Rica
Merlin Tuttle Bat Conservation Scholarship Fund
Elizabeth Braun de Torrez (Boston University, United States) Foraging behavior of bats in pecan orchards: implications for ecosystem services, US (Texas)
Lisa Cawthen (University of Tasmania, Australia) Contribution of forest remnants to the persistence of insectivorous bats in the landscape: local and landscape factors that affect their use, Australia
Michaela Gerges (Ludwig Maximilians University, Germany) Evaluation of riparian forests as guidelines and feeding areas in bat migration: a study for a sustainable development of riparian forests with regard to the conservation of species, Germany
Jessica Sewald (Bowling Green State University, United States) A multidisciplinary approach to the conservation of bat species in the Oak Opening Region: Habitat and human dimensions, US (Ohio)
Leo Model Foundation, Inc.
Amanda Adams (University of Western Ontario, Canada) Spatio-temporal variation in bat activity and community structure, Canada
Erin Fraser (University of Western Ontario, Canada) Describing the annual migratory patterns of the Tri-colored bat (Perimyotis subflavus) using stable hydrogen isotope analysis, Canada
Northwest Bat Cooperative
Gabriel Reyes (Humboldt State University, United States) The behavioral function of social calls in the migratory hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus), US (California)
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