E. Alexander Bergstrom Memorial Research Award

To promote field studies of birds, by helping to support a specific research or analysis project. In judging among proposals of equal quality, special consideration will be given to those on avian life history, that use data collected all or in part by amateurs, or that employ bird banding or other marking techniques.

The Domestic awards are aimed at people beginning their research or those with limited or no access to major funding. As such, they are restricted to non-professionals, undergraduates, and Masters degree candidates working in the United States or Canada. PhD students studying at U.S. and Canadian institutions, regardless of their nationality or geographic region of investigation, are not eligible to receive a Bergstrom Research Award.