ASP Small Research Grant

Funding Amount: up to $2,000

Application Submissions Open: January 15, 2026

Application Deadline: March 20, 2026

Letters of Recommendation Due: One week after proposal application deadline via an online questionnaire

Notice of Award: At time of ASP Annual Conference (you do not need to be present at the meeting to be a recipient of this funding mechansim)

Intent of Funding

This funding mechanism supports research designed to test hypotheses about the proximate and ultimate processes that influence primate behavior, social organization, development, reproduction, physiology, anatomy and/or evolution. Proposals focused purely on welfare or conservation activities are not eligible (for other ASP funding mechanisms, see here).

Applicant Eligibility and Funding Requirements

This award is open to all ASP members. Undergraduate and graduate student applicants must have a sponsor/mentor. Previously awarded applicants are not eligible to apply the year following receipt of funding.

Projects must document full approval by their Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, or equivalent ethical research reviewing body, before funds are disbursed.

Support for salary will not be allowed. Please note that ASP does not pay indirect/overhead costs or publishing fees. Funds should not be used to support institutional overhead costs, build institutional infrastructure or to purchase institutional equipment that is typically provided by the sponsoring institution.

Important note about membership: If you are not already an ASP member, you must apply for membership to be eligible for this grant. First-time members must provide two current ASP members as sponsors. If you are in need of an ASP member as a sponsor, please contact the ASP Treasurer. First-time membership approvals can take up to 2 weeks, so please apply well in advance of the grant deadline. Leaving the CV and endorsers/sponsor section blank may extend the approval time. ASP membership for individuals from habitat or developing countries is FREE for those unable to pay dues. Please contact the ASP Treasurer for more details on complimentary membership.

How to Apply

To apply for this grant, you must login to the website. You will find a link to the application on your member profile page.

Complete the ASP Small Research Grant proposal form and submit it along with a budget, including a budget narrative (1 page max.), and a CV (2 pages max.) via the ASP members’ portal. Examples of previously successful applications can be viewed here and tips for strengthening your application can be found here.
Two references are required (details below).
The applicant must be formally affiliated with an institution that can assure that the funds are used appropriately (e.g., Primate Center, University, Zoo, Sanctuary, Foundation, established Field Program).
Research grants should be designed to test hypotheses about the proximate and ultimate processes that influence primate behavior, social organization, development, reproduction, physiology, anatomy and/or evolution. Proposals focused purely on welfare or conservation activities are not eligible.
Assurance should be given that if adjunct funding critical to the overall project does not arrive, the ASP funds will only be used for the proposed project.
For the education and/or outreach component of the application, applicants should describe the proposed activity and also how they will evaluate the success of that activity.

Reference Requirements

For an ASP Small Research Grant you will need two references. At the time you submit your grant application online, the online system will request the email addresses of your two referees and automatically email them with instructions on how to submit their recommendation via a questionnaire. Your referees do not have to submit this online form by the grant application deadline. However, to ensure that the references are received in time for review, referees should submit their recommendation no later than one week after the grant application deadline.

Evaluation Criteria and Process

Merit will be the primary criteria for the consideration of each grant. Specifically, we rate each application on 1) innovation and originality, 2) proposed research quality, 3), the methodological approach and feasibility of the proposed study, 4) the potential impact of the proposed research, and 5) the proposed plan for education/outreach.

Priority will be given to applicants who have never received an ASP Small Research Grant Award. In the case of a tie, decisions will be made based on whether or not the application is from a developing or primate range country and/or preference given for those who have not won the award previously.

Field/Zoo/Laboratory/Sanctuary applications will be treated equally.

Reporting

The grant recipient must submit a final report form (which will be provided with receipt of funds) to the Chair of the Research and Development Committee within 18 months of receiving funds. The report should highlight the recipient’s experiences and how the funds from ASP impacted their project.

Contact Information

This grant is managed by the Research and Development Committee. Contact the chairs of the Research and Development Committee for more information and with questions about this grant or the application process at research@asp.org

If your project focuses primarily on conservation, you should apply for a Conservation Small Grant, NOT a Small Research Grant. Small Research grants should be designed to test hypotheses about the proximate and ultimate processes that influence primate behavior, social organization, development, reproduction, welfare, physiology, anatomy and/or evolution.

Yes, for an ASP Small Research Grant you will need two references. The online system will request the email addresses of your two referees, and automatically email them with instructions on how to submit their recommendation, which will consist of a questionnaire. To ensure that the references are received in time for review, referees should submit their evaluations no later than 1 week after the grant application deadline.

No. Grants are not awarded to replenish monies already spent. If you have already started your project, the only way you are eligible for an ASP Small Research Grant is if you apply for portions of the project that will be implemented in the future.

Yes. We welcome applications from long-term studies that have side projects or additional needs. As long as your proposal clearly shows the value of the project to primate research, it could be eligible.

Yes. It is not necessary for your project to be connected to a larger program. As long as the project is focused on primate research, is deemed feasible and of high quality, you are encouraged to apply.

The ASP Research and Development Committee announces its final decisions on funding at each annual meeting. Winners are announced at the Business Meeting and at the Closing Banquet.

In general, the ASP Small Research grants can be used for research supplies, travel for research purposes, living costs while in the field, field assistance, etc. We do not fund overhead to universities, travel to scientific meetings, or equipment that should be available through the applicant’s institution.

Dr. Julie Teichroeb and Dr. Emily Rothwell are the co-chairs of the Research and Development Committee for 2022-2024. Julie can be contacted by email at julie.teichroeb@utoronto.ca and Emily can be contacted by email at rothwell@pitt.edu.

The committee is looking for a concrete plan that will enable your project to give back to the local or scientific community. Examples include (but are not limited to) teaching or involving students in your research, classroom outreach visits, public-facing presentations, local involvement/integration with schools, conservation programs, or communities.

Applicants may not submit duplicate, or essentially similar, grant applications simultaneously to the ASP Conservation Small and ASP Small Research grants for review. To discuss whether a project should be submitted as a Conservation Small or Small Research grant, contact one of the committee chairs.

Priority will be given to applicants who have never received an ASP Small Research Grant Award and previously awarded applicants are not eligible to apply the following year after receipt of funding.

AWARDS FOR 2025

Claire Kirchhoff, Marquette University, Gombe Baboons From Birth to Bones
Lauren Meckler, UCDavis, The Cost of Childcare: How Family-building Affects Aleep and Inflammation in a Biparental Primate
Elijah Tramm, UW Madison, Recursive Sequence Learning in Nonhuman Primates
David Meszaros, USC, Cognitive Ecology of Chimpanzee Navigation and Nutritional Decision Making
Rebecca DeCamp, Rutgers, Testicular Gene Expression Across the Breeding Season of Captive Grey Mouse Lemurs

AWARDS FOR 2024

Lidia Cervantes, University of Texas Health at San Antonio, Testing Common Marmosets’ Enrichment and Mobility in a 3D Open-Field Room, in relation to Aging, Microbiome, and Inflammation
Nicholas Chapoy, Tulane University, Vocal Communication and Dominance Rank in Male White-faced Capuchins
Luke Quarles, University at Buffalo, Understanding Slow Loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) Ultrasonic Vocal Communication
Ember Wolf, Washington University in St. Louis, Landscape Genetics of Red Colobus Monkeys (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) in Kibale National Park, Uganda.
Bright Yeboah, University of Texas at San Antonio, Foraging and Risk Avoidance Behavior of Cercopithecus lowei in a Human-dominated Landscape at the Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary in Central Ghana.

AWARDS FOR 2023

Lauren Doherty, University at Buffalo, USA, Distinguishing separate slow loris species via landmark-based cranial geometric morphometrics
Gene Estrada, University of Michigan, USA, Environmental drivers of territoriality in arboreal primates in Indonesian Borneo
Emily Glotfelty, University of Texas San Antonio, USA, Variation in ranging and foraging behaviors associated with gut microbiome composition in Colobus vellerosus
Nicolas Gorostiaga, CONICET, Argentina, Influence of a yellow fever outbreak on the Demography and genetic structure of a public health sentinel species (Alouatta caraya) in Northeastern Argentina
Diego Stokes-Malava, University at Buffalo, USA, The Effectiveness of white-handed gibbons as seed dispersers in a mosaic forest in Western Thailand

AWARDS FOR 2022

Iara Torge, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, The effect of landscape fragmentation on seed dispersal by black capuchin monkey (Sapajus nigritus) in northeastern Argentina
Lindsey Warshawski, University of Victoria, Form and function of food-associated calling in the Rekambo chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) community in Loango National Park, Gabon
Will Whitham, Texas A&M University, Automated testing of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) self-control using a Kinect sensor
Lauren Wiseman-Jones, Washington University in St. Louis, Monitoring changes in physiological stress and energy balance of mountain gorillas(Gorilla beringei beringei) in relation to acute social and anthropogenic stressors

AWARDS FOR 2021

Nalina Aiempichitkijkarn, UC Davis, Social networks and tuberculosis infection among free-ranging long-tailed macaques
Chloe Karaskiewicz, UC Davis, Sleep through the social lens: The role and importance of attachment in sleep for a pair bonding primate (Plecturocebus cupreus)
Clara Mariencheck, George Washington University, Characterizing genetic sexual dimorphism in X chromosome genes involved in disease susceptibility and immune response in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)
Eliette Noromalala, Central Washington University, Parasitic patterns in the black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata)

AWARDS FOR 2020

Margaret Buehler, Tulane University: Subordinate males as hired guns: assessing resource, mate, and infant defense in Cebus imitator
Amanda Mancini, CUNY Graduate Center: Fine-scale assessment of black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata) population connectivity in the Ranomafana-Andringitra Corridor
John Winans, Stony Brook University: Using novel methods to discern variation in the local interaction rules: the effect of pregnancy on baboon socio-spatial behavior

AWARDS FOR 2019

Allegra DePasquale, University of Calgary — “Are diet and nutrition of wild capuchins influenced by color vision type? A test of the niche divergence hypothesis.”
Clare Kimock, New York University — “The evolution of rhesus macaque canine dimorphism.”
Allison Lau, University of California, Davis — “Coppery Titi Monkey Responses to Vocalizations of Paired and Unpaired Individuals Based on Pairing Status of Perceiver.”

AWARDS FOR 2018

Jacob Feder, Stony Brook University — “The potential benefits of older offspring on sibling development in wild geladas.”
Amanda Rowe, Stony Brook University — “Implementing molecular methods to understand ecosystem energy flow and nutritional ecology of mouse lemurs for optimized management strategies in Ranomafana National Park and Isalo National Park, Madagascar.”
Morgan Chaney, Kent State University — “Interrogating expression levels of cyanide-detoxifying enzymes in the liver of Hapalemur griseus.”
Adam Pope, Northern Illinois University — “Evaluating the kin selection hypothesis of cooperative infant care in male tamarins (Leontocebus weddelli).”

AWARDS FOR 2017

Alexander Pritchard, Rutgers University — “Variation in stress coping: Influence on social complexity.”
Edward McLester, Liverpool John Moores University — “A comparison of intergroup strategies of movement coordination in savanna-mosaic and forest-dwelling red-tailed monkeys.”
Emperatiz Gamero, Instituto Venzolaris de Investgiaciones Cientificas, Venezuela — “Understanding the origins of the Maragarita Capuchin in the context of rapidly changing Capuchin systematics.”
Katherine Cronin, Lincoln Park Zoo — “Predictors of wounding in zoo-housed Japanese macaques: A multi-institutional study.”
Logan Savidge, UC Davis — “Validating a stop signal task in a novel nonhuman primate model, the titi monkey.”
Sydney Chertoff, Canisius College — “How gorillas see the world.”

AWARDS FOR 2016

Laura Abondano, University of Texas, Austin — “Mating strategies and reproductive endocrinology of lowland woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha poeppigii)”
Susie D. Lee, New York University — “The role of testosterone in the modulation of parental behaviors in female macaques”
Candace Stenzel, Winthrop University — “Do the vocalizations of equatorial saki monkeys (Pithecia aequatorialis) contain referential meaning?”
Nicole Thompson, Columbia University — “The benefits of social ties during development in blue monkeys”

AWARDS FOR 2015

Brett Frye, Clemson University — “Prenatal androgen exposure in captive female callitrichine primates: immediate and prolonged effects on morphology, physiology, and behavior” $1,250
Efstathia Robakis, Washington University in St. Louis — “Vocal sexual signals and reproductive isolation in sympatric tamarins” $1,250
Sandra Winters, New York University — “Guenon face patterns and the maintenance of primate reproductive isolation” $1,250
Erica Dunayer, SUNY at Buffalo — “Grooming exchange: Modes of cooperation among rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) on Cayo Santiago” $1,250
Cassandra Mitchell, Washington University at St. Louis — “Allele frequencies and chimerism in the polymorphic opsin alleles in saddle-back tamarins (Saguinus fuscicollis) and emperor tamarins (Saguinus imperator)” $500

AWARDS FOR 2014

Alexander Georgiev, University of Chicago — “Male oxidative stress and female mate choice in rhesus macaques” $1,200
Maura Tyrrell, University at Buffalo, State University of New York — “The effect of within-group and between-group competition on male coalitions in wild crested macaques (Macaca nigra)” $1,200
Stephanie Fox, University of Calgary — “Evaluating infanticide as a selective pressure shaping male and female reproductive strategies in Colobus vellerosus” $1,200
Erica Tennenhouse, University of Toronto — “The contributions of androgens to intersexual dominance relationships in lemurs” $1,200
Maressa Takahashi, Columbia University — “Reproductive and social effects on the nutritional strategies of a generalist feeder, the blue monkey, in a spatially variable environment” $1,200

AWARDS FOR 2013

Margaret Corley, University of Pennsylvania — “Leaving home: genetic correlates of owl monkey dispersal in a naturally fragmented habitat” $1,500
Brendan Barrett, UC Davis — “Cultural Inheritance: Identifying social learning heuristics in wild capuchin monkeys” $1,500
Katharine Thompson, Pennsylvania State University — “Did you hear that? Properties of deadwood that influence extractive foraging in aye-aye” $1,500
Cynthia Thompson, Northeast Ohio Medical University — “Non-invasive methods to evaluate thermoregulatory and metabolic hormones in free-ranging New World primates” $1,500
Tim Bransford, Rutgers University — “An interdisciplinary approach to understanding the cost of motherhood in wild Bornean orangutans” $1,500
Andrea Spence-Aizenberg, University of Pennsylvania — “Olfactory signals and partner choice in monogamous owl monkeys” $1,500
Allison Howard, University of Georgia — “Navigation and route choice in bearded capuchin monkeys” $1,500

AWARDS FOR 2012

Nicholas Brazeau, Harvard University – “Intercommunity Growth Variation due to Habitat Heterogeneity in Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii“
Katie Chun, UC Davis – “Behavioral Inhibition and Stress Regulation of the Immune System”
Halszka Glowacka, Arizona State University – “Are there costs to living higher? Effect of altitude on the physical properties of mountain gorilla diets”
Amanda Perofsky, University of Texas, Austin – “Socio-behavioral Determinants of Infectious Disease Transmission in a Wild Lemur Population (Propithecus verreauxi)”
Emily Rothwell, UC Davis – “Investigating the role of dopamine in monogamous pair bonds in titi monkeys (Callicebus cupreus)”
Kim Reuter, Temple University – “Habitat degradation and lemur-fruit tree mutualisms in Madagascar”

AWARDS FOR 2011

Caitlin Barale, Princeton University – “The effects of early life on male reproductive trajectories in wild geladas (Theropithecus gelada)”
David Samson, Indiana University – “Great ape sleep architecture: Using infra-red videography to generate sleep quotas in Pongo pygmaeus“
Pawel Fedurek, University of York – “Chorusing, call exchanges and social bonds in male chimpanzees”
Anita Stone, Eastern Michigan University – “Mating strategies and sexual selectionof squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) in eastern Amazonia”
Lisa O’Bryan, University of Minnesota – “Food-associated calling behavior in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Information pooling to improve collective patch departure decisions?”
Lydia Overbaugh, University of Texas at San Antonio – “Diet, ranging patterns and social behavior of lar gibbons at Huai Kha Khaeng, Thailand: Behavioral flexibility or phylogenetic constraints?”
Timothy Eppley, University of Hamburg – “Ecological flexibilityof the southern gentle lemur (Hapalemur meridionalis)in south-east Madagascar”
Lydia Hopper, Georgia State University – “Do chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) choose to exert control over their environment to maximize personal gain in comparison to their peers?”
Maria Blaszczyk, New York University – “Temperament and social niche specialization in vervet monkeys”

AWARDS FOR 2010

Fernando Campos, University of Calgary – “Dynamics of population growth by white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus, in a regenerating landscape” $1500
Lisa Danish, Rutgers University – “Alternative Mating Strategies of Male Olive Baboons, Papio hamadryas anubis” $1449
Ipek Kulahci, Princeton University – “”Information acquision and spread across social networks of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta)” $1500
Krista Milich, University of Illinois – “Forest Degradation and Reproductive Function in the Female Red Colobus Monkey (Procolobus rufomitratus) of Kibale National Park, Uganda” $1480
Guillaume Pages, University of Texas San Antonio – “A Nutritional and Mechanical Analysis of Fallback Foods in the Diet of the Sanje Mangabey (Cercocebus sanjei) in a Seasonal Environment, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania” $1450
Benjamin Ragen, University of California at Davis – “Opioid Modulation of Social Attachment and the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in a Monogamous Primate (Callicebus cupreus)” $1500
Vivek Venkataraman, Stony Brook University – “Mixed species associations between gelada baboons (Theropithecus gelada) and Ethiopian wolves (Canis simensis) on the Guassa Plateau, Northern Ethiopia” $1200
Jessica Walz, Ohio State University – “Assessing female mate choice according to male quality and conception probability in olive baboons (Papio anubis)” $1420
Anna Weyher, Washington University in St. Louis – “Behavior and Friendship in the Little-known Kinda Baboon” $1500

AWARDS FOR 2009

Elsa Addessi, CNR, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione (ISTC-CNR), Rome – “Intertemporal choices for primary and secondary rewards: how capuchin monkeys and humans discount time with food and tokens” $1475
Melanie Beuerlein, Yale University – “The Aging Male Chimpanzee: Investigating Changes in Reproductive Effort and Endocrine Physiology” $1500
Sharon Kessler, Arizona State University – “Using living mouse lemurs to model the origins of primate sociality: Do mouse lemurs use vocalizations as a mechanism for recognizing kin and forming social groups?” $1500
Marni LaFleur, University of Colorado Boulder – “Ecology of ringtailed lemurs (Lemur catta) at Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, Madagascar” $1500
Mark Laidre, Princeton University – “Testing tool-use abilities in mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx)” $1500
Amy Porter, University of California at Davis – “Effects of Ornate Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) Predation on Small-Bodied Primates in a Peruvian Rainforest” $1500
Luca Pozzi, New York University – “Molecular systematics and pattern of speciation in cryptic nocturnal primates (Genus galagoides) in eastern Africa.” $1494
Laurie Reitsema, The Ohio State University – “The Isotopic Meanings of Weaning: A New Method For Determining Age of Weaning Among Primates” $1500
Adam Smith, University of Nebraska at Omaha – “The role of oxytocin in the social regulation of stress reactivity in marmosets, Callithrix penicillata.” $750

AWARDS FOR 2008

Kira Delmore, University of Calgary – “Analysis of a brown lemur hybrid zone: What factors are involved in its maintenance?” $1500
Andrea Green, University of Montana – “Consequences of Color Vision Variation in Wild Tufted Capuchin Monkeys” $1424
Heather Hassel-Finnegan, Stony Brook University – “Mate Choice in the Siamang: Genetic Perspectives” $1410
Michael Jarcho, University of California, Davis – “Changes in gene expression and brain activity associated with parenthood in male titi monkeys (Callicebus cupreus)” $1500
Carolyn Kitzmann, University of California, Davis – “Assessing Vocal Change During Pair Bond Formation and Maintenance in a Monogamous Primate” $1500
Kathleen Klag, Iowa State University – “Functional Referents in the Vocal Repertoire of Bonobos (Pan paniscus)” $575
Catherine Markham, Princeton University – “Dynamic habitat partitioning among savanna baboon social groups: The role of group-level social dominance hierarchies” $750
Whitney Meno, University of California, Davis – “Ontogeny of Antipredator Behavior in Wild White-faced Capuchins” $1500
Adam Smith, University of Nebraska, Omaha – “Oxytocin and breeding marmosets: The effects of oxytocin on pair-bond formation, partner preference, and pair-bond maintenance” $750

AWARDS FOR 2007

Alice Elder, Stony Brook University – “Competition among three primate species at Way Canguk, Sumatra, Indonesia.” $1500
Andrea Gibson, University of Zurich – “Cognitive and Cultural Aspects of Nest Building in Wild Orangutans.” $1500
Brian Kelly, University of Massachusetts at Amherst – “Using 2-D and 3-D Symbols: Complex Mental Representation in Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta).” $1010
Jennifer Pokorny Emory University – “Social categorization in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella).” $870
Andrew Ritchie University of California at Berkeley – “The foraging ecology of Chiropotes satanas chiropotes with respect to forest chemistry.” $1500
Erin Sullivan University of California at Davis – “Development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta).” $1500
Jenny Tung Duke University – “The effect of social and environmental variation in early life on adult immune function in wild baboons.” $1500
Eva Wikberg University of Calgary – “Relationships, Relatedness, and Residency Patterns in Female Colobus vellerosus.” $1500

AWARDS FOR 2006

Luisa Arnedo – “Variation and Social Function of Neigh Vocalizations in Northern Muriquis (Brachyteles hypoxanthus)” $1380
Fernando Campos – “Olfactory signaling, urine washing, and urinary hormone profiles of white-faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus.” $1500
Rebecca Chancellor – “Within-Group Relatedness and Kinship Bias in Female Gray-Cheeked Mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena) in Kibale National Park” $1500
Krista Fish – “The Community Ecology of Sympatric Nocturnal Primates and Bats: Understanding Niche Separation at the Blyde River Canyon, South Africa” $1274
Katherine Hinde – “Lactational Investment: Behavioral Care, Milk Production, and Infant Outcomes in Rhesus Macaques” $1500
Kerry Ossi – “The juvenile balancing act: Survival, skill-learning and growth in Phayre’s leaf monkeys” $1500
Nicole Rafferty – “Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Primate-Plant Interactions: from Pollination to Seed Dispersal” $1445
Bernardo Urbani – “Spatial Mapping and Foraging Strategies of White-faced Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus capucinus) in a Tropical Rainforest: Insights from Natural and Experimental Field Approaches.” $1450

AWARDS FOR 2005

Laura Bidner – “Predator-prey interactions between leopards (Panthera pardus) and chacma baboons (Papio ursinus)” $1500
Steffen Foerster – “Competitive regimes, social behavior, and stress physiology of mitis guenons.” $1500
Monique Fortunato – “Conflict management and dominance style in bonobos” $1500
Alison Grand – “The Assessment of Anxious Behavior and HPA Axis Function of Juvenile Rhesus Macaques(Macaca mulatta) Exposed to Infant Maternal Maltreatment” $1500
Silvana Peker – “Relationship among habitat fragmentation, allogrooming patterns, and ectoparasite loads in the black and gold howler monkey (Alouatta caraya)” $1450
Amy Pokempner – “The Effects of Sex Differences and Seasonality on the Feeding Ecology of Chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, Uganda” $1500
Kevin Potts – “Comparative Ecology of Two Chimpanzee Communities in Kibale National Park, Uganda” $1500
Julienne Rutherford – “Litter size effects on placental microstructure and function in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)” $1479
Leslie Seltzer – “Response of the Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) to Positive and Negative Social Stimuli, as Measured by a Novel Urinary Assay for Oxytocin” $1500
Tamaini Snaith – “Food Competition and Ecological Determinants of Group Size and Biomass in Red Colobus” $1500
Julie Teichroeb – “Reproductive strategies, male-quality, and group composition in Colobus vellerosus in central Ghana” $1500

AWARDS FOR 2004

Amanda Melin – “Effects of color vision phenotype on foraging behavior of white-faced capuchin monkeys” $1500
Amy Lu – “Costs & Benefits of Rank Within an Individualistic Hierarchy: A Study on Phayreís Leaf Monkeys (Trachypithecus obscurus phayrei)” $1410
Nicole Maninger – “Immune and Endocrine Responses to Housing Relocation in Adult Male Rhesus Macaques” $1500
Brandon Wheeler – “The deceptive use of alarm calls by wild tufted capuchins (Cebus apella) in northeastern Argentina” $1500
Tamara Wenstein – “Juvenile Rhesus Macaque Affiliative Partner Preferences: Temperament, Development, and Stability” $1500
Jessica Whitham – “The Quiet Calls of Rhesus Macaques” $1500
Jennifer Siani – “Parent-Offspring Conflict in Wild Golden Tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia)” $1500
Meg Crofoot – “Ecology and Intergroup Competition in Cebus capucinus” $1500
Lisa Conley – “Establishment of a Non-Human Primate Ovarian Culture System to Study Effects of Dioxin Exposure on Sex Steroid Production” $1500
Kerry Ossi – “Training for adulthood in a female-dispersal species (Trachypithecus phayrei)” $1500
Alain Houle – “Within-tree fruit quality variation and trade-off between food, contest competition and foraging efficiency among chimpanzees, Kibale National Park, Uganda” $1500
Ted Evans – “Touch-screen mediated symbolic tool requests by capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)” $581
Susan Longest – “The Effects of Varied Social Structure on Sperm Competition, Alloparental Care, and Infant Mortality in Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs” $1500
Meredith Bastian – “The Effects of Geography and Genetic Distance on Cultural Variation in Wild Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii)” $1500
Eileen Larney – “Blood or barter: Infant handling in a female dispersal species, Trachypithecus phayrei” $1435

AWARDS FOR 2003

Jen Le Clair – “Consortships, coalitions, and Following Behavior in Male Olive Baboons” $1500
Michael Muehlenbein – “Physiological Associations with Intestinal Parasitemia in Chimpanzees at Kibale, Uganda” $1330
Anne Fowler – “Vocal Similarity as a Kin Recognition Mechanism” $1110
Martin Kowalewski – “Patterns of Subgrouping and Social Affinity in Howler Monkeys: Evidence of Co-operative Strategies Among Unrelated Adult Group Members” $1450
Stacey Tecot – “The Influence of Ecology on Fecal Cortisol Profiles in Red-Bellied Lemurs (Eulemur rubriventer) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar” $1490
Jennifer D. Cooper – “Population structure, genetic diversity, and barriers to gene flow in the western lowland gorilla” $1500
Elizabeth Balko – “Correlating specific vocalizations to matrilines in Varecia variegata” $1460
Anna Dudek – “Vocal communication in western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) and mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei)” $1500

AWARDS FOR 2002

Corinna Ross – “Genetic chimerism in marmosets”
Hogan Sherrow – “Adolescent male-chimpanzee behavior at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda”
Hsiu-Hui, Su – “Intragroup female-female feeding competition in the Taiwanese macaques (Macaca cyclopis) at Fushan Forest, Taiwan”
Kristin Abbot – “MHC diversity, immune response and reproductive success in a brightly colored primate (Mandrillus sphinx)”
Erin Kinnally – “Serotonin function in marmosets: Validation of a novel, non-invasive measurement technique”
Thomas Junek – “Ecology and social behavior of aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) in human-altered habitat of Eastern Madagascar”
Jennifer Weghorst – “Fission-fusion dynamics in a large group of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi panamensis)”
Simeon Reader – “The cognitive processes underlying social learning in primates: Are novel mechanisms involved?”

AWARDS FOR 2001

John D. Ruys – “The role of genetic differences in the regulation of central monoamine function and personality in rhesus macaques” $1500
Anita Stone – “Feeding ecology of juvenile squirrel monkeys: Cause or consequence of prolonged development” $1500
Lisa Jones-Engle – “Human-to-primate disease transmission in Indonesia” $1500
Julie A. Heller – “Fatty acid profiles of wild chimpanzee and orang-utan foods as determined by gas-liquid chromatography: Laboratory training” $1500
Sarah D. Carnegie – “Endocrine and behavioral interrelationships: Reproductive behavior in male and female white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus)” $1500
Stanislav Lhota – “Role of female choice for regulation of infanticide in Hanuman langurs” $1500

AWARDS FOR 2000

Stephanie Gibeault: “A study of vocal communication in western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) at Mbeli Bai, Congo”
Samantha Hens: “A three-dimensional approach to growth and sexual dimorphism in orangutan crania”
Michelle Hook: “Eye preferences in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)”
Paul Park: “How does the primate brain evolve? Exploring the hypothesis of developmental constraint through volumetric and synaptic changes in the brain of the olive baboon, Papio hamadryas anubis“
Steven Schapiro: “Social control and immunological responses in pair housed rhesus macaques”
Angela Van Rooy: “Sexual swellings and male mate choice in olive baboons (Papio cynocephalus anubis)”

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