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The NGS/Waitt Grant Program has funded over 70 projects in its first year. Our grantees are conducting research in the following sciences around the world:
Boubli, Jean Philippe
Primate Biodiversity in the Brazilian Pantepui: In Search of New Species
Brazil
DeGusta, David
Human Origins: Fossils and Stone Tools in the Southern Weyto Jungle, Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Keogh, Eamonn J.
Understanding the Evolution of Petroglyphs through Space and Time
United States
Sherrow, Hogan M.
Wild Chimpanzee Behavioral Ecology at Kansara, Kibale National Park, Uganda
Uganda
Simons, Elwyn L.
Exploration for Giant Lemur and Associated Subfossils in Cave Sites on the Mikoboka Plateau, SW Madagascar
Madagascar
Vasey, Natalie
Nesting of Young in Red Variegated Lemurs (Varecia rubra) of the Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar
Madagascar
Beeker, Charles D.
Remote Sensing Survey for Nuestra Señora de Begoña: A Lost 18th Century Spanish Merchant Ship
Dominican Republic
Canuto, Marcello A.
Preliminary Archaeological Investigation of El Achiotal: A Preclassic Lowland Maya Site in Western Petén
Guatemala
Cline, Eric H.
Emergency Excavation of Possible Royal Canaanite Tombs at Tel Kabri, Israel
Israel
Creasman, Pearce Paul
Search for the Lost Ships of a Pharaoh: A Geophysical Survey at the Pyramid Complex of Senwosret III
Egypt
Garrison, Thomas G.
Remote Sensing the Ancient Maya landscape
Guatemala
Geurds, Alexander
Charting the Past of Central Nicaragua: A Reconnaissance of the Amerrisque Mountains
Nicaragua
Gusick, Amy E.
Mal de Mer no Mas: Searching for Early Underwater Sites in the Sea of Cortez
Mexico
Hiebert, Fredrik T.
Lake Issyk Kul Underwater Archaeology Reconnaissance
Kyrgyzstan
Horlings, Rachel L.
Micro-Sampling and Remote Sensing: Better Understandings of Historic Shipwrecks in Central Coastal Ghana
Ghana
Hutson, Scott R.
Ancient Maya Political and Economic Transformations: Settlement Survey of the Ucí Inter-Site Causeway, Yucatan, Mexico
Mexico
Knabb, Kyle A.
Wadi Feid Expedition
Jordan
Lin, Albert Yu-min
The Valley of the Khans Project
Mongolia
Magnoni, Aline
Understanding Chichen Itza's Polity: Archaeological Investigations at X'telhu, Yucatan, Mexico
Mexico
Martin, Scott W. J.
The Mesolithic Fisher-Gatherer-Hunters of Northwestern Ireland
United Kingdom and Ireland
Myers, Adrian T.
Canadian National Parks Internment Camp Archaeology Project
Canada
Negus Cleary, Michelle L.
Remote Sensing Survey of Kazakly-Yatkan Site, Uzbekistan: Urban Settlement, Fortified Refuge or Sacred Center?
Uzbekistan
Pimentel, Gonzalo
The Atacama Geoglyph Project
Chile
Pollack, John C.
Exploring the Ghost Ship of the Yukon: The A.J. Goddard
Canada
Richards, Nathan T.
Wrecks and Wrecking in St. Georges Island, Bermuda: An Archaeology and History of Economic Opportunism
Bermuda
Sasaki, Randall J
The Mongol Invasion of Vietnam: Revealing the Secret of the Battle of Bach Dang
Vietnam
Scherer, Andrew K.
In the Footsteps of Teobert Maler: Rediscovery of Ancient Maya Sites in the Central Portion of the Usumacinta Valley
Mexico
Schwarz, George R.
Reconstructing the Steamboat Phoenix
United States
Shea, John
Later Stone Age Hunter-Gatherers and Herders in West Turkana, Kenya: 2008 Field Survey
Kenya
Smyth, Michael P.
The Beginnings of Complex Society in the Puuc Region: Archaeological Survey and Excavation at Xcoch, Yucatan, Mexico.
Mexico
Sullivan, Alan P.
Determining the Regional Extent of Aboriginal Occupation with High-Resolution Satellite-Based Predictive Models
United States
Vigliani, Silvina A.
Spiritual Paintings and Liminal places between Comca'ac
Mexico
Wickham-Jones, Caroline R.
Drowned Stone Age Settlement of the Bay of Firth, Orkney, Scotland
United Kingdom
Barham, Peter
3D Video Biometric Passports for Animals
South Africa
Bichain, Jean-Michel
Win-Timdouine 2008
Morocco
Clark, Rulon W.
Understanding Predator-Prey Signaling Interactions: The Dynamics of Antisnake Displays in Ground Squirrels and Kangaroo Rats
United States
Curran, Michael P.
Biodiversity Monitoring of the Bats (Order Chiroptera) in the Montane Ecosystems of Southeastern Africa
Mozambique and Malawi
Dabek, Lisa F.
Tree Kangaroo Canopy Behavior
Papua New Guinea
Dalerum, Fredrik
Ecological Effects of Lions in the Lapalala Wilderness Area
South Africa
Funk, W. Chris
Uncovering Cryptic Species of Amazonian Rainforest Frogs
Ecuador
Galindo-Cardona, Alberto
Use of Remote Sensors to Detect Drone Congregation Areas of Apis mellifera in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Greeney, Harold F.
Breeding Biology of Antpittas (Formicariidae) in the Ecuadorian Andes.
Ecuador
Hirsch, Ben T.
Seeing and Smelling the Enemy through the Trees: Predator-Prey Interactions in a Tropical Forest
Panama
Jensen, Olaf P.
Can Climate and Land-Use Change Drive Biotic Homogenization of Fish Communities in a Large, Deep, Pristine, Lake?
Mongolia
Kafley, Hemanta
Evaluation of Tiger Corridors: Habitat Occupancy by Tiger Prey Species across Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) of Nepal
Nepal
McEntee, Jay P.
Bird Song, Sexual Selection, and Sky Island Speciation in the Eastern Afromontane
Tanzania and Kenya
Pitman, Robert L.
A New Living Species of Whale at Palmyra Island?
Kiribati
Renner, Susanne S.
Finding and Bringing into Cultivation the Closest Relatives of Cucumber, Cucumis sativus (Cucurbitaceae)
Australian Territories, Thailand, India, and Vietnam
Shaw, Allison K.
Christmas Island Red Crabs: A Model Migratory System
Australian Islands
Solari, Sergio
Taxonomic and Ecological Diversity of Mammals within Parque Nacional "Los Katios," Northwestern Colombia
Colombia
Terborgh, John W.
Role of Megafauna in Forest Dynamics
Gabon
Thorbjarnarson, John B.
Reproductive Dynamics of the Black Caiman in the Brazilian Amazon
Brazil
Trujillo Gonzalez, Fernando
Estimation of Abundance of the River Dolphins Inia geoffrensis and Sotalia fluviatilis in Two Main Rivers of Peru and Brazil: A Program for Aquatic Ecosystems Conservation
Brazil and Peru
Tse, Peter U.
Camera-Trapping in the Most Remote Valley of the Barisan range of Sumatra
Indonesia
Wangchuk, Tshewang R.
Snow Leopard Population Status and its Relation to Livestock Predation in Bhutan, and Population Connectivity across its Global Range
Bhutan
Weir, Jason T.
Rates of Vocal and Plumage Evolution across a Latitudinal Gradient
Peru and Canada
Whitney, Nicholas M.
The Use of Acceleration Data Loggers to Quantify Shark Mating Behaviors, Sexual Selection, and Mating Systems.
United States
Yorzinski, Jessica L.
Through the Eyes of Females: Individual Mating Preferences and Multiple Male Traits
United States
Byers, Alton C.
The Threat from Above: A Reconnaissance of New and Dangerous Glacial Lakes in the Mt. Everest and Makalu-Barun National Parks, Nepal
Nepal
Kochel, Craig
Impact of Arctic Warming and Deglaciation on Periglacial Processes and Landform Evolution in Alpine Escarpments
United States
Carmody, Padraig R.
The Geography of Asian Manufacturing in Africa: The Zambian Case
Zambia
Gardiner, Edward P
Eco-Hydrologic Mapping in the Lower Congo River
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Suarez, Luis F.
Biomass Burning and Air Pollution in Southern Amazon of Peru
Peru
Acevedo, Rogelio D.
Exploration, Mapping, and Petrological and Geochemical Sampling on the Bajada del Diablo Impact Strewn Field, Central Patagonia, Argentina.
Argentina
Ferriere, Ludovic
Expedition to a Probable Meteorite Impact Structure in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Meacham, Samuel Standish
Ox Bel Ha/Sian Ka'an Water Protection Project
Mexico
Cobb, Kim M.
Fingerprinting Climate Change in Tropical Pacific Corals: An Expedition to the Southern Line Islands
Kiribati
Goswami, Anjali
High Arctic Faunal Response to Rapid Climate Change in the Palaeogene
Norway
Hlusko, Leslea J.
Survey for New Paleoanthropological Sites in Tanzania
Tanzania
Li, Qiang
Reconnaissance for Fossil Vertebrates in the Zanda Basin, Southwestern Tibetan Plateau
China
Rivera, Mario A.
Las Rojas, A Mastodon Site in Northern Chile.
Chile
Zalmout, Iyad S. A.
Eocene Whales and Sea Cows of Siwa Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt
Egypt
