Nine grants and scholarships secured across career to date, totalling approximately £215,000 in research funding, fellowships and awards.
Major Awards
~£200,000
UKRI Welsh Graduate Scholarship in Social Sciences
ESRC-WGSSS Collaborative PhD Award. Bangor University, 2024 to 2028. Full stipend and fees for doctoral research in environmental psychology, plus research training support grant. Awarded by the Welsh Graduate School for Social Sciences.
~£4,000
Global Darwin Leader Award
Darwin 200 Initiative, Netherlands, 2023. Competitive international conservation leadership award. Funded participation in the Refauna howler monkey reintroduction project, Rio de Janeiro. Darwin 200 profile.
Scholarships
£5,000
Joseph Lister Scholarship for Academic Excellence
University of Glasgow, 2022 to 2023. Awarded for outstanding academic performance at entry to MSc Research in Ecology and Environmental Biology.
~£5,000
Resident Research Student Funding
Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment, University of Glasgow, 2023. Supported residential field research at the Scottish Centre for nest box ecology project.
~£2,000
Masters' Project Grant
University of Glasgow, 2022 to 2023. Research expenses grant for MRes dissertation project on nest materials and blue tit breeding success.
Smaller Grants and Bursaries
£1,000
Bangor City Council Bursary
Bangor City Council, 2025. Awarded in support of community-facing research activities and science communication in North Wales.
£1,000+
M-SParc Match Funding
Menai Science Park, Bangor. Match funding award in support of research activities and equipment at Bangor University.
$400 USD
Raven Pro Audio Mini-Grant
Cornell University Lab of Ornithology. Software licence grant for passive acoustic monitoring and analysis using Raven Pro in soundscape ecology research.
£100
Small Grant for Behaviour Research
Animal Behaviour Collective. Small research grant supporting pilot work in animal behaviour methodology.