IPS Awards and Grantees

IPS awards grants in several categories: conservation, education and outreach, research, and captive care. Grants are usually awarded to individuals. Check out some of the fantastic primate research and conservation projects from our grantees here. For a full record of recent awards scroll to the bottom of the page:

Grantee Spotlight

2025 IPS Conservation Grants awardees

Atikul Mithu	Bangladesh	Population status and conservation challenges of Western Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) in Atora Hill Reserve Forest, Northeastern Bangladesh
Sebastián García Restrepo	Columbia	Empowering local communities through community-based primate monitoring. A Conservation Tool in the Colombian Amazon (Puerto Asís, Putumayo)
Julius Kizito	Uganda	Community members’ attitudes towards, perceptions and conservation education of Chlorocebus pygerythrus in Kalangala district (Ssese Islands), Uganda
Michael Bliss-Schryer	USA	Identifying lemur biodiversity in lowland rainforest fragments in Madagascar
Toussaint Rabary	Madagascar	Enhancing conservation of Varecia variegata editorum by investigating natural forest health related to seed dispersal and deforestation and by conducting reforestation in Ihofa, Madagascar
Vanishree Naik	India	Bridging the Urban Jungle: Rethinking the management of the Human-Bonnet Macaque Interface in Mumbai, India
Bradley Christin	USA	Seasonal Variations in Primate and Wildlife Distribution: Implications for Hunting Pressure in the Republic of the Congo
James Blacklock	UK	Assessing the occupancy of Costa Rican monkeys in reforesting areas and the conservation potential of different reforestation strategies with different prior land uses

2024 IPS Conservation Grants awardees

Bradly Christin		Primate density and hunting along a critical ecotone in the northern Republic of the Congo
Dessalegn Obsi Gemeda		How does forest loss and degradation aggravate human- grivet monkey interactions in south-western Ethiopia?
Emilee N. Hart		Validation of a novel field-friendly stress checker to measure fecal glucocorticoid metabolites in northern white-cheeked gibbons (Nomascus leucogenys)
Giovanna Reichert		Assessing Natural and Anthropogenic Barriers to Gene Flow of the Critically Endangered Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)
Isabela Normando Mascarenhas		Minimizing risks associated with the reintroduction of the buffy-tufted-ear marmoset (Callithrix aurita) in Atlantic Forest fragments in southeastern Brazil
Kris Sabbi		Pests to partners: Leveraging behavioral observation as a conservation tool at the intersection of chacma baboon socioecology and community-led forest restoration in Nature’s Valley, South Africa
Lucilla Citon		Surveillance of potentially zoonotic pathogens in black and gold howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in urban settlements in Northern Argentina
Mariana Mota		Demographic and Ecological Census of Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) and Central Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) in Mayombe National Park, Cabinda, Angola
Marsya Christyanti Sibarani		Comparing sampling methods to investigate the effect of habitat fragmentation to small ape populations in Sumatra, Indonesia

2020 IPS Conservation Grants awardees

Le An	Vietnam	Conservation critically endangered Delacour’s langur (Trachypithecus delacouri) in Kim Bang forest, Ha Nam province, Vietnam
Filipe Silva	Brazil	Conservation of Novaes’ Bald-headed Uakari, Cacajao calvus novaesi, Amazon rainforest, Brazil
Elida Gamero	Venezuela	Genetic, taxonomy and conservation of the Critically-Endangered Magarita capuchin (Sapajus apella margaritae) endemic to Isla de Largarita in Venezuela
Victoria Martinex de Zorzi	Argentina	The black-horned capuchin (Sapajus nigritus) in Misiones, Argentina: a model to understand how habitat fragmentation affects population genetics
Tarik Kabir	Bangladesh	Ecological and behavioural adaptations of the Western Hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) to fragmented and degraded habitats in Bangladesh

2019 IPS Conservation Grants awardees

Yeissy Sarmiento	Peru	Field surveys and environmental education for sustainable protected area management for the Yellow Tailed Woolly monkey and Peruvian Night monkey
Egbe Kedjuanji	Cameroon	Status of the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee and other endangered primates and the dynamics of bushmeat hunting in the Ebo forest, Littoral Region, Cameroon
Nicolas Ramos-Lara	Mexico	Behavior and physiological stress of Mexican howler monkeys in four sites with different levels of human interaction: effects of ecotourism and cacao agroecosystems
Isabella Santarsieri	UK	How behavioural, physiological and environmental factors affect the likelihood of electrocutions?
Anne-Sophie Crunchant	UK	Calling from bed: localization of chimpanzee nests from passive acoustic monitoring
Susan Sheward	UK	Patrol and fire-fighting teams to protect and conserve the Sabangau Forest, home to the world’s largest orangutan population
Deogratias Tuyisingize	Rwanda	Conservation ecology of the golden monkey (Cercopithecus mitis spp kandti) and their habitats in Rwanda

2018 IPS Conservation Grants awardees

Richard Busobozi	Uganda	Conservation to coexist: Participatory action research for primate conservation and community development
Mohamed Kibaja	Tanzania	Conservation of the Endangered Ashy red colobus monkey (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) in the Ufipa escarpment, south western Tanzania.
Elida Gamero	Venezuela	Genetic bases for the conservation of the critically-endangered Margarita Capuchin
Wendy Erb	USA	Population monitoring of endangered gibbons and orangutans to support protection of a threatened Bornean landscape
Dereje Yazezew	Ethiopia	The conservation status of Theropithecus gelada in Ethiopian highlands is not ‘least concern’ but ‘data deficient’: first population assessment in two different unprotected areas as an initial step to start filling the gap
Cristian Paddock	UK	Population genomics and the viability of the Sanje Mangabey in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
Pedro Mendez-Carvajal	Panama	Natural behaviour and conservation of Aotus zonalis in fragmented habitats, Cocle, Republic of Panama

2017 IPS Conservation Grants awardees

*Chloe Chen-Kraus	USA	Assessing anthropogenic impacts on endangered Verreaux’s sifaka and prospects for human-lemur coexistence in southwestern Madagascar
Rami Ota	Benin	Ranging and feeding behavior of the mixed-species group of the last remaining white-thighed colobus (Colobus vellerosus) and the mona monkey (Cercopithecus mona) in Kikélé Sacred Forest and surveys of nearby community forests in the Republic of Benin (CCI).
Paul Tehoda	Ghana	Status and conservation of the Critically Endangered western chimpanzee in Southwestern Ghana (CCI).
Pedro Perez	Peru	Investigation of genetic diversity of pygmy marmosets (Cebuella) in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Nestor Allgas	Peru	Primate Census at “La Jungla de los Monos” reserve, El Tambo, San Martin, Peru (CCI).
Ryan Satria	Indonesia	Conservation of Floristic Habitat for Javan Slow Loris (Nycticebus javanicus) in Kemuning Forest.
Jose Lopez Cruz	Honduras	Spatial distribution of the mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) in relation to the vegetal structure.

*2017 Alison Jolly Lemur Conservation Grant winner

2016 IPS Conservation Grants awardees

Daniel Alempijevic	USA	A population assessment of the critically endangered Dryad monkey (Cercopithecus dryas) in the Balanda Community Forest of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Parthankar Choudhury	India	Status survey and Conservation needs of Primates in the Inner Line Reserve forest, Cachar, Assam, India
Allie Hofner	UK	Preuss’s red colobus Procolobus pennantii preussi density and significance in northern Korup National Park: A multifaceted approach to understanding arboreal primate abundance and local perceptions and livelihoods in a protected area.
Katharine Kling	USA	Testing time: Follow-up surveys of southeastern Malagasy rainforest fragments to assess long-term viability
Daniel Mwamidi	Kenya	Conservation of Roosting and Foraging Habitats for the Endemic Mountain Dwarf Galagos (Galagoides orinus) in Taita hills, Kenya
Petro Scarascia	Brazil	Conservation Program of the black lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus) in the Carlos Botelho State Park and its Buffer Zone
*Brandon Semel	USA	Climate Change, Coups, and Critically Endangered Species: First Aerial Drone Surveys of Madagascar’s Lemurs
Jaima Smith	UK	An examination and assessment of current conservation activities for Javan gibbons (Hylobates moloch) in West Java, Indonesia

*2016 Alison Jolly Lemur Conservation Grant winner

2018 Precongress Training Program participants

Charles Maingi	Kenya
Dorothy Kirumira	Uganda
Raimi Ota	Benin
Jacinto Mathe	Mozambique
Tran Dung	Vietnam
Bojun Liu	China
Thi Anh Minh Nguyen	Vietnam
Dinda Prayunita	Indonesia
Karolina Medeiros	Brazil
Mabel Sanchez	Peru
Jones Goncalves	Brazil
Lucia Torrez	Nicaragua

2016 Precongress Training Program participants

Bruce Ainebyona	Uganda
Nestor Allgas	Peru
Nguyen Thi Lan Anh	Vietnam
Swtha Stotra Bhashyan	India
Dwi Yandhi Febriyanti	Indonesia
Lisley Pereira Lemos Nogueria Gomes	Brazil
Karine Galisteo Diemer Lopes	Brazil
David Momoh	Sierra Leone
Samedi Mucyo	Rwanda
Toky Hery Rakotoarinivo	Madagascar
Natalia Fuentes Salcedo	Ecuador
Bui Van Tuan	Vietnam

Outcome of the 2025 Lawrence Jacobsen Education Development Grantees

Sebastian García Restrepo	Columbia	Empowering local communities through community-based primate monitoring. A Conservation Tool in the Colombian Amazon (Puerto Asís, Putumayo)
Camila Rezende Guimaraes	Brazil	2025 Course in Field Primatology of the Brazilian Society of Primatology
Rahmat Hidayat	Indonesia	Promoting the conservation of Yellow-handed Mitered Langur (Presbytis melalophos) through conservation education and public awareness in West Sumatra, Indonesia

Outcome of the 2024 Lawrence Jacobsen Education Development Grantees

Emily Otali	Uganda	Inspiring Future Ugandan Primate Conservationists through Career Days
Gabriela Rezende	Brazil	Teachers as sowers of the conservation of the black lion tamarin in southeast Brazil
Bishwanath Rijal	Nepal	A Conservation Education and Community Outreach Program for Safeguarding Primates and Promoting Human Health in Myagdi District, Nepal

Outcome of the 2024 Charles Southwick Conservation Education Commitment Award

Muhammad Nur

USA

TBC

Outcome of the 2020 Charles Southwick Conservation Education Commitment Award

Rahayu “Ayu” Oktaviani	Indonesia	Javan Gibbon Research and Conservation Project, Indonesia
Stanislaus Kivai	Kenya	Co-Director of the National Museums of Kenya Chyulu Hills Field school on Environment Ecology and Sustainability, Kenya

Outcome of the 2019 Charles Southwick Conservation Education Commitment Award

Jorge Damian Ayala Santacruz	Paraguay	Educator of Fundación Para La Tierra, Paraguay
Rose Marie Randrianarison	Madagascar	Research and Training Manager, and Scientific Advisor of Maromizaha Proected Area, Madagascar

Outcome of the 2017 Charles Southwick Conservation Education Commitment Award

Bishwanath Rijal	Nepal	Primate Conservationist and Educator; secondary school biology teacher in Kathmandu, Nepal
Bruce Ainebyona	Uganda	Education Officer for North Carolina Zoo’s UNITE for the Environment program based in Uganda
Mukesh Chalise	Nepal	Associate Professor in the Central Dept. of Zoology at Tribhuvan University and President and Founder of the Nepal Biodiversity Research Society

Outcome of the 2020 Lawrence Jacobsen Education Development Grantees

Rebecca Smith	Paraguay	Participatory Education for Primate Conservation in Paraguay, the Forgotten Heart of South America
Victoria Nunes	Brazil	Media, photo and video exhibition as a tool to combat Capuchin monkey illegal housekeeping and trade in rural communities of Northeastern Brazil

Outcome of the 2019 Lawrence Jacobsen Education Development Grantees

Rahayu Oktaviani	Indonesia	Communicating Research Findings into Classroom to Raise Awareness on Endangered Javan Gibbon (Hylobates moloch)
Bishwanath Rijal	Nepal	Producing a primate field guide to mitigate human-nonhuman primate conflict in Nepal
Rose Marie Randrianarison	Madagascar/France	My First Lemur Conservation Book – The forest of the Dragon Trees

Outcome of the 2017 Lawrence Jacobsen Education Development Grantees

Rosamira Guillen	Colombia	Keeping the Wild in Wildlife: Discouraging the Use of Cotton-Top Tamarins as Pets in Northern Colombia
Kathy Kelly	South Africa	Baboon Matters Namaqualand Farm Project
Genevieve Crisford	Malawi	LWT Primate Conservation Learning Facility
Greg Tully	USA	Cameroon National Conservation Education Program
Elysée Rasoamanana	Madagascar	Raising Awareness for the Conservation of Lemur Catta in the Surrounding Area of Mangily, Madagascar

Outcome of the 2016 Charles Southwick Conservation Education Commitment Award

Herman Syahputra

Sumatra

Conservation Educator, Orang Utan Republik Foundation

Outcome of the 2018 Lawrence Jacobsen Education Development Grantees

Sonya Kahlenberg	USA	Producation of an informative poster for awareness raising and conservation education on newly created Kimbi-Fungom National Park
Tatiana Valença	Brazil	Protecting monkeys as a way of combating Yellow Fever
Karina Atkinson	Paraguay	Training Paraguayan “Parabiologists” and future “Eco-Leaders” to save Paraguay’s primates
Liyong Emmanuel Sama	Cameroon	Production of an informative poster for awarness raising and conservation education on newly created Kimbi-Fungom National Park

Outcome of the 2016 Lawrence Jacobsen Education Development Grantees

Thierry Inzirayineza	Rwanda	Using debate as a tool to increase young people awareness about the importance of primate conservation around Gishwati National Park, Rwanda
Nick Marx	Cambodia	Primate Conservation Centre at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre
Rebecca Smith	Paraguay	Paraguay’s Little Monkeys: Inspiring Primate Conservation Heroes and Tackling Paraguy’s Primate Pet Trade
Gary Shapiro	Sumatra	MECU6: Orang Utan Republik Foundation (OURF)’s Mobile Education & Conservation Unit, Year 6

Outcome of the 2025 Research grant awards

Verónica Torres-Solorzano	Mexico	Energetic trade-offs between immunity and reproduction in mantled howler monkey females
Claire Kirchhoff	USA	Gombe baboons from birth to bones
Valentin Zarate	Argentina	Living among Gaps: Movement Ecology and Conservation of Black Capuchins in Intensively Harvested Forests
Joelle Hass	Canada	Visual Adaptation and the Gut-Eye Axis in Rhesus Macaques
Nelle Kulick	USA, Poland	Navigating ecological extremes: Behavioral and physiological flexibility in wild white-faced capuchins
Adela Cebeiro	Spain	Monkey See, Monkey Crack? Invesitgating Learning Strategies in Primate Nut-Cracking
Nicholas Chapoy	USA, Denmark	Ranked-based differences of vocal communication in male white-faced capuchins (Cebus imitator)
Katilyn Gerstner	USA	Assessing the Impacts of Seasonality and Anthropogenic Exposure on the Gut Microbiomes of Savanna Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in Senegal
Maggie Hoffman	USA	Behavioral impact of variable terrain across wild chimpanzee populations
Sofia Weaver	USA	Investigating the role of the gut microbiome in high-altitude adaptation of Peruvian woolly monkeys (Lagothrix spp.)
Julien Digiovanni	France	Cultural mechanisms in the evolution of complex tool behaviors in central chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes)
Edward Zamora	USA	Function and Flexibility of Loud Calls in Colobus vellerosus
Bright Yeboah	Ghana	Foraging and Risk Avoidance Behavior of Cercopithecus lowei in a Human-dominated Landscape at the Boabend-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary in Central Ghana

Outcome of the 2024 Research grant awards

Dishari Dasgupta	India	Exploring intentional gestural communication in free-ranging Hanuman langurs in India
Riley Derby	USA	Social relationships and integration in adolescent mountain gorillas
Chloé Gherardi	USA	You can’t have it all: variation in fiber digestibility in wild lemurs and interactions with the gut microbiome
Locadia Dzingwena	South Africa	Reproductive phenology variation of chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) in southern African biomes: a camera trap approach
Deyatima Ghosh	India	Close to humans: personality differences in rhesus macaques in response to human interactions in a tropical forest in India
Kale Hawks	USA	Variation in age at puberty, social behavior, and dispersal in male olive baboons (Papio anubis)
Nadine Hussein	Canada	The nutritional ecology of mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in Costa Rica
Mariana Matos	USA	Intersecting human and non-human primate space use with the cross-species transmission of gastrointestinal parasites in a human-modified landscape, in Northern Madagascar
Kaylie McNeil	USA	Metabolic adaptation and reproductive outcomes in wild female lowland woolly monkeys
Alice Michel	USA	Long-distance communication in gorillas
Eric Ndayishimiye	UK	Physiological response to social stressors and the fitness consequences in adult male mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei)
Sydney Self	USA	Dispersal patterns in a rapidly increasing population of Colobus vellerosus living in forest fragments

Outcome of the 2023 Research grant awards

Silvia Carboni	Canada	Exploring the interplay between olfaction and microbes in two sympatric species of wild Peruvian tamarins
Sebastian Garcia-Restrepo	Colombia	Unraveling the evolutionary relationships of capuchin monkeys in the northern Andean region of South America: use of integrative taxonomy in the study of Cebus spp. in Colombia
Florence Landry	Canada	Can infant morbidity and mortality be influenced by infant nutritional development? The case of wild olive baboons (Papio anubis)
Brynn Lowry	USA	Integrating field and satellite data for identifying high nutrient patches and inferring primate abundance
Virendra Mathur	Canada	Spatial cognition in colobine monkeys: movement patterns of Himalayan langur Semnopithecus schistaceus in a montane habitat
Abigail Morris	USA	Influence of vegetation composition on male and female gorilla dispersal and population genetic structure in Lac Tele
Jenna Owens	USA	Characterizing directional gene flow of three primate species at The Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Rina Vololonirina	Madagascar	Behavioral ecology of black and white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata) population in the Vohibe Forest, Vatomandry, Atsinanana Region
Lauren Wiseman-Jones	USA	The physiological and behavioral responses of Virunga mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei) to social and anthropogenic stressors
Eric Wuesthoff	USA	Exploring the influence of tropical forest regeneration on movement, diet, and seed dispersal in threatened lemurs in Maromizaha Protected Area, Madagascar

Outcome of the 2020 Research grant awards

Emily Glotfelty	USA	Behavioral responses to increased population density and reduced food abundance in Colobus vellerosus over a twenty-year period
Molly Hirst	USA	Sperm morphological variation in a natural primate hybrid zone (Alouatta palliata x A. pigra)
Abdullah Langgeng	Japan	Investigating the effects of Japanese macaque hot spring bathing behavior on parasitism and gut microbiome
Sara Lucci	USA	The relative effects of environmental conditions and parental identities on coat color development in Colobus vellerosus
Megan Mah	Canada	Multimodal fruit foraging and interspecific sensory variation in wild sympatric monkeys
Emily Nonnamaker	USA	Do microbes contribute to olfactory signals of ovulation in baboons?
Alicia Rich	USA	Variation in hormone receptor expression between two primate environments
Jack Richardson	USA	Sex differences and the role of social play in development of wild mountain gorillas
R. Gustav Steinhardt	USA	Space use and social influence in cooperatively breeding primates
Tessa Steiniche	USA	Endocrine effects of anthropogenic pollutants in wild primates

Outcome of the 2019 Research grant awards

Juliane Damm	Mexico	Do social interactions and social organization modulate the physiological stress response of wild Geoffroy’s spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)?
Allegra Depasquale	Canada	Are diet and nutrition of wild capuchins influenced by color vision type? A test of the niche divergence hypothesis
Philippa Hammond	UK	Remote monitoring of predation pressure and its effects on baboon demographics, ranging patterns and nocturnal behaviours
Katherine Kling	USA	Movement in the matrix: lemur space use and activity across anthropogenic landscapes in southeastern Madagascar
Louise Loyant	UK	Social tolerance and inhibitory control skills in macaque species
Meredith Lutz	USA	Behavioral mechanisms underlying seasonal social plasticity in three sympatric lemur species
Lais Moreira	Canada	A multi-modal approach to understanding sexual signaling in spider monkeys (Ateles geofforyi)
Corina Most	USA	Do differences in the social behavior of wild infant olive baboons (P. anubis) persist in the juvenile period?
Sylvain Nyandwi	USA	Wild chimpanzee genetic diversity, health and behavior in isolated fragments in Rwanda: population viability in isolated habitats
Tom Roth	Netherlands	Investigating cognitive biases for symmetry and sexual dimorphism in zoo-housed Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)

Outcome of the 2018 Research grant awards

Melanie Fenton	USA	Coercive and affiliative mating tactics in Olive Baboons (Papio anubis)
Thalita Sumampow	USA	Identifying cryptic species of tarsiers on North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Tainara Sobroza	Brazil	Sounds, cities and “Sauins”: the effect of acoustic environment in the pied tamarin (Saguinus bicolor) (Primates: Callitrichidae) communication behavior
Rachel Peterson	USA	Mechanisms of sperm perference in the female reproductive tract of a non-human primate
Sofya Dolotovskaya	Germany	Does social monogamy translate into genetic monogamy in red titi monkey (Callicebus cupreus)
Adam Pope	USA	Evaluating the kin selection hypothesis of cooperative infant care in tamarins (Leontocebus weddelli)
Sharmi Sen	USA	Examining the fitness consequences of male alternative male reproductive tactics in wild geladas
Helen Slater	UK	The importance of micro-climate refuges for primate responses to climate change and human disturbance
Eve A Smeltze	Canada	Consensus decision-making of vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) during group movements
Jayashree Mazumder	India	Tool-aided foraging behaviour by macaca fascicularis umbrosus of Nicobar islands

Outcome of the 2017 Research grant awards

Elizabeth Tapanes	USA	Diversity of pelage patterning and function in wild sifaka lemurs (Propithecus diadema) at the Tsinjoarivo Forest in Madagascar.
Benjamin Finkel	USA	Foraging Strategies of Old Chimpanzees (Uganda).
Erin Weigel	USA	The use of multiple play signals in captive immature western lowland gorillas
Chris Marsh	UK	The effects of forest degradation on arboreal apes within Sikundur, the Gunung Leuser Ecosystem, Northern Sumatra
Amanda Tan	USA	Using stable isotopes to measure the nutritional advantages of stone tool use in a primate model, the coastal stone-tool-using longtailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) of Thailand
Lucie Rigaill	Japan	Do male olive baboons (Papio anubis) attend to female odor signals?
Kelly van Leeuwen	UK	Habitat use at a landscape scale for savanna chimpanzees at Issa Valley, Ugalla, Tanzania
Elizabeth Mallott	USA	Do white-faced capuchins use preferred partners to mitigate foraging costs associated with color vision phenotypes? (Costa Rica)
Laura Abondano	USA	Mating strategies and reproductive endocrinology of female lowland woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha poeppigii): Implications for female mate choice in a promiscuous primate.

Outcome of the 2016 Research grant awards

Matthew De Vries	Canada	An exploration of intragroup variation in behaviour across habitat types during the dry season in Saguinus imperator
Susie Lee	USA	Role of androgens in the modulation of parental effort and protectiveness in female macaques
Rachel Sawyer	UK	Briding the gap between primate food selection and sensory ecology: how do nocturnal folivorous strepsirrhines determine food quality?
Mareike Janiak	USA	Adaptations for insectivory in digestive enzymes of new world primates
Gillian King-Bailey	USA	Androgens, cortisol, behavior, and food seasonality in wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) in Sector Santa Rosa, Área de Conservación de Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Brandon Wheeler	UK	Can nonhuman primates socially learn the meaning of signals? An experimental test with wild capuchin monkeys
Rachel Perlman	USA	The energetics of male reproductive strategies in geladas (Theropithecus gelada)
Ghislain Thiery	France	Uncovering food mechanical properties from the teeth of extant and extinct primates

Outcome of the 2025 Captive Care grant awards

Marina Kenyon	Vietnam	Rescued southern pygmy loris (Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus) from the illegal wildlife trade quarantine house repairs.
Guillermina Hernandez-Cruz	Mexico	Investigating the parasitological status of trafficked spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in Veracruz, Mexico

Outcome of the 2020 Captive Care grant awards

CARE	South Africa	Centre for Animal Rehabilitation and Education, renovation of baboon enclosures.
PASA	Gabon	Pan African Sanctuary Alliance: primate care training to the staff at the Fernan-Vaz Gorilla Project, Gabon

Outcome of the 2019 Captive Care grant awards

Macer Parton	Bolivia	Environmental enrichment for capuchin monkeys at Machia Sanctuary in Bolivia
Nicola Bryson-Morisson	UK	Understanding nutrition to improve the health and welfare of captive chimpanzees
Greg Tully	USA	Primate care training program
Sonya Kahlenberg	USA	Vegetation survey and toxic plant management for sanctuary Grauer’s gorillas in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Outcome of the 2018 Captive Care grant awards

Susannah Thorpe	UK	An enclosure design tool to encourage wild-type behavior and enhance welfare in sanctuary chimpanzees
Greg Tully	USA	Primate care training program for rescued primates at African wildlife centers
Sonya Kahlenberg	USA	Installing a water source to complete a new forest habitat for orphaned Grauer’s gorillas in Democratic Republic of Congo

Outcome of the 2025 EDEI Broadening Participation Grant: 32 awards, 14 countries.

Angela Maria Maldonado Rodriguez, Colombia; Elie Ramiarana, Madagascar; Deepika Boora, India; Paul Emil Mjema, Tanzania; Andrea Permana, UK; Peter Fundi, Kenya; Luja Guju, India; Florence Mariam Aghomo Fodjou, Cameroon; Lovasoa Razafindravony, Madagascar; Faramalala Francette Vololonirina, Madagascar; Nirina Colombe Sehenomalala, Madagascar; Marjan Maria Mon, Bangladesh; Maria Rolande Saozaft, Madagascar; Heriniaina Rio, Madagascar; Esperance Atemkeng Mamekui, Cameroon; Candidier Dimbiarijaonina, Madagascar; Tojonirina Fenonaina, Madagascar; Njato Raoelinjanakolona, Madagascar; Fahendrena Randriamanantena, Madagascar; Hassan Al Razi, Bangladesh; Karshita Bharati, India; Ashika Dhimal, Bhutan; Moses Kugonza, Uganda; Edgar, Rabevao, Madagascar; Riana Valery Ramanantsalama, Madagascar; Tony Muisyo Wambua, Kenya; William Padilha Lemes, Brazil; Pamela Beatriz Reyes Cabrera, Paraguay; Brian Sabanal, the Philippines; Caroina Mitre Ramos, Panama.