Research Grants

The ENHG Research and Conservation Fund

• Each year the group sets aside money in the form of a fund to support research and conservation efforts in the fields of natural history and archaeology in the UAE. 
• The fund is open to members and non-members and awards are made at the discretion of the committee.  
• A list of recent grantees is provided below.
• A link to the Applicant Guidelines document is provided below.
• A link to an application form is provided below.  Please complete the form and provide to any member of the ENHG committee. 

ENHG Conservation and Research Grantees

 

2016

Dr. Ada Natoli

Support for a research project called ‘Dolphin Survey along Saadiyat coastline’, which is part of the UAE Dolphin Project. The Grant contributed to the purchase of basic equipment to enable a research survey of the dolphins frequenting Saadiyat Beach, as well as the printing of material for a public awareness campaign and volunteer training.

For further information: http://www.uaedolphinproject.org/

2015

Joe Monks

Support for ‘Bee Community Structure in the Hajar Mountains, Oman: The Role of Altitude and Pollination Networks,’ which aimed to understand the process that determines the distribution of bees (Apoidea as a whole) along the entire elevational gradient in the Hajars from sea level to the highest point. This was the first study of bees that has recorded their complete distribution within an arid mountain ecosystem. The grant contributed to food and equipment for a one-month stay in Oman.

 

2014

Rima Jabado

Support for an initiative as part of the Gulf Elasmo Project, called ‘Your eyes on Elasmos: A Citizen Science Initiative’. The Grant contributed towards running the project website, creating leaflets, posters, and shark/ray identification sheets, as well as travel and accommodation costs when undertaking workshops in Sir Bani Yas, Dibba and Fujeirah.

Rima also received a grant in 2011, which contributed to dart tags and longline fishing equipment for a mark-recapture study of shark stocks, parallel to fish market surveys.

For further information: www.gulfelasmoproject.com

2013

Professor Adrian Parker

Support for the study of Optical Stimulated Luminescence analysis of old lake sediment samples to Establish a chronology for Late Holocene climate and environmental change from Mleiha, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

For further information on Professor Parker and his work: http://www.palaeodeserts.com/?page_id=1252

2012

Dr. Brigitte Howarth

Purchase and shipping of a fire proof, pest proof and water proof cabinet, for curation of Joint Al Ain and Abu Dhabi Arthropod Collection

 

David Stanton

On behalf of the Foundation for the Protection of the Arabian Leopard in Yemen, the grant supported jarge Mammal Monitoring in the Hawf Protected Area, Al Mahrah, Eastern Yemen.

This was the third ENHG grant to FPALY (This one also included FEW – Foundation for Endangered Wildlife – allied with FPALY).

 

Prof Peter Campbell and Prof Hans Peter Uerpmann

A study of the herding and ranging behaviours of Arabia’s early domesticated dromedaries through Strontium Isotope and Oxygen Isotope analysis of the tooth of an Iron Age domesticated camel from Muwailah, Sharjah.

 

2011

Dr. Eric Henderson, Dr. Rima Jabado, et al

A phylogenetic assessment of batoids (rays and guitarfish) from the south eastern Arabian Peninsula. Grant awarded for consumables and DNA sequencing.

Dr. Rima Jabado

A mark-recapture study of shark stocks, parallel to fish market surveys. Grant awarded for dart tags and longline fishing equipment.

Foundation for the Protection of the Arabian Leopard in Yemen

Further training in Oman for two additional Yemeni conservationists and a series of conservation workshops for locals in six separate sites in leopard territory in Yemen.

David Robinson

Deployment of a tag on a female whale shark in Qatar waters to collect important data for ongoing research by PhD candidate David Robinson.

Laurence Garey

A search of UK-based archives to clarify the circumstances of the RAF Wellington crash at Dhadnah (1943).

 

2010

Oscar Campbell with Neil Tovey and Ahmed Al Ali

A breeding population census of the endangered Khor Kalba Collared Kingfisher.

2009

Foundation for the Protection of the Arabian Leopard in Yemen

Support for one week workshop in leopard conservation at conservation center in Dhofar, Oman for seven Yemeni volunteers.

Sabrina Righetti

Grant to enable French archaeology student to travel to the National Museum of Ra's al-Khaimah to study its collection of Wadi Suq material.