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To provide guidance on the kind of projects funded by the Harvard Travellers Club Permanent Fund, shown below is a list of selected grants awarded: 

 

  • A study of the evolution of chameleon behavior in South Africa (Russell Ligon 2015)

 

  • Ornithological studies in Russian Arctic (Alexander Hellquist 2016)

 

  • Study of endangered Ethiopian lions to inform future conservation and management (Oliver Miltenberger 2017)

 

  •  Studying the brain at High Altitude (Matt Gaidica 2017)

 

  • Effects of heterospecific alarm calls on anti-predation responses in two tamain monkey species in Peru (Kaelyn Dobson 2018)

 

  • Study of climate change in Arctic Nunavut and Greenland (Susan Eaton 2019)

 

  •  Study of endemic lava lizards of the Galapagos Islands, Equador (Estefania Boada 2019)

 

  • Study of the effects of parrotfish feeding on the health of coral reefs in the Caribbean (Hannah Rempel 2020)

 

  • Study of ethnoarcheology of nomadic tribal groups in Mongolia (Allison McCosky 2020)

 

  • Documenting oral histories and historic sacred Polihale sites in Kauai, Hawaii (Trevor Wallace 2021)

 

  • Improving Stream Assessment techniques for trout and salmon restoration in the AMC’s Maine Woods Initiative (Appalachian Mountain Club 2022)

 

  • Study of the current state of biodiversity and historical trajectories of change on Principe Island (Carla FuentesLopez 2023)

 

  • Study of overlooked medium and small Maya sites south of Lake Yaxha in Guatemala utilizing newly developed techniques (Cristina Gonzalez-Esteban 2024)

 

  • Search for suspected high-altitude Inca sacrificial sites on Chimborazo, Ecuador (Gino Caspari 2024)

 

 

 

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