Andrea Sommese
@asommese.bsky.social
Domestic pets cognition researcher and baker 🐕🧁 Postdoc @VetmeduniVienna 🐈 Featured in media for the Gifted Dog Project 📰🎥
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Andrea Sommese
@asommese.bsky.social
· Jul 14
Data collection is underway!
We're using mobile eye tracking to study action comprehension in dogs. Django is helping us understand how dogs see and interpret our actions — more coming soon! 🐶👁️ #Science #DogResearch #CognitiveScience
Thanks @asab.org for funding this project!
We're using mobile eye tracking to study action comprehension in dogs. Django is helping us understand how dogs see and interpret our actions — more coming soon! 🐶👁️ #Science #DogResearch #CognitiveScience
Thanks @asab.org for funding this project!
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Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
www.eva.mpg.de
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
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Excited to share our newly published study on object neophobia and how it relates to problem-solving in #GoffinsCockatoos #TanimbarCorella!
@auersperga.bsky.social @mohara.bsky.social @bmioduszewska.bsky.social @plosone.org
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
@auersperga.bsky.social @mohara.bsky.social @bmioduszewska.bsky.social @plosone.org
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Seizing opportunities: Object neophobia as a factor mediating technical innovation in Goffin´s cockatoos?
Most studies find substantial inter-individual differences in problem-solving performance within a species, which can drastically influence an individual´s fitness. It has been suggested that innovati...
doi.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Excited to share our newly published study on object neophobia and how it relates to problem-solving in #GoffinsCockatoos #TanimbarCorella!
@auersperga.bsky.social @mohara.bsky.social @bmioduszewska.bsky.social @plosone.org
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
@auersperga.bsky.social @mohara.bsky.social @bmioduszewska.bsky.social @plosone.org
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Intrigued by animal innovation and avian cognition? My PI Dr. Megan Lambert is advertising a new shiny PhD position studying innovation in kea parrots! Info attached 🤩🦜
For inquiries: Megan.Lambert@vetmeduni.ac.at
For inquiries: Megan.Lambert@vetmeduni.ac.at
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Intrigued by animal innovation and avian cognition? My PI Dr. Megan Lambert is advertising a new shiny PhD position studying innovation in kea parrots! Info attached 🤩🦜
For inquiries: Megan.Lambert@vetmeduni.ac.at
For inquiries: Megan.Lambert@vetmeduni.ac.at
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🚨 Postdoc Opening! 🚨
Join our human-animal interaction research group at
@uarizona.bsky.social, receive dual mentorship from myself & @dremilybray.bsky.social + contribute to a funded study investigating the impact of pets on mental health and wellbeing. Open until filled! bit.ly/3CenLAE
Join our human-animal interaction research group at
@uarizona.bsky.social, receive dual mentorship from myself & @dremilybray.bsky.social + contribute to a funded study investigating the impact of pets on mental health and wellbeing. Open until filled! bit.ly/3CenLAE
January 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
🚨 Postdoc Opening! 🚨
Join our human-animal interaction research group at
@uarizona.bsky.social, receive dual mentorship from myself & @dremilybray.bsky.social + contribute to a funded study investigating the impact of pets on mental health and wellbeing. Open until filled! bit.ly/3CenLAE
Join our human-animal interaction research group at
@uarizona.bsky.social, receive dual mentorship from myself & @dremilybray.bsky.social + contribute to a funded study investigating the impact of pets on mental health and wellbeing. Open until filled! bit.ly/3CenLAE
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#jobalert
Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception
Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Postdoctoral...
Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception
Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Postdoctoral...
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#jobalert
Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception
Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Postdoctoral...
Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception
Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Postdoctoral...
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Really proud of this one. Our first study on innovative problem-solving in free-ranging small mammals is fresh off the press of Animal Cognition rdcu.be/eOHl3. We looked at what happens with human disturbance in a protected area...without disturbing our most precious collaborators!
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Really proud of this one. Our first study on innovative problem-solving in free-ranging small mammals is fresh off the press of Animal Cognition rdcu.be/eOHl3. We looked at what happens with human disturbance in a protected area...without disturbing our most precious collaborators!
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The statistical fragility of animal cognition findings: a meta-meta-analytic reappraisal
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
The statistical fragility of animal cognition findings: a meta-meta-analytic reappraisal
ecoevorxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The statistical fragility of animal cognition findings: a meta-meta-analytic reappraisal
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
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I have been blown away by the level of support (both practical and emotional support!) from the #LeadingEdge community. I feel so grateful to be a part of this group. Consider applying!!
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
Apply | leadingedgesymposium
Apply. The 2026 Leading Edge cohort application is now open! This cohort is named the Zara Weinberg Cohort, in honor of 2021 Leading Edge Fellow, Zara Weinberg. Applications are due February 2, 2026.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I have been blown away by the level of support (both practical and emotional support!) from the #LeadingEdge community. I feel so grateful to be a part of this group. Consider applying!!
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
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The Animal Behavior Society (ABS) is seeking proposals for a freelance editorial assistant to assist our full-time Managing Editor for the journal Animal Behavior! Initial contract will be for 4 months & renewable. Send your proposal by Nov 14!
www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/news.php...
www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/news.php...
The Animal Behavior Society
www.animalbehaviorsociety.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Animal Behavior Society (ABS) is seeking proposals for a freelance editorial assistant to assist our full-time Managing Editor for the journal Animal Behavior! Initial contract will be for 4 months & renewable. Send your proposal by Nov 14!
www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/news.php...
www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/news.php...
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Slow down and really see nature. Join artist–zoologist Bella Charlton for a free online workshop on #NatureJournaling - hosted by SCB and Current Conservation.
🗓️ Nov 14, 2025 | 8–9 AM ET
🎨 Open to all, no drawing experience needed!
👉 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SciComm
🗓️ Nov 14, 2025 | 8–9 AM ET
🎨 Open to all, no drawing experience needed!
👉 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SciComm
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Slow down and really see nature. Join artist–zoologist Bella Charlton for a free online workshop on #NatureJournaling - hosted by SCB and Current Conservation.
🗓️ Nov 14, 2025 | 8–9 AM ET
🎨 Open to all, no drawing experience needed!
👉 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SciComm
🗓️ Nov 14, 2025 | 8–9 AM ET
🎨 Open to all, no drawing experience needed!
👉 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SciComm
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We’re thrilled to announce the ABC's fourth mentorship-matching event!! 📣📣
This is a unique opportunity for you to meet and connect with experienced mentors. The mentorship match event - more of an informal "vibe check" - will be on Nov 6 2025 at 14:00 GMT 🐝🐝
Help us spread the word!! #mentorship
This is a unique opportunity for you to meet and connect with experienced mentors. The mentorship match event - more of an informal "vibe check" - will be on Nov 6 2025 at 14:00 GMT 🐝🐝
Help us spread the word!! #mentorship
October 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We’re thrilled to announce the ABC's fourth mentorship-matching event!! 📣📣
This is a unique opportunity for you to meet and connect with experienced mentors. The mentorship match event - more of an informal "vibe check" - will be on Nov 6 2025 at 14:00 GMT 🐝🐝
Help us spread the word!! #mentorship
This is a unique opportunity for you to meet and connect with experienced mentors. The mentorship match event - more of an informal "vibe check" - will be on Nov 6 2025 at 14:00 GMT 🐝🐝
Help us spread the word!! #mentorship
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Looking for a PhD? 🦜
Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics?
I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z
Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics?
I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z
Genetic and Acoustic Diversity in an Invasive Parrot at University of Salford on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Genetic and Acoustic Diversity in an Invasive Parrot at University of Salford, listed on FindAPhD.com
tinyurl.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Looking for a PhD? 🦜
Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics?
I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z
Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics?
I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z
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🧪 We have an open #CFP on projects in wild animal welfare science.
Not sure if your project is the right fit? We've put together a guide on using common research skills to study wild animal welfare, and integrating welfare into wildlife science projects.
Not sure if your project is the right fit? We've put together a guide on using common research skills to study wild animal welfare, and integrating welfare into wildlife science projects.
Obtaining funding for wild animal welfare science: A guide for researchers in other fields — Wild Animal Initiative
We have an open call for proposals on all of our grant types. Learn more and apply by November 14.
buff.ly
November 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🧪 We have an open #CFP on projects in wild animal welfare science.
Not sure if your project is the right fit? We've put together a guide on using common research skills to study wild animal welfare, and integrating welfare into wildlife science projects.
Not sure if your project is the right fit? We've put together a guide on using common research skills to study wild animal welfare, and integrating welfare into wildlife science projects.
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Ready to tell powerful environmental stories? 🌊🌿
Mongabay is hiring:
• Contributing Editor (Oceans): buff.ly/B10xOhV
• Engagement Editor: buff.ly/WZY7a9c
• Wire Reporter (Asia): buff.ly/cmYajQ4
Join our remote global newsroom 🌎
Apply now!
Mongabay is hiring:
• Contributing Editor (Oceans): buff.ly/B10xOhV
• Engagement Editor: buff.ly/WZY7a9c
• Wire Reporter (Asia): buff.ly/cmYajQ4
Join our remote global newsroom 🌎
Apply now!
October 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Ready to tell powerful environmental stories? 🌊🌿
Mongabay is hiring:
• Contributing Editor (Oceans): buff.ly/B10xOhV
• Engagement Editor: buff.ly/WZY7a9c
• Wire Reporter (Asia): buff.ly/cmYajQ4
Join our remote global newsroom 🌎
Apply now!
Mongabay is hiring:
• Contributing Editor (Oceans): buff.ly/B10xOhV
• Engagement Editor: buff.ly/WZY7a9c
• Wire Reporter (Asia): buff.ly/cmYajQ4
Join our remote global newsroom 🌎
Apply now!
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Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
www.science.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
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New #PhD ad alert!
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
The cognitive ecology of wild bumblebees
iapetus.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
New #PhD ad alert!
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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📢Webinar alert📢
Gamification for positive animal welfare?
Join us & @liftcostaction.bsky.social as Bahadir Odevci explores how digital tools, using challenges, rewards, storytelling & feedback, can inspire positive change.
⏰ 5 pm CET
📅 November 3rd
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Gamification for positive animal welfare?
Join us & @liftcostaction.bsky.social as Bahadir Odevci explores how digital tools, using challenges, rewards, storytelling & feedback, can inspire positive change.
⏰ 5 pm CET
📅 November 3rd
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
📢Webinar alert📢
Gamification for positive animal welfare?
Join us & @liftcostaction.bsky.social as Bahadir Odevci explores how digital tools, using challenges, rewards, storytelling & feedback, can inspire positive change.
⏰ 5 pm CET
📅 November 3rd
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Gamification for positive animal welfare?
Join us & @liftcostaction.bsky.social as Bahadir Odevci explores how digital tools, using challenges, rewards, storytelling & feedback, can inspire positive change.
⏰ 5 pm CET
📅 November 3rd
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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#CrowCoG is hiring🚨MULTIPLE PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS 🚨for our 2026 field season (May - Sep)! Field and aviary-based positions - come help us study the remarkable tool-making New Caledonian crows. Apply here: bit.ly/3WlxxHE
October 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
#CrowCoG is hiring🚨MULTIPLE PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS 🚨for our 2026 field season (May - Sep)! Field and aviary-based positions - come help us study the remarkable tool-making New Caledonian crows. Apply here: bit.ly/3WlxxHE
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Applications for the Godfrey Hewitt Mobility (GHM) Award are open for PhD students/postdocs in evolutionary biology. Deadline: January 31, 2026. Max award: 2,000 Euros. More info: https://eseb.org/prizes-funding/godfrey-hewitt-mobility-award/
Godfrey Hewitt Mobility Award - ESEB | European Society for Evolutionary Biology
Godfrey Hewitt Mobility Award - ESEB | European Society for Evolutionary Biology
eseb.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Applications for the Godfrey Hewitt Mobility (GHM) Award are open for PhD students/postdocs in evolutionary biology. Deadline: January 31, 2026. Max award: 2,000 Euros. More info: https://eseb.org/prizes-funding/godfrey-hewitt-mobility-award/
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We’re looking for a motivated & curious researcher to join our team as a PhD candidate! You’ll work with Prof. Bridget Waller, Dr. Annika Bremhorst, & me at the Dog Cognition Centre, UoP.
Are you fascinated by the dog–human bond & dog-human communication? 🐶
Interested? Get in touch with me.
Are you fascinated by the dog–human bond & dog-human communication? 🐶
Interested? Get in touch with me.
Shaped by domestication: Did the evolution of facial muscle anatomy and ear morphology in dogs reflect adaptations to humans’ unconscious preferences?
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October 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We’re looking for a motivated & curious researcher to join our team as a PhD candidate! You’ll work with Prof. Bridget Waller, Dr. Annika Bremhorst, & me at the Dog Cognition Centre, UoP.
Are you fascinated by the dog–human bond & dog-human communication? 🐶
Interested? Get in touch with me.
Are you fascinated by the dog–human bond & dog-human communication? 🐶
Interested? Get in touch with me.
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🌍 Have you experienced language barriers at academic conferences, or not at all?
We want to hear from everyone to better understand how language shapes participation and accessibility.
📝 Take our short survey and help make conferences more inclusive and multilingual:
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We want to hear from everyone to better understand how language shapes participation and accessibility.
📝 Take our short survey and help make conferences more inclusive and multilingual:
forms.gle/u8ESktcJP8Y6...
Amplifying global voices: Removing language barriers in academic conferences
We invite you to share your experiences with language barriers at academic conferences. Your insights will help shape more inclusive and multilingual events across disciplines and formats.
This surve...
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September 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🌍 Have you experienced language barriers at academic conferences, or not at all?
We want to hear from everyone to better understand how language shapes participation and accessibility.
📝 Take our short survey and help make conferences more inclusive and multilingual:
forms.gle/u8ESktcJP8Y6...
We want to hear from everyone to better understand how language shapes participation and accessibility.
📝 Take our short survey and help make conferences more inclusive and multilingual:
forms.gle/u8ESktcJP8Y6...
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Our new study on “Overimitation in Assistance Dogs and Family Dogs” has just been published 🥳😍
doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
#PhD #published #dogscience #assistancedogs #familydogs #overimitation #sociallearning
doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
#PhD #published #dogscience #assistancedogs #familydogs #overimitation #sociallearning
October 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Our new study on “Overimitation in Assistance Dogs and Family Dogs” has just been published 🥳😍
doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
#PhD #published #dogscience #assistancedogs #familydogs #overimitation #sociallearning
doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
#PhD #published #dogscience #assistancedogs #familydogs #overimitation #sociallearning
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MSc by Res opportunity - developing behavioural indicators to inform killer whale conservation with
@exeter.ac.uk @whaleresearch.bsky.social @seadocsociety.bsky.social
People from underrepresented groups in marine science encouraged to apply.
Deadline 19Dec
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
@exeter.ac.uk @whaleresearch.bsky.social @seadocsociety.bsky.social
People from underrepresented groups in marine science encouraged to apply.
Deadline 19Dec
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
October 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
MSc by Res opportunity - developing behavioural indicators to inform killer whale conservation with
@exeter.ac.uk @whaleresearch.bsky.social @seadocsociety.bsky.social
People from underrepresented groups in marine science encouraged to apply.
Deadline 19Dec
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
@exeter.ac.uk @whaleresearch.bsky.social @seadocsociety.bsky.social
People from underrepresented groups in marine science encouraged to apply.
Deadline 19Dec
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
Alice Duport-Percier x Lorien Testard - Alicia | A COLORS SHOW
YouTube video by COLORS
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October 23, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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📢 #CFP: Wild Animal Initiative is accepting grant applications for projects studying wild animal welfare.
🗓️ Submit your EOI form by November 14 to be considered.
🧪 #wildlife #biology #zoology #ecoevo #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #physiology #conservation #science
🗓️ Submit your EOI form by November 14 to be considered.
🧪 #wildlife #biology #zoology #ecoevo #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #physiology #conservation #science
Grants — Wild Animal Initiative
We have an open call for proposals on all grant types. Learn how to apply.
buff.ly
October 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
📢 #CFP: Wild Animal Initiative is accepting grant applications for projects studying wild animal welfare.
🗓️ Submit your EOI form by November 14 to be considered.
🧪 #wildlife #biology #zoology #ecoevo #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #physiology #conservation #science
🗓️ Submit your EOI form by November 14 to be considered.
🧪 #wildlife #biology #zoology #ecoevo #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #physiology #conservation #science