A diver takes length measurements of Nassau Grouper on the REEF Grouper Moon Project in Little Cayman
Grants via The Manta Trust
•2016: Disney Conservation Fund; $25,000 Manta Conservation and Capacity Building in Mexico
•2016: National Geographic / Waitt; $15,000 Investigating Habitat Use of Oceanic Manta Rays using
Crittercams
Crittercams
•2016: Save Our Seas Foundation; $7,400 Capacity Building for Elasmobranch Conservation in Pacific
Mexico
Mexico
•2014: Carl F. Bucherer; $10,000 Satellite Tracking of Oceanic Manta Rays in Pacific Mexico
•2014: NEAq MCAF; $8,000 Satellite Tracking of Oceanic Manta Rays in Pacific Mexico
Grants for Dissertation Research via Scripps Institution of Oceanography
•2015: Private Donors; $8,000 Acoustic Tagging and Habitat Use of Oceanic Mantas in Bahia de Banderas,
Mexico
Mexico
•2013: PADI Foundation; $7,150 Population Genetics of Oceanic Manta Rays
External Grants
•2014-2016: Disney Conservation Fund (via WildAid); $50,000 Conservation of Oceanic Manta Rays and
Ecotourism Development in Peru (PI: Joshua Stewart)
Ecotourism Development in Peru (PI: Joshua Stewart)
•2012-2016: Private Donors; $93,000 Satellite Tracking of Oceanic Manta Rays the Indo-Pacific
Undergraduate Research
•2010: Hutton Honors Capstone Grant $500 Coral Recruitment on Submerged Cultural Resources, Dominican
Republic
Republic
•2009: Hutton Honors Creative Activity Grant $2,500 Togean Islands Conservation & Documentation
Expedition, Indonesia
Expedition, Indonesia
•2009: Australian Geographic Seed Grant $2,000 Togean Islands Conservation & Documentation Expedition,
Indonesia
Indonesia
•2009: IMP Thesis Grant $500 Coral Recruitment on Submerged Cultural Resources, Dominican Republic