Field Projects International

Research Laboratory Installation and Application: Our senior staff and research team perform molecular research laboratory design and installation staff training and the provision of instruments and supplies that strengthen the capacity of our international partners engaged in biodiversity and wildlife health monitoring. This service also involves planning and implementing field research projects with international partners that generates biological samples that form the basis of laboratory-based capacity building.

Research: We conduct wildlife and environmental research projects for scientific and conservation impacts. Our primary research programs occur in the Peruvian Amazon where we carry out a long-term mark-recapture study of wild nonhuman primates bats birds small mammals and several other select species. Research topics range from long-term mercury bioaccumulation animal behavior and sensory perception to movement and feeding ecology.

Field Research Training Program: Our training programs take two forms. First we provide short intensive field courses of approximately 10-14 days in duration. Participants learn a variety of field biology research and laboratory methodologies on topics ranging from tropical biology and primatology to genomics and biodiversity monitoring. Second we organize long-term volunteer research assistantship opportunities. These programs are 5-8 weeks in duration and consist of assisting senior scientists and veterinarians at one of our field research locations. Participants gain experience with data and sample collection and analysis relating to a diverse array of flora and fauna.