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Animal Behaviour Collective
We are a collective of animal behaviour researchers organising microgrants and mentorship for undergraduate & graduate students in animal behaviour.
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About
We are currently accepting applications for a special funding round - Women in Fieldwork. If you identify as a woman conducting animal behaviour-related fieldwork, we welcome your application for one of four grants of £400 each. Applications for this round will close on September 1st, 2024.
Please follow the steps below for this grant and clarify that your application is for the special funding round Women in Fieldwork.
To be eligible for funding, you need to:
1. currently be an undergraduate or postgraduate student in Animal Biology, and provide proof of this; we accept the following forms of proof:
- student ID card
- tuition receipt from the current academic year
- a letter of enrolment, or confirmatory letter from university administration
- institutional email address (please ensure your application is sent from this address)
3. send us the application form (found here) to [email protected] for your application to be considered.
4. submit an expense form on Open Collective (instructions for this are available in this step by step guide).
So what are you doing about it?
Where does the money come from? How is it managed? Are you a charity?
No, this is a mutual aid initiative from people who are committed to solidarity. We work on a donation basis from other people who also believe in solidarity. Keep this in mind when you consider your request, but also don’t be shy to ask for what you need! If you need an extra $100 to attend a field trip, $40 to apply for a workshop or to buy a textbook, $20 to cover this month’s train/bus tickets to get to the university, $200 to keep from being evicted, or $40 for child care to get through a final paper, there is no wrong ask. Again, this is not restricted to residents of any specific country.
The funds are managed by all of us in the microgrant working group so that we have horizontal accountability to each other. This resolves the issue of individuals in control of funds abusing that position. Our budget is fully transparent through OpenCollective.org (scroll down to “Budget”), so that everyone can know about donations that have come in and have been distributed.
Who do you help?
Any animal behaviour student (graduate or undergraduate) who needs it! Students of colour and students without parental/family support or who lack access to other forms of financial aid by virtue of being undocumented etc. to the front!
Do I have to pay it back?
Why are you doing this?
As we said, we believe in undercutting the academic walls built to exclude minorities and working-class students. We put solidarity and mutual aid to the fore.
Who can I contact if I have more questions, or want to get involved?
How can I help?
Isn’t this like Black Trowel Collective & Sportula?
Our team
Elizabeth
Delphine De Moor
Alex Mielke
Kirsty Graham
Cat Hobaiter
Ann-Sophie Wa...
Kathelijne Koops
Niki Khan
Hella Péter
Ashwin Suryan...
Kylen Gartland
Animal Behavi...
Samantha Vee
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Financial Contributions
Top financial contributors
Individuals
£1,263.32 GBP since Apr 2023
£1,030 GBP since Dec 2020
£760 GBP since Jun 2021
£696 GBP since Jul 2021
£540 GBP since Sep 2021
£525 GBP since Nov 2020
£485 GBP since Dec 2020
£480 GBP since Dec 2020
£465 GBP since Nov 2020
£460 GBP since Jan 2021
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£450 GBP since Dec 2020
£445.59 GBP since Nov 2020
Organizations
£225.83 GBP since Nov 2020
£200 GBP since Oct 2021
Animal Behaviour Collective is all of us
Our contributors 182
Thank you for supporting Animal Behaviour Collective.
Elizabeth
£525 GBP
Delphine De Moor
£480 GBP
Alex Mielke
£465 GBP
Kirsty Graham
£446 GBP
Cat Hobaiter
£440 GBP
Ann-Sophie Wa...
£280 GBP
Kathelijne Koops
£275 GBP
Niki Khan
£258 GBP
Hella Péter
£240 GBP
Ashwin Suryan...
£125 GBP
Kylen Gartland
£50 GBP
Animal Behavi...
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Budget
Transparent and open finances.
£2,649.29 GBP
£23,043.71 GBP
£20,394.42 GBP
£6,197.65 GBP
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News from Animal Behaviour Collective
Updates on our activities and progress.
Animal Behaviour Collective 2023 Recap
23 for 2023! Microgrant Fundraiser
Animal Behaviour Collective Newsletter, Apr 2021