Ducks Unlimited Canada
Institute for Wetland & Waterfowl Research
PO Box 1160
Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada
R0C 2Z0
New discoveries are waiting in the wings. IWWR supports innovative research and the bright minds leading it.
By supporting young professionals who are conducting forward-looking research, IWWR continually advances its body of knowledge while empowering future generations of conservation scientists.
Nine graduate fellowships are available annually. These fellowships provide students with important funding to further their education. Fellowships are awarded to some of North America’s most outstanding students whose research is taking place across the continent.
The fellowship program is a collaboration between Ducks Unlimited staff in both Canada and the United States. This partnership represents the continental scope of wetland conservation and the cross-border efforts that make it possible. To date, fellowships have been awarded to more than 70 students from 28 universities.
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This fellowship honours the conservation vision of Richard H. G. Bonnycastle. Mr. Bonnycastle was a dedicated conservationist who served as president for Ducks Unlimited Canada from 1957 to 1960.
Read More About the Fellowship and FellowsThe Waterfowl Research Foundation recognizes that making significant investments in young professionals is key to sustaining waterfowl populations now and into the future.
Read More About the Fellowship and FellowsThis fellowship, established in 2023, honours the diverse and long-term contributions to avian science by the late Dr. Dave Luukkonen. His work – typically in collaboration with university graduate students – has helped managers understand relationships between birds and their habitats, population dynamics, and hunter desires.
Read More About the Fellowship and FellowsMembers of the Nesbitt family have made many lasting contributions to science and conservation. This is a new fellowship beginning in 2017, which pays tribute to these devoted conservationists.
Read More About the Fellowship and FellowsThanks to the generous support of one couple with a special interest in Ducks Unlimited’s conservation science, this fellowship is advancing our understanding of waterfowl and wetlands in North America.
Read More About the Fellowship and FellowsThis fellowship is a testament to the long-term commitment made by a special family that has been supporting Ducks Unlimited in Canada and the United States since the 1940s. Research to date has included work on redhead duck foraging habitat in the Laguna Madre, mallard breeding ecology in the Great Lakes region, black duck winter and spring habitat use, mallard duckling survival and scaup population ecology.
Read More About the Fellowship and FellowsDr. Bruce Batt retired as chief biologist for Ducks Unlimited in the United States after a productive 41-year career. He was involved in a greater diversity of issues and a broader number of landscapes important to North American waterfowl than any biologist of his generation. This fellowship is a way to further his inspiring legacy.
Read More About the Fellowship and Fellows