Funding Year 2026

Project: 26/1	Habitat use and distribution of Dwarf caimans in an urban Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil
Student:	Isabella Domingos de Oliveira (Brazil)
Institution:	Federal University of Pernambuco
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 26/2	Genetic characterisation of Herpes virus in African Nile crocodile in Oyo State, Nigeria
Student:	Usman Opeyemi Olatunji (Nigeria)
Institution:	University of Ibadan
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 26/3	Development of an epigenetic age estimation tool for the American alligator
Student:	Ethan Shealy (USA)
Institution:	University of Georgia
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 26/4	Sero-prevalence of West Nile Virus in captive Nile crocodiles in southwestern Nigeria
Student:	Adewole Yinka (Nigeria)
Institution:	University of Ibadan
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 26/5	Stable isotopes for determining trophic niche overlap between native and invasive crocodylians of southern Florida
Student:	Jessica Yates (USA)
Institution:	University of Central Florida
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 26/6	Genomic evaluation of hybridization between Crocodylus moreletii and C. acutus through whole genome sequencing
Student:	Esther Denice de la Cruz (Mexico)
Institution:	El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 26/7	The effect of lead on the health of Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
Student:	Gareth Hunter (South Africa)
Institution:	University of Witwatersrand
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 26/8	Developing UAV-Based and deep-learning approaches for American alligator monitoring in the Greater Everglades
Student:	Edison Bonilla (USA)
Institution:	University of Florida
Status:	Ongoing

Project: 26/9	Influence of incubation method and diet on hatching success and hatchling growth in Crocodylus acutus from Holland Bay Crocodile Sanctuary in Jamaica
Student:	Monif Horsham (Jamaica)
Institution:	University of West Indies
Status:	Ongoing