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