Gelada Project Support Fund

Your philanthropic support of the Simien Mountains Gelada Research Project can propel our next scientific discovery with a gift of:

$100
1 month of communication for the field team.

$400
provides 1 month of salary to one member of our team of local Ethiopian assistants, who form the core of our project.

$1,000
Fund GPS monitor to track gelada behavior, movements, and environment for one year.
All equipment will be donated to the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority at the completion of the project.

$3,000
Provide one year (out of 3-4 for completion)of educational training for an Ethiopian counterpart to pursue a Master’s degree in conservation biology or a related field.

$10,000
Travel, researcher fees, and a stipend for a year-long research assistant position for a recent college graduate.

Federal funding of basic research is a scarce resource that is decreasing daily. With a gift of any size, you can join us in making groundbreaking scientific discoveries through the Gelada Project Support Fund, and protect the wildlife of the Simien Mountains and support local communities through the Save the Simiens Foundation.

Make a gift to invest in our understanding of the geladas and its relationship to behavior, longevity, and reproductive success 

Our field team is currently full! We are not currently recruiting field assistants to work on our project.

Do you have burning questions about gelada behavior, health, ecology, or evolution?

SMGRP directors are often recruiting graduate students and postdocs into their respective labs to lead research on geladas. Please contact Dr. Thore Bergman (University of Michigan), Dr. Amy Lu (SUNY Stony Brook), Dr. Noah Snyder-Mackler (Arizona State University), or Dr. India Schneider-Crease (Arizona State University) with queries about potential opportunities.