Grants Offered by the Horned Lizard Conservation Society

The HLCS promotes efforts by scientists to understand the extent and causes of population declines throughout the ranges of horned lizards. We have an ongoing interest to sponsor research that have direct conservation applications and that will further our efforts.

Past grant awardees include:

		Steve Sheffield, $700 to conduct a statewide survey of horned lizards in Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University.
		Wendy Hodges, $700 to conduct a statewide survey in Texas (Published research: Donaldson, W. L., A. H. Price, and J. Morse. 1994. The current status and future prospects of the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) in Texas. Texas Journal of Science 46 (2): 97-113.), University of Texas at Austin.
		Melisa Montemayor, $500 to determine the longevity of Texas horned lizards in southern Texas and effectiveness of PIT marking on small lizards, Texas A&M University - Kingsville.
		Kelly Zamudio, $500 award to study the genetic diversity of Phrynosoma douglasi (Published research: Zamudio, K. R., K. B. Jones, and R. H. Ward. Molecular systematics of short-horned lizards: Biogeography and taxonomy of a widespread species complex. Systematic Biology 46:284-305.) University of Washington - Seattle.
		Scott Davis, $1,000 to study the genetic variability of P. cornutum (became the Masters thesis for Trina Guera.), Texas A&M University.
		Jim Richerson, $1,000 to investigate the impacts of gastrointestinal parasites on horned lizards, Sul Ross University.
		Richard Stark, $1,000.
		2007 Recipients: Victor Bogosian III, Scott Newbold,
		2008 Recipients: Galia Reyes Betancourt, María Guadalupe Barbosa Rodríguez, and Emily Henry
		2009 Recipients: Victor Bogosian III, Megan Lahti, Ken Morgan