ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAPTOR PROGRAM Competitors

Cornell is a privately endowed research university and a partner of the State University of New York. As the federal land-grant institution in New York State, we have a responsibility—unique within the Ivy League—to make contributions in all fields of knowledge in a manner that prioritizes public engagement to help improve the quality of life in our state, the nation, the world.

One of the nation’s largest schools, the University of Minnesota offers baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in virtually every field—from medicine to business, law to liberal arts, and science and engineering to architecture. The University of Minnesota system is made up of five campuses in Minnesota including Crookston, Duluth, Morris, Rochester, and the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul). University of Minnesota Extension provides outreach and education services to Minnesota's communities through science-based knowledge, expertise and training. The University of Minnesota was recognized by Forbes in 2018 in the Best Employer, Best Employer for Diversity, and Best Employer for New Grads categories.

For over 50 years, The Peregrine Fund has worked to conserve birds of prey. Today, 56% of raptors are in decline globally, 32% are threatened or near-threatened, and 17 species are Critically Endangered, with a high risk of going extinct in the next 50 years. As top predators, birds of prey serve as indicators of ecosystem health while providing essential services like rodent control and disease prevention through carrion removal. We need raptors, and raptors need us. Together with our global partners and supporters, we tackle threats such as pollution, deforestation, and human-wildlife conflict, in addition to the expertise we provide in science and conservation specific to birds of prey. The result is a better world for raptors and the rest of us. The Peregrine Fund relies on science to inform conservation actions that save species. We repopulated a continent with Peregrine Falcons in just 30 years, doubled the population of Critically Endangered Ridgway’s Hawks in the Dominican Republic, and identified and addressed the cause of the Asian Vulture Crisis in the mid-2000s. Today, we work across five continents on behalf of all 561 raptor species.