Supporting research and discovery of cryptic biodiversity

Supporting important biodiversity research in volatile newly transformed regions. This grant served to study the disturbance ecology in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Capturing the beauty of seeds in a natural history collection. Compound Eyes grant supported the photographic capture of the beauty of seeds.

Making tiny parasitoid wasps available for research. Compound Eyes grant enabled the researchers to experiment with high-resolution imaging (in part provided by the foundation).

Studying the structures oof the glandular hairs in sundews. The grant supported increase in sampling as well as public engagement with the resulting images at exhibits.

Ecomorphological aspects in the evolution of symbiotic crustaceans. Compound Eyes grant supported making the research images publicly visible. The grant sponsored enlarged modelling of 30 different models for public viewing.

Documentation of cave invertebrates in the Caucasus mountains.  In the Caucasus caves, urgent documentation of biodiversity was necessary in light of magnesium mining. Compound Eyes grant enable a dedicated imagining component to the study.