We hope that this website helps you find what you are looking for, whether you are a student, researcher, friend, family member, or web surfer.
The principal investigator on this project, Mrinalini Watsa, is a graduate student at Washington University and her research involves studying saddle-back tamarins (Saguinus fuscicollis) in south-east Peru. Watsa and her team will work out of CICRA, a biological field station in the Peruvian Amazon. The project will to begin in late 2009, and is currently accepting support in the form of volunteers, research assistants, and charitable contributions.
If the research goals of this project seem interesting to you, and you would like to assist the project, please explore the requirements to volunteer and registration options. If you still have questions, send an email to
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Keep an eye on this website for news, blog posts and further updates on the status of the project.
On the top-bar:
- Donate offers you the chance to be a major part of this endeavor. Your support is crucial to research and rainforest conservation!
- Blog is where you can read day-to-day posts from the lead researchers.
- Science Stories contains news updates in the field of anthropolgy that have caught our attention for one reason or another. Here you will find articles and website links of general interest, not necessarily pertaining to project PrimatesPeru.
- Gallery has all of our picture albums arranged into various categories such as people, places, wildlife, and spotlight.
- E-newsletter is where you can sign-up for our quarterly electronic newsletter, PrimatesPress.
- Calendar gives you necessary information on when each phase of research is taking place as well as who is visiting the site during a particular period of time. (available to registered users only)
On the left side-bar:
- About Us includes short biographies of those working on the project.
- Research provides you with a brief description of the project with species and area pictures. Additional informatin on the project is available pending site registration and approval by the principal investigator.
- CICRA is the field site for PrimatesPeru and, if for no other reason, you should visit this page to see some wonderful photographs of the various primates in the area.
- How you can help explains all the ways in which you can assist this project. Support us with a charitable contribution and get further involved by volunteering. If you are known to us, just register directly to the site. If you're interested in formally joining the team as an assistant, registering at this site is still easy but subject to approval. You will be asked for some information, including your motives for joining the project, skills, experience and background. Consider this to be your application to be research assistant. If you meet the requirements for research assistantship you will be provided with access to more details on the project, including costs, travel tips, research reading, etc.
- Contact Us allows you to send us comments, questions, and suggestions.
This project is just getting off the ground and we realize that some information may be missing from the website. If there is something that you cannot find or is unclear, please leave feedback here.
