Friends of the Island is taking applications through August for the FIF 2023 Research GrantDownload APPLICATION From dietary investigation linked with territory use to microbes affecting island fox health, new science is revealing the complex world of island foxes and the Channel Island ecosystem. This year FIF will be offering up to $7,000 in support toward research projects benefiting greater understanding of island foxes and the Channel Islands. Last year's grant project is working to reveal the Spotted Skunk Genome and how the island spotted skunk is related to mainland populations. Island spotted skunk origins may help support evolving information on how island foxes initially arrived on the Channel Islands. More on current and past FIF Funded Research FIF grant winners are asked to provide public updates on their work.  See presentations by Fox Researchers for "Date with a Fox" programs Recently published island fox science Important island fox research is funded by DONORS LIKE YOU. It's Science for Fox Sake!