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New York University — Work on Fish Welfare (2019)

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  • Focus Area: Farm Animal Welfare
  • Portfolio Area: Fish Welfare
  • Category: Global Health & Wellbeing
  • Organization Name: New York University
  • Amount: $125,840

  • Award Date: March 2019

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    This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. NYU staff also reviewed this page prior to publication.

    The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a gift of $125,840 to New York University to support research scientist Becca Franks’ work on fish welfare. These funds will support projects including systematic reviews of the literature on aquaculture (farmed fish) welfare and general fish welfare, as well as research on curiosity, play, and positive emotions in fish.

    This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare.

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