Awards

The Staff of NBNP has received three international grants to study the faunal and floral wealth of the NBR region

Gerald Durrell Memorial Award

In 1997 received two grants to study the captive husbandry of (i) Invertebrates and (ii) Amphibians of the Anaikatti region

In 2004 received a grant from Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) UK through the National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) Lucknow under National Plants Conservation Programme to establish an arboretum for the endemic and endangered plants of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve at Anaikatti.