The following projects were carried out in 2006:

Marie Llewellyn, Chester, BSc, Participation of female herd members in the allo-mothering of infant Asian Elephants

Michelle Vink, Moulton, BSc, Public awareness of threats to great apes

Allyson MacDonald, Oxford Brookes, MSc, Comparison of captive female chimpanzee behaviour between an all-female group and those in mixed sex groups in UK zoos

Laura Wilson, Bishop Burton, BSc, The effects various enclosures have on primate behaviour

Nuvraj Simon Sanghera, Liverpool John Moores, BSc, Is the colour of food items a significant factor in food preference among marmosets

Heike Burmeister, Max Planck institute for Evolutionary Biology and Hamburg University, Graduate diploma, Social dominance and individual stress levels in male bonobos

Isabel Behncke, Cambridge, Mphil, Exploring the role of social play in the evolution of hominid social cognition: bonobos and chimpanzees compared.

Angela Barker, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh, MSc, The effect of enclosure design and management system at two institutions on the frequency of certain behaviours in the woolly monkey.

Amandine Chapelain, Loughborough University, PhD, Study of Laterality in Bonobos

Emma Nelson, University of Liverpool, PhD, The length of the 2nd to 4th digit ratio and its relationship to primate mating strategies and the evolution of human sociality.

Niamh Caffrey, Nottingham Trent, BSc, Do visitor numbers correlate with higher levels of activity amongst captive Bonobos

Erica Cartmill, University of St. Andrews, PhD, Intentionality and learning seen in the gestures of orang-utans

Sarah Clayton, Hull, Bishop Burton College, BSc, Behaviour of exotic species in the wild and captivity

Louise Lock, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh, MSc, A foraging device as environmental enrichment for a captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and Woolly Monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha)

Jennifer Pope, Plymouth, MSc, The relationship between faecal cortisol levels, behaviour and health and reproductive status in Bornean Orang utan, Pongo pygmaeus

Zoe Allen, University of Lincoln, BSc, Extraction and analysis of DNA from a range of feline tissues

Katherine Fitzgerald, Nottingham, BSc, Iron storage disease and nutrition in Rufous vented chachalaca (Ortalis ruficauda)in a mixed species exhibit.

Jessica Ashton, Oxford Brookes, MSc, The success of captive mixed-species exhibits containing Callitrichids: A comparison between single- mixed-species exhibits
Amy Halloran, Derby, BSc, Sex difference in Marmoset hand preference

Charlotte Keane, Cambridge, BSc, A comparison of social behaviour in Pan troglodytes and Pan paniscus and an evaluation of their usefulness for evolutionary models for early hominins

Ellen Williams. Aberystwyth. BSc.How does the presence of humans affect the behaviour of purple faced langur

Emma Holden, Derby, BSc, To monitor the responses to enrichment of an adult elephant compared to a junior elephant.

Alice Rowe. Derby. BSc. To assess acts of aggression in two differing species of lemur, against a single female.

Louise Allen, Chester University, BSc, A behavioural assessment of the welfare of captive chimpanzees

Kimberley Ange-van Heugten, Wageningen Univesity, PhD, Stress effects on captive woolly monkeys (and related species) nutrition and health

Robert Hayes, University of Derby, BSc, Is allogrooming (both given and received) different in family and social groups of South American primates.

Elainie Madsen, University of St Andrews, PhD, Referential communication in Chimpanzees

Thea Kerrison, Chester University, BSc, Laterality of Handedness in captive Orangutan

Kieran Cormack, Nottingham University, MSc, Conservation and Education in UK Zoos

Charlotte Hale, Nuffield, Science Bursary A level, Enclosure Dwell Times at Twycross Zoo. And Behavioural Patterns of a Capuchin Monkey

Louise Cooper, Nuffield Science Bursary A level, Enclosure Dwell Times at Twycross Zoo.

Emily Williams, Nottingham Trent, BSc, Effect of the visitor numbers on captive Orang utan behaviour
Lisa Berrill, Keeper, The effects of cleaning regimes on the behaviour of marmosets.

Frances Nutbeam, Sparsholt college, BSc, Investigating the behaviour of captive sealions

Julie Jones, Manchester Met, MSc, Nutrition of Colobus monkeys

Leoni Dawson, Nottingham Trent, BSc, The effects of environmental enrichment on Woolly Monkeys

Helen Gerard, Pershore College, HND, The effect of visitors and enclosure design on the behaviour of black and white ruffed lemurs.

Dr David Modry, University of Veterinery studies, Brno, Czech Republic, Provision of faecal samples to study gut flora in great apes

Dr Peter Galbusera, Zoologisches Institut I der Universität Heidelberg, Provision of rooted hair for genetic analysis

Dr Richard Badge, University of Leicester, Provision of cheek swabs for DNA analysis

Mark de Boer, Rotterdam Zoo, Provision of faecal samples for genetic analysis

Dr Ann-Kathrin Oerke, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Gottingen, Provision of urine samples for captive breeding programme