Bellairs Research Institute of McGill University

Bellairs Research Institute is Canada’s only teaching and research facility in the tropics. Located in Holetown, Barbados, Bellairs Research Institute is a McGill University facility which maintains an open-door policy to all researchers with academic interests in tropical terrestrial and marine environments.

Year Founded: 1953

Year Joined OBFS: 2022

Size of Field Station (hectares): 1-100

FSML Web Address: https://www.mcgill.ca/bellairs/

Additional Info

Private nonprofit organization?: Yes

Universities affiliated / Parent Organization: McGill University

Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visting Our Site

Open to the Public: No

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 21-50

Conference space: 1-25

Food service or catering available?: Yes

ADA accessibility: No

Electricity: On Grid

Internet Access: Yes

Library: No

Classes Offered: No

Hiking trails: No

Access to public transportation: Yes

Distance to emergency services: 0-20 minutes

Artists in Residence Program: No

Internship employment: No

Environmental Information

Research Facilities

Additional Information

Private nonprofit organization?

Names of Universities affilated: 0

Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No

Name of partner

Tribal partners/users: No

MSI/HBCU users: No

Community College users: No

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public: No

Year round staff

Seasonal staff

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 21-50

Distance to emergency services: 0-20 minutes

Library: No

Hiking trails: No

Internship employment: No

Environmental Information

Biomes: Intertidal - sandy and Intertidal - salt marsh, pelagic, benthic, abyssal

Minimum Elevation: 0-100 meters

Maximum Elevation: 0-100 meters

Köppen climate classification: A (tropical)

Freshwater habitats: No

Urban or rural

Agricultural fields: No

Research

REU host station: No

Dry lab space: Yes

Wet Lab space: Yes

Research vessels available: No

GIS capacity on site: No

Long term data sets: No

On site herbarium or voucher species

Formal Data Management Plan: No

Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments: No

Date Joined OBFS: October 3, 2024

Bellairs Research Institute of McGill University

Additional Information

Visiting a FS/ML

Environmental Information

Research

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