Subject: [CivilSoc] Grants: Wildlife Conservation
From: Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Date: Tue May 09 2000 - 22:08:36 EDT
This message Xposted from Karen Grill <kgrill@aaas.org> of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
Research Fellowship Program
WCS-International conserves wildlife and ecosystems by generating and
applying innovative scientific and field-based solutions to critical
problems. WCS-International addresses these problems by focusing on
landscape and seascape species whose conservation has the greatest
positive impact on biodiversity as a whole and on large, threatened,
wild ecosystems. The Wildlife Conservation Society conducts more than
320 field projects in 50 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Latin
America and North America.
Research Fellowship Grants are awarded for one year and assistance is
not renewable under this program.
*DEADLINE*
July 1, 2000
*PROGRAM*
The Request-for-Proposal (RFP) is a small grants program administered
by WCS-International that is designed to support individual field
research projects that share our philosophy, approach and
conservation focus.
The RFP will not limit any individual from applying, however, most of
our grantees are:
- professional conservationists from the country of research, and/or
- post-graduates pursuing a higher degree
Please consider the following restrictions before submitting your proposal:
- Organizations are not eligible for funding.
- Previous research fellows are not eligible for funding for the same project.
- Faculty and/or research advisors should not be listed as principal
investigators unless they plan to carry out the majority of the field work.
- The principal researcher must write the proposal. Applications
written on behalf of another individual will be disallowed.
*APPLICATION GUIDELINES*
The RFP will accept applications from any individual. Organizations
are not eligible for funding. Awards may not exceed $20,000. The
average award is about $7,000. RFP grants are awarded for one year
only. Proposals may be submitted simultaneously to other funding
organizations, but WCS must be informed of any other sources of funds
and pending applications.
The RFP does not support conferences, travel to scientific meetings,
legal actions, construction of permanent field stations, tuition,
salaries, overhead costs, major laboratory expenses, gene storage,
vehicle purchase, captive breeding, or computer equipment. Stipends
are not funded however, investigators who have no other source of
support may receive modest living expenses. Faculty and/or research
advisors should not be listed as principal investigators unless they
plan to carry out the majority of the field work.
Please note that the RFP does not support research in North America,
Australia, or western Europe.
Nationals of the country of research are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Selection is highly competitive; less than 20% of proposals receive
funding. All proposals are peer reviewed by outside technical
specialists. Final decisions are made by WCS's Program Committee on
the basis of technical, programmatic, and budgetary criteria.
*APPLICATION PROCEDURE*
An application package consists of: proposal fact sheet, project
outline, animal handling sheet, project title page form, and proposal
checklist. Applicants should use WCS's project title page form (found
on-line on their website). WCS requires six copies of each proposal.
Applications may be submitted in English, French, or Spanish. All
proposals must include an Abstract in English.
*CONTACT INFORMATION*
Program Coordinator
Research Fellowship Program
International Conservation Program
Wildlife Conservation Society
185th Street and Southern Blvd.
Bronx, NY 10460 U.S.A.
Telephone: (718) 220-5155
Fax: (718) 364-4275
Email:fellowship@wcs.org
Website: http://www.wcs.org/science (Research Fellowship Program)
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