Open Call for Waterbird Society Research Grants

Eligibility Criteria

• These awards are open to professional, amateur, or student applicants of any age, globally.

Guidelines

• All proposals must be printed in English in standard 12-point font format.
• Proposals should be brief (4 pages total), and should include the applicant’s name, project title, a narrative and a budget.
• Specifically, proposals should be comprised of 2 sections: (a) a maximum of three pages of narrative, to include the Applicant’s Name, Project Title, Background/Rationale, with clearly stated objectives and hypotheses/predictions (if applicable), Methods, Relevance of Proposed Work, Literature Cited, and (b) a Budget page, indicating whether the proposal is part of any cooperative (e.g. matching funds) project.
• The narrative should provide a rationale and methodology, including why the work is important and likely to produce significant results.
• The budget should include details regarding how the money requested is to be spent, the total cost of the project, and other sources of potential funding for which the applicant has already applied.
• The same proposal cannot be submitted for more than one award in a given year. The Grants Committee reserves the right to move a proposal to different category if warranted.
• Verification of appropriate permits from relevant government agencies to carry out the work must be provided in advance of any award.
• Proposals should be submitted electronically in Word or PDF formats as a single document via Google Form. All correspondence about the application, its receipt and funding decisions will be communicated by e-mail to the applicants.
• The applicant’s name and grant name should be included in the proposal file title.
• All applicants will be notified as soon as a decision regarding each year’s awards has been made.

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