Submit Applications for Pulitzer Center Impact Seed Fund – Brazil

Their proposal is to support projects that aim to inspire changes in perspectives, narratives and actions in society, creating more informed audiences on little-discussed environmental issues. This is the third edition of the Semear Fund, which has already supported several projects throughout Brazil.

Theme

• Tropical Forests and Ocean.

Goals

• The Semear fund offers support for:
  • Start new collaborations or consolidate existing collaborations between teachers, researchers, students and journalists;
  • Increase engagement between educational communities, journalists and indigenous and traditional populations;
  • Encourage the use of images creative (e.g. photographs, videos short films, documentaries, podcasts), data images and information from reports in teaching materials, student activities, materials curricular and classes, or publications scientific;
  • Facilitate adoption of results presented in the reports for the relevant research and other products scientists.

Funding Information

• The Semear fund grants are up to R$22,000.00 (values in reais).
• Duration: They expect projects to be implemented within a maximum period of six months after approval.

Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates must be teachers, researchers, or groups of students guided by a responsible teacher, based in Brazil.
• Teacher applications and university-based researchers in the Legal Amazon region are very welcome.
• Projects carried out through consortia between teachers of universities in one or more regions of the country are also very welcome.
• It is desirable (but not mandatory) that projects include partnerships with society civil and local social movement and movements indigenous or other communities traditional.

Selection Criteria

• Proposals must use or be inspire in the stories reported by journalists supported by the Pulitzer Center, for all supported programs (forests, oceans);
• The activity must have an impact intended for the public academic community (students or professors/researchers with scholarships) and/or civil society.

Application Requirements

• The application must include the following:
  • A general description of the proposed project in no more than 500 words. This should include the objectives, activities proposals, the intended impact and the justification of the proposed project;
  • Description of target audience and projection;
  • Strategy (or methodology);
  • Detailed schedule of execution of the activities;
  • Preliminary budget estimate, including a cost forecast;
  • A copy of the curriculum vitae (only) of the main proponent;
  • A letter of recommendation (from superiors) of department or directors of your workplace).

For more information, visit Pulitzer Center.