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$100,000 is allocated in the current funding cycle for research activities in support of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (GSMNP's ATBI). This is a call for proposals for grants to be awarded by Discover Life in America, Inc. (DLIA), for research
to be conducted during the upcoming (2002) field season. Award amounts will not exceed $7,500.
Please submit a proposal of no more than 500 words outlining what would be done if you were provided that level of funding. Include research
objectives, expected products (e.g., webpages, keys, checklists, etc.), and a budget that stipulates how the funds would be spent. In addition, append
a short paragraph indicating any assured or anticipated funding (actual dollars or "in-kind" support) that would be leveraged by a DLIA grant award;
the paragraph should contain, among other support, anticipated "in-kind" hours to be devoted to the project by all professionals, students, and
technical assistants. DLIA policy does not permit use of these funds for the purchase of equipment or for the payment of indirect charges.
If your proposal is funded, a written and oral report of your results to date must be available for the December 2002 annual meeting of the ATBI, with
a final report provided to the ATBI website via Ms. Jeanie Hilten by 1 May 2003. Besides the scientific findings, the final report must include a list of
all funds that were leveraged by the DLIA support and a list of "in-kind" contributions included in the project, specifying the hours devoted to it by all
professionals, students, and technical assistants. A copy of the final report (in Access database or Excell spreadsheet) must be forwarded by 1 May
2003 to Mr. Keith Langdon and the data provided by the same date to the ATBI database via Dr. Norman Johnson in a format specified by him. (Note
that assistance with database construction in Access is available free from the Park, if requested.)
Proposals are more likely to be successful if they are fully integrated with the ATBI Science Plan, which is available on the DLIA website . Proposals
from previous awardees will be evaluated in part on their provision of products promised in earlier awards and their timely provision of expected
reports and data from those awards for the ATBI annual meeting, the ATBI website, and the ATBI database.
To conduct research in the Park, a collecting permit is required. Refer to the online application for your scientific collecting permit at
http://science.nature.nps.gov/research.
Your proposal should be sent electronically as an email text file and as an MS Word attachment to John Morse at < jmorse@clemson.edu > by 28 February 2002. If awarded, the funds will be made available on or about 15 April 2002. Coordination and additional information may be obtained through Jeanie Hilten < jeanie@discoverlife.org > . We look forward to receiving your proposal and to working with you toward the completion of the ATBI!
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