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Grassland Grants
Wednesday, November 19, 2008: Lawrence, Kansas - CNAH
NEWS RELEASE
The Center for North American Herpetology
Lawrence, Kansas
http://www.cnah.org
19 November 2008
FUNDING FOR PRAIRIE RESEARCH
Grants from Prairie Biotic Research, Inc.
Prairie Biotic Research (PBR), Inc. is a Wisconsin non-profit established in 2000 to foster biotic research in prairies. One way we do this is through a Small Grants Program that funds grants up to $1,000 to individuals for the study of any grassland taxon in the USA. We support both natural history and experimental science. We are especially eager to support independent researchers (individuals lacking institutional support), but anyone may apply. Since 2002, we’ve awarded 61 grants worth $57,097 to researchers in 18 states to study insects, plants, mammals, reptiles, slime molds, mycorrhizal fungi, spiders, and invasive species. Many of these grants supported graduate student research.
In 2009, we expect to fund at least 10 grants of up to $1000 each with the donations we have received, including some restricted by donors to support research in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and in Missouri, where research on Missouri Prairie Foundation properties is of special interest.
To apply for a Grant, contact
Andrew Williams
Prairie Biotic Research, Inc.
P. O. Box 5424
Madison, Wisconsin 53705-0424
or by email at
prairiebioticresearch@gmail.com
for our simple application form with instructions, a two-part historic summary of our Small Grants Program, and a sample researcher agreement form that winners of this competition must sign. Applications must be postmarked by 7 January 2009. Those who won PBR Small Grants Program funding in 2008 are ineligible for this funding in 2009.
We are grateful for gifts received from individuals, businesses, foundations and non-profit organizations in support of our 2009 Small Grants Program: BioLogic Environmental Consulting, LLC; Russell J. Blattner Charitable Trust; Stephen & Nancy Bloom; Kurt Christoffel; Citizens Natural Resources Association of Wisconsin; Robert & Nancy Dott; Tamara Felden; MJ Hatfield; Hillsdale Fund, Inc.; George & Marilyn Johnson; Herbert H. Kohl Charities, Inc.; Roma Lenehan; The Reva and David Logan Foundation; The Fred Maytag Family Foundation; Merganser Fund; Midwest Prairies, LLC; Missouri Prairie Foundation; Richard & Emily Moore; Robert Owen & Catherine Gimse-Owen; The R. D. and Linda Peters Foundation; Ursula Petersen; Jim & Rose Sime; The Soap Opera; Starbucks Coffee -- the premier purveyor of the finest coffee in the world; Arthur W. Strelow Charitable Trust; Glenn Teschendorf; Elaine & Richard Tinberg; Laura Van Slyke; Andrew Williams; and Kenneth Wood.
Please make a donation to support PBR and our Small Grants Program. Any amount is welcome. PBR is volunteer-run so our overhead is very low. You may specify that your entire tax-deductible donation be given to researchers through our Small Grants Program, or to expand our research endowment that produces income we give away annually through this program. Please help us to help others!
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. . . from the Board and Scientific Advisors of Prairie Biotic Research, Inc.
Michael Anderson, Rebecca Christoffel, Jaime Edwards, Kerry Katovich, Douglas LeDoux, Victoria Nuzzo, Ursula Petersen, Dennis Schlicht, Scott Swengel, David Voegtlin, Andrew Williams and Daniel Young
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