<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica"><b>Small Research Grants Program</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica"><b>2011 Request for Proposals</b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica"><b><br></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">The Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative (NBI) is seeking proposals to conduct research that expands</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">knowledge of understudied taxonomic groups and the overall biodiversity of Nantucket, Tuckernuck,</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">and/or Muskeget Islands. </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">The NBI seeks to facilitate research activities and data dissemination between</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">individual researchers, Nantucket conservation organizations, and the general public. This effort is a</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">partnership between Nantucket conservation organizations, government agencies, universities, and</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">individuals interested in documenting the biodiversity of the islands and adjacent waters, monitoring and</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">conserving that biodiversity over time, and conducting biodiversity-related research projects.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Participating partners include the Linda Loring Nature Foundation, Maria Mitchell Association,</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Massachusetts Audubon Society, Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program,</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Nantucket Garden Club, Nantucket Islands Land Bank</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Commission, Nantucket Land Council, The Trustees of Reservations, Tuckernuck Land Trust, and</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">University of Massachusetts Boston Nantucket Field Station.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Grant requests of up to $1,500 will be considered for funding</b>. Additional financial and in-kind</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">support such as housing, vehicles, lab space, equipment, etc. may also be provided by participating NBI</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">organizations. <b>The NBI does not fund institutional overhead or researcher salaries. </b>Proposals that</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">include one or more of the following will be given the highest priority for funding:</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><b> </b></span>Projects that include Nantucket as a study site for biodiversity-related research taking place at</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">other sites in the nearby region;</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><b> </b></span>Research on non-native, invasive species and their impacts on the biodiversity of Nantucket;</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><b> </b></span>Research on previously understudied taxonomic groups on Nantucket;</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><b> </b></span>Research on more than one species of interest;</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><b> </b></span>Study sites located within the NBI’s established biodiversity plots.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Grant proposal submission deadline: February 15, 2011</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><br></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Prior grant recipients are welcome to submit funding requests (contingent upon their timely</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>provision of products promised in earlier awards), but priority will be given to funding new</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>projects.</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Please refer to <span style="color: #3200ff">http://www.nantucketbiodiversityinitiative.org/ </span>for additional information on the NBI, its</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">participating organizations and the locations of established biodiversity plots.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><br></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Proposal Format:</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>1. Project Description (three pages or less, single spaced, 12 pt font): </b>the Project Description</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">should provide a review of results of any previous biodiversity research on Nantucket (and Cape</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cod and other nearby islands if appropriate) on the subject of proposed study, the goals and</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">objectives of the proposed project, methods, a project timeline, and expected products (e.g.,</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">publications, geo-referenced specimen/occurrence data, web pages, keys, checklists, etc.). If the</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Project Description exceeds the required length, it will be returned to the Principal Investigator</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">for revision and not reviewed again until the 2012 funding cycle.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><br></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>2. Budget: </b>the budget should include a brief justification for each budgeted item and a short</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">paragraph indicating any assured or anticipated matching funds (actual dollars or "in-kind"</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">support) that could be leveraged by a successful NBI grant award. The latter paragraph should</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">contain other support and anticipated “in-kind” services to be devoted to the project by all</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">professionals, students, and technical assistants. <b>NBI policy does not permit use of grant funds</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>for the payment of indirect expenses and/or overhead. However, these expenses can be</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>included as “in-kind” services, as described above.</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><br></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>3. Literature Cited/References.</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><br></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>4. Supporting Materials </b>(CV, publication list) <b>and Appendices </b>(maps, tables, graphs, etc.) if</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">relevant.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><br></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Reporting Requirements and Grant Payment Schedule:</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">An electronic copy of the final report and, if applicable, inventory data and Voucher Specimens of all</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">species collected (properly prepared with a full set of geo-referenced data) is due by February 15, 2012.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>The NBI strongly encourages that you prepare a poster or deliver an oral presentation of your</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>research results at the next scheduled NBI Conference (November 5, 2011).</b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Successful grants will be issued in two payments. The first payment will be issued at the initiation of the</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">project (the amount and timing will be determined by the NBI Grant committee). The second payment</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">will be issued upon receipt of an acceptable final report, inventory data, and voucher specimens (if</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">applicable).</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Please direct questions and send your proposal electronically by 5:00 PM on February 15, 2011 to:</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Karen Beattie (<span style="color: #3200ff">kbeattie@nantucketconservation.org)</span>, NBI Grants Committee Co-Chair.</p></div></body></html>