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Call for Applications The Georgia Ornithological Society offers graduate student research grants up to $10,000 in support of ornithological research. Guidelines for Grant Applicants I) The applicants, during the grant period, must be graduate students enrolled in the State of Georgia. II) The research must be primarily ornithological and must be conducted under faculty direction. III) Preference will be given (1) first to research performed in Georgia; (2) second to research performed in the U.S. outside Georgia; (3) third to research performed in the Americas outside the U.S., especially when involving species moving between North America and the Caribbean, Central, and/or South America; and (4) fourth to research performed in other parts of the world. IV) A grant will normally be given for a period of 12 months to be expended during that time. No more than $10,000 may be awarded among all applicants in one year. Application for renewal is permitted. V) The grant will not fund the grantee's salary, tuition, university overhead, or indirect costs. VI) The applicant must state clearly the amount requested. The grant committee** will determine the amount to be granted per applicant. It may award the entire grantable amount to one applicant or apportion varying amounts among several applicants as it deems fit. VII) GOS will not award money from both of its graduate student grant sources (i.e., Howe and Terrell) to an individual applicant within the same calendar year. VIII) The typewritten grant application, double spaced, not to exceed 10 pages, should include (1) a description of the research project, (2) literature citations,(3) an itemized budget, (4) a clear statement of other financial support, including sources and amounts; (5) whether the applicant could undertake the research if GOS awards less than the amount requested; and (6) a brief resume of the applicant. If the applicant does not respond to any of these six items, the application will not be considered. IX) Two letters of reference, submitted separately, are also required, one of which should be from the directing faculty member. Three copies of the application and of each letter of reference should be submitted. Photocopies are acceptable. X) The grant application and the letters of reference shall reach the Research Grant Committee no later than December 31 each year. The grantees shall be selected by February 28, with the concurrence of the GOS Executive Committee. XI) At the end of the grant period, the grantee is required to submit to the Research Grant Committee a brief written summary of research results and grant expenditures. The grantee is encouraged to present research results to the members of GOS at a semiannual meeting and/or to submit a manuscript to the journal of GOS, The Oriole. GOS Howe Research Grant Committee ** Grant applications will be reviewed and evaluated by a three-person committee (i.e., Howe Grant Committee). The chairperson of this committee shall be appointed by the GOS president. The chairperson shall then appoint two committee members with the concurrence of the president. The committee shall include at least one research scientist. In the event that there is a conflict of interest involving an applicant and a committee member, the committee member shall recuse himself or herself from the review process for that application. If a committee member must be recused, the chairperson or acting chairperson shall recommend a temporary replacement for the president’s concurrence. |
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H. Branch Howe, Jr.
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5/2009
