[Pollinator] 2010 NAPPC Honey Bee Research Grants Request for Proposal

[Jennifer Tsang]

Please distribute the below and attached Request for Proposals for NAPPC
Honey Bee Health grants widely.  Please note the December 15, 2009 deadline.
People from Canada, the U.S., and Mexico are welcome to apply. Thank you!

 



North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Call for Research Proposals Related to Honey Bee Health

 

The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign is seeking proposals for
research related to improving the health of honey bees.  Funding for these
grants has been generously provided by The Swanson Foundation. Summaries of
previously funded projects can be found at
http://www.pollinator.org/Honeybee_Health.htm.  Review and selection of
proposals will be conducted by members of the Honey Bee Health Improvement
Task Force. 

 

In total, $30,000 will be available, and we anticipate supporting 3-5
proposals.  Funds must be used within a one-year period.  Focused, targeted
projects with a high likelihood of providing tangible results that can be
applied to improving honey bee health are preferred.  Proposals providing
valuable extensions of previously funded projects will be considered. The
HBH Task Force has identified five priority areas for funding, though other
areas will be considered as well.  Proposals that address multiple priority
areas or have implications for the health of other managed or native bee
species are encouraged:

 

1.         Effects of nutrition on honey bee behavior, physiology and/or
colony health

2.         Effects of pesticides on honey bee behavior, physiology and/or
colony health

3.         Effects of pathogens and pests (especially Varroa mites) on honey
bee behavior, physiology and/or colony health; including the development of
novel methods to mitigate these effects

4.         Development of methods to improve genetic stocks of managed honey
bee populations 

5.         Effects of climate or environmental variables on: a) plants,
especially nectar and pollen quantity and quality; and/or b) honey bee
physiology and/or colony health 

 

The proposals should include 

1)     3 page-project description (references are not included in this page
limit) with sufficient background and description of methods to ascertain
the importance and feasibility of the studies.  

2)     Detailed budget that includes funds for the principal investigator to
attend the annual NAPPC International Summit in Washington, DC to present
the results of the research. As a nonprofit organization, NAPPC does not pay
overhead on funded research grants.  

3)     2-page CV of the principal investigator(s).  

4)     A statement regarding the following question: has part or all of the
proposal been submitted to another funding organization?  If yes, please
including the names of the other funding agencies.

 

Please send your proposal packets as a single pdf file by electronic mail to
Jennifer Tsang (jt at pollinator.org) by December 15, 2009.  Contact Christina
Grozinger (christina.grozinger at gmail.com) or Danny Weaver
(dbeeweaver at gmail.com) with questions.  The proposals will be evaluated by
members of the HBHI Task Force, and funding decisions will be made by
January 21, 2009.  




Honey Bee Health NAPPC Task Force


Laurie Adams

Pollinator Partnership/NAPPC


Kate Aronstein

USDA, ARS


Zac Browning

American Beekeeping Federation


Heather Clay

Canadian Honey Council


Diana Cox Foster

Pennsylvania State University


Robert Curtis

Almond Board of California


Keith Delaplane

University of Georgia


Christina Grozinger*

Pennsylvania State University


Kevin Hackett

USDA-ARS


G.W. (Jerry) Hayes

Apiary Inspectors of America


Douglas Holy

USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service


Spencer Johnston

Texas A & M University


Jeff Pettis

Research Leader, USDA-ARS Bee Research Lab


Mary Purcell-Miramontes

USDA-NIFA


Ramesh Sagili

University of Oregon


Colin Stewart

USDA APHIS PPQ


Marc Schaefer

ALP Swiss Research Centre


Daniel Schmehl

Pennsylvania State University


Rajwinder Singh

Pennsylvania State University


John Skinner

University of Tennessee


Marla Spivak

University of Minnesota


Dennis VanEngelsdorp

PDA/AIA


Daniel Weaver*

Bee Weaver Apiaries, Inc.


Wayne Wehling

USDA APHIS PPQ

 

*Co-Chairs

 

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