[Pollinator] Honey Bee Health Request for Proposal - Deadline Dec. 19, 2012

[Jennifer Tsang]

Dear Pollinator Listserv:

 

This is a friendly reminder to please distribute the below and attached
Request for Proposals for NAPPC Honey Bee Health grants widely.  More
information about the NAPPC Honey Bee Health Grant is available at
http://www.pollinator.org/honeybee_health.htm.

 

The deadline is a week from today, Wednesday, December 19th, 2012.  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

 

Background

The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) is seeking
proposals for research related to improving the health of honey bees.
Summaries of previously funded projects can be found at
<http://www.pollinator.org/honeybee_health.htm>
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. 

 

Research Needs

We anticipate supporting proposals of up to $8,000 each.  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. 

 

Priority Areas

The HBH Task Force has identified six 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 on honey bee behavior, physiology
and/or colony health; including the development of novel methods to mitigate
these effects, such as RNAi technology

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 

6.         The development of diagnostics or indicators for the presence of
stressors that effect honey bee health, particularly those that can be used
by beekeepers  

 




Proposal Requirements

1)     Proposal title.

2)     Priority area focus/focuses.

3)     3 page-project description (Arial, 12 pt font, single spaced, with
page numbers. References are not included in this page limit) with
sufficient background and description of methods to ascertain the importance
and feasibility of the studies.  

4)     Detailed budget that includes funds for the principal investigator to
attend the 3-day annual NAPPC International Conference in Washington, DC
this October 22-24, 2013, tentatively hosted at the US Department of the
Interior, to present the results of the research. PI will need to cover
registration (early registration is approximately $295), lodging,
transportation, and other travel expenses.  As a nonprofit organization, the
Pollinator Partnership/NAPPC does not pay overhead on funded research
grants.  

5)     Research timeline by month (approximately April 2013 to April 2014).

6)     2-page CV of the principal investigator(s).  

7)     Contact information including email(s), physical mailing address, and
telephone number(s).

8)     Please include if the proposal is under consideration by other
funding organizations.

9)     If the PI has previously received funding from NAPPC, please include
information about the outcomes of that funding, including publications,
presentations, and/or leveraging to obtain additional funding (up to 1
additional page)

 

Submission

Email your proposal packets as a single PDF file to Jennifer Tsang (
<mailto:jt at pollinator.org> jt at pollinator.org) by 3PM PDT on Wednesday,
December 19th, 2012.  

 

Funding Decisions

The proposals will be evaluated by members of the HBH Task Force and funding
decisions will be made by Friday, February 1st, 2013.

 

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