[Pollinator] Honey Bee Health Request for Proposals

[Jennifer Tsang]

Please distribute the below and attached Request for Proposals for NAPPC
Honey Bee Health grants widely.  Please note the Thursday, January 15th,
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 Burt's Bees; 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, $40,000 will be available, and we anticipate supporting 4-6
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.  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

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

5.         Efforts to translate results of research into practical
technological advances for apiculture, or efforts to promote adoption of
practices by beekeepers and other members of the public that improve honey
bee health or the environment for honey bees and other pollinators (courses,
literature, etc)

 

The proposals should include a 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.  The
proposal packet should also include a 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.  Finally,
the proposal packet should include a 2-page CV of the principal
investigator(s).  As a nonprofit organization, NAPPC does not pay overhead
on funded research grants.  

 

 

Please send your proposal packets as a single pdf file by electronic mail to
Jennifer Tsang (jt at pollinator.org) by January 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
February 6, 2009.  

 




Honey Bee Health NAPPC Task Force


Laurie Adams

Coevolution Institute/NAPPC


Zac Browning

American Beekeeping Federation


May Berenbaum

University of Illinois


Nicholas Calderone

Cornell University


Dewey Caron

University of Delaware


Heather Clay

Canadian Honey Council


Diana Cox Foster

Pennsylvania State University


Robert Curtis

Almond Board of California


Galen Dively

University of Maryland


Christine Elsik

Georgetown University


Wayne Esaias

Oceanographer


Jay Evans

USDA-ARS Bee Research Lab


Christina Grozinger*

Pennsylvania State University


Kevin Hackett

USDA-ARS


G.W. (Jerry) Hayes

Apiary Inspectors of America


Douglas Holy

USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service


Zachary Huang

Michigan State University


Chris Leggett

Embassy of Canada


Catherine Little

Acadia University


Eric Mussen

University of California, Davis


Jeff Pettis

Research Leader, USDA-ARS Bee Research Lab


Gene Robinson

University of Illinois


Jerry Rozen

American Museum of Natural History


Olav Rueppell

University of North Carolina - Greensboro


Dave Shutler

Acadia University


Colin Stewart

USDA APHIS PPQ


Barry H. Thompson*

Thompson Apiaries, LLC


Dennis VanEngelsdorp

PDA/AIA


Daniel Weaver*

Bee Weaver Apiaries, Inc.


Wayne Wehling

USDA APHIS PPQ


Tuckie Westfall

Kraft Foods

 

*Co-Chairs

 

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