[Pollinator] Call for Research Proposals Related to Honey Bee Health

[Anthony Colangelo]

*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.
Proposals should focus on research to understand, manage, suppress, and
eradicate Varroa mites, small hive beetles, and other pests, pathogens, and
diseases contributing to colony losses. Summaries of previously funded
projects can be found at http://pollinator.org/honeybee_health.htm.

*Research Needs:*
We anticipate supporting several proposals, for a maximum of $10,000 for
each individual proposal. Students and post-doctoral research fellows are
encouraged to apply. 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 bee health are preferred. Proposals providing
valuable extensions of previously funded projects will be considered but
must be distinct. Principal investigators of all funded projects will be
expected to present the results at the 2022 NAPPC meeting and encouraged to
serve on the Honey Bee Health Task Force in the future.

*Priority Areas:*
The Honey Bee Health Task Force has identified seven priority areas for
funding, though other areas will be considered as well.
1. Effects of pathogens and pests on honey bee behavior, physiology and/or
colony health; including the development of novel methods to mitigate these
effects.
2. Effects of nutrition on pest, pathogen, and disease incidence.
3. Effects of pesticides on pest, pathogen, and disease incidence.
4. Effects of parasite and pathogen shared between bee species.
5. Development of approaches for genetic stock improvement of honey bee
populations to enhance resistance to pathogens and parasites.
6. Effects of climate or environmental variables on honey bee pests,
pathogens, and disease incidence.
7. Development of diagnostics or indicators for the presence of pests,
pathogens and diseases that affect honey bee health.

*Proposal Requirements:*
1) Proposal title and research team with contact information including
email(s), physical mailing address, and telephone number(s).
2) Priority area focus/foci.
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. As a non-profit organization the Pollinator
Partnership/NAPPC does not pay overhead on funded research grants.
5) Research timeline by month (approximately April 2022 to April 2023).
6) 2-page resume of the principal investigator(s).
7) Please explain if the proposal is under consideration by other funding
organizations.
8) 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 1/2
additional page).

*Submission:*
Email your proposal packets as a single PDF file to Reed Lievers (
reed at pollinator.org) by 3PM PST on Friday, January 21, 2022. Email Reed
with any questions.

*Funding Decisions:*
The proposals will be evaluated, and funding notifications will be made by
March 1, 2022.

*Learn more at https://www.pollinator.org/honeybee-health
<https://www.pollinator.org/honeybee-health>.*


Anthony Colangelo (he/him)
Communications Coordinator
Pollinator Partnership Canada

PO Box 73619

Wychwood PO

Toronto, Ontario

c: 647-895-2393

<https://www.pollinatorpartnership.ca/>
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