Fellow Orthopterists,
We herewith announce the 20th annual call for applications for $300-$1,000 Orthopterists' Society grants primarily in support of graduate students and young professionals for significant basic research in Orthoptera (s. l.) and innovative presentation of findings. The Research Committee generally favors applicants without other funds, and encourages orthopterists from Asia, Latin America, and Africa to apply.
This year grants will be awarded in September, and March, with due dates for applications on 1 July 2012 and 1 January 2013. Proposals should be submitted to the Chair at the address below (Fax and E-mail applications [plain text only] are preferred). The proposals should be in the following format and restricted to the indicated number of pages: A) DESCRIPTION (one page): 1) TITLE, 2) SIGNIFICANCE, stressing the new aspects of the proposal, expected contribution to theory, relation to previous work, etc. (applicants should emphasize the nature and significance of their proposal to provide the judges with the basis for weighing different projects especially in fields outside their expertise), 3) RESEARCH PLAN, including the particular orthopterans to be studied, methods, logistics, an approximate timetable (to give the judges some idea of feasibility), etc., and, 4) INNOVATIONS IN PRESENTATION (if applicable), such as special tabulation, distinctive illustrations and diagrams, material on computer discs, CD-ROMs, etc. B) CURRICULUM VITAE (half page) including name, mailing, present position or years in graduate school, education, number of papers published or completed, citation of selected publications pertinent to the proposal to aid the judges; vital statistics are NOT desired. C) BUDGET (half page) including justification of items where appropriate (i. e. why special equipment is necessary unless self-obvious), other funding for the project, etc. Overhead CANNOT be provided on Society grants.
The Committee prefers proposals applicable to broad biological problems, even though the actual research may be narrower in scope. Proposals also should include clearly stated hypotheses and predictions, and evidence to be gathered to test the hypotheses and predictions. Taxonomic projects should also involve clear questions, hypotheses, and predicted evidence, and applicants for these projects must demonstrate some understanding of taxonomic theory and methodology, especially of the newer molecular techniques, and of cladistics, maximum likelihood, etc. Similarly, applicants for survey projects must clearly identify the biological problems to be solved. Projects which merely involve “finding out what is there” (important as that may be) will not be funded.
Proposals from graduate students must include a simple recommendation from their major professor or advisor. Those not affiliated with an educational or research institution should indicate where the work is to be done. A short report will be required from the successful applicants written for our newsletter, Metaleptea, for orthopterist but non-specialist readers.
Theodore J. Cohn, Chair, Research Committee
Insect Division, Museum of Zoology, 1109 Geddes Ave.,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, USA,
Fax: (734) 763-0480
E-mail: tcohn@sunstroke.sdsu.edu [plain text only]
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I have the pleasure to announce that, thanks to the work of the Chair of the Congress, Dr. Long Zhang from Key Laboratory for Biological Control, Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, CHINA, the website for our next congress in Kunming, Yunnan, China is now opened. Please visit the website of the Congress for more information. |
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