FYI... X-posted from consbio. Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:47:42 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Environmental Defense Environmental Science NGO Minigrant Opportunity To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ Double-click this line for list subscription options ] MEMO TO: Non-governmental Environmental Organizations FROM: Michael Oppenheimer, Environmental Defense RE: NGO Minigrant Opportunity for Science Programs Environmental Defense is requesting Letters of Inquiry for our next round of Environmental Science Program NGO Minigrants to be awarded in the spring of 2001. The letters should be no longer than one page and should describe potential proposals for projects at a maximum cost of $15,000. For this round we are interested in projects related to the following topics: invasive species, marine reserves, aquaculture, ecosystem restoration, endangered species conservation, and climate change. This program is funded by the Packard Foundation and aims to increase the ability of non-governmental environmental organizations to utilize scientific expertise and engage academic scientists in activities that further the goals of the environmental community. Such activities include: · Research projects that aim to resolve key uncertainties inhibiting progress on environmental problems · Involvement by academic scientists in public education about the environmental problems and means to solve them · Involvement by academic scientists in the public policy process · Exchanges of expertise and people between the academic and environmental communities through the use of interns, fellows, and consultants The types of activities Environmental Defense will support with an NGO Minigrant include partial salaries for academics, graduate students, interns, and science fellows, as well as meetings, travel expenses, and other costs that further a research project. We will not support overhead, indirect costs, equipment costs, or salaries for permanent NGO staff. The Letter of Inquiry due date is December 19, 2000. Please visit our website at www.environmentaldefense.org/minigrants/ngo for more information on the guidelines to follow in applying for an NGO Minigrant. Thank you for taking the time to consider how your organization might use such a minigrant to forward goals that are important to all of us. ------- End of forwarded message ------- ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Senior Lecturer Environmental Management & Design Division Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 ************************************
