Deadline: 16 February 2016
Jacob Robert Schramm (JRS) Biodiversity Foundation is currently inviting proposals for Informatics for African Freshwater and Pollinator Biodiversity. The Foundation is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for multi-year projects focused upon biodiversity data, knowledge and information services related to freshwater biodiversity and pollinator biodiversity in eastern and southern Africa.
The Foundation mission is to increase the access to and the use of information for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa.
Program Goal
Program goal is to expand biodiversity informatics in sub-Saharan Africa as evidenced by increases in access to and use of biodiversity data, investment in biodiversity information resources, and human and institutional capacity to generate and use biodiversity data and information services.
Focus projects
- collecting and enhancing data
- aggregating, synthesizing, and publishing data
- Making data more widely available to potential end users, and interpreting and gaining insights from species occurrence and distribution data to inform policy and conservation of biodiversity.
Grants available
The total multi-year requested grant may range from about $50,000 to about $250,000.
2016 Timeline
- April 14: Invitation to finalists to revise proposals
- May 4: Deadline for submission of revised proposals
- May 31: Final funding decision communicated by the Foundation
- July 1: Approximate date of first payment to approved grantees
Eligibility Criteria
- The call is limited to eastern and southern African countries.
- Preference will be given to projects that can grow to larger scale or can be transferred across geographic regions or across organizational and institutional contexts.
- The foundation is likely to prioritize those proposals that demonstrate the following criteria:
- Adherence to the scope of this call;
- Prior success of the project director, partnership, or grantee organization;
- Potential to generate transformative change;
- Linkages to specific conservation and sustainable development outcomes;
- Capacity-building within the project and the broader community;
- Leadership by, or strong partnership with, institutions in Africa;
- Specific methodologies, milestones and indicators to evaluate progress and success; and
- Evidence of current or future interest by other funders.
- U.S. law governing foundations requires that projects seeking to influence legislation through advocacy or lobbying or public campaigns will not be considered.
How to Apply
Applicants must apply online through the website.
For more information, please visit JRS Biodiversity Program 2016.
