Ecologists in Africa Grant to Carry Out Innovative Ecological Research

Deadline: 19-Mar-21

The British Ecological Society (BES) is currently accepting proposals for the Ecologists in Africa Grant Program to carry out innovative ecological research.

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BES recognizes that ecologists in Africa face unique challenges in carrying out research; their grant is designed to support you to develop your skills, experience, and knowledge base as well as making connections with ecologists in the developed world. They support excellent ecological science in Africa by funding services and equipment.

Funding Information

The maximum value of a grant is £8,000 for research. An additional sum up to £2,000 may be requested to fund travel to help you develop connections with other ecologists outside your usual peer group. This must be requested at the application stage.
Travel funds are available to spend time working with ecologists in developed countries where facilities and experience will help you on return to your own institution.
Successful applicants also receive two years of free BES membership and free online access to journals.
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You should:

Be a scientist and a citizen of a country in Africa or its associated islands, that is a ‘low-income economy’ or ‘lower-middle-income economy’ according to the World Bank categorization.
Have at least an MSc or equivalent degree.
Be working for a university or research institution in Africa (including field centres, NGOs, museums, etc.) that provides basic research facilities.
Carry out the research in a country in Africa or its associated islands.
The proposed work must be completed within 18 months.
This currently excludes – Botswana, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Libya, Namibia, and South Africa.
Value

The maximum value of a grant is £8,000 for research. An additional sum up to £2,000 may be requested to fund travel to help you develop connections with other ecologists outside your usual peer group. This must be requested at the application stage.
Travel funds are available to spend time working with ecologists in developed countries where facilities and experience will help you on return to your own institution.
Successful applicants also receive two years of free BES membership and free online access to their journals.
Assessment Criteria

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The application will be judged by a panel of reviewers on the basis of your personal qualifications, the scientific excellence, novelty and feasibility of the proposal, and the academic and non-academic impact of the planned research.
You should demonstrate that you have made connections with ecologists in a developed country that can provide advice during the proposed project. If international travel is part of the application, you should demonstrate close links with those you propose to visit.
Funding is available for any area of ecological science excluding research focused solely on agriculture, forestry, and bioprospecting. Please note that neither purely descriptive work nor studies that might be considered incremental will be funded.
The proposed project could be part of an existing programme but the application should be for a clearly defined piece of research. Researchers must also show how their research will have a wider impact beyond academia.
For more information, visit https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/funding/ecologists-in-africa/