Criteria for Evaluation and Application
Methods
Evaluation of Proposals: Projects should make direct
contributions to conservation of individual species or habitats, conservation
education, applied conservation biology or conservation policy. Scientific
rigor and potential for application of results are paramount. Each proposal
will be evaluated for its research design, feasibility and breadth of significance
to the discipline of conservation biology. Preferences will be given to
projects that have links to the zoo's animal collection.
Evaluation of each proposal is based on its merit and quality relative
to that of all other proposals under consideration. Funding requests should
center on support for Latin American researchers, students and field assistants
as well as logistical support for North American students. While field costs
will be supported at reasonable levels, the fund does not usually support
either salaries or the purchase of permanent equipment.
Submission Deadline: All application materials must
be postmarked by September 1. Late proposals are not considered and will
be returned for resubmission at a later date. |

How to Apply
Send 15 copies of the proposal to:
Lincoln Park Zoo Scott Neotropic Fund
Director of Conservation and Science
2001 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60614-3895 U.S.A.
Each Proposal Should Contain:
- · A title page with the applicant's name, complete address,
- institutional affiliation, status or job title, degree being sought
- or highest degree obtained, tax identification or social security number,
nationality, telephone number, fax number and electronic
- mail address.
- · Literature cited
- · A one-page non-technical summary of the project, stating the
purpose, objectives, procedures, anticipated results, feasibility and the
project's overall significance to conservation in Latin America. Include
the project title, applicant's name, institutional affiliation and status/title
at the top of the page; the desired starting date, total project budget
and amount requested from the Lincoln Park Zoo Scott Neotropic Fund at
the bottom of the page.
- · A brief introduction of the project, explaining the rationale
for the project, hypotheses, anticipated results and the project's overall
significance to conservation in Latin America.
- · A narrative section, defining the project's specific goals
and objectives, the bases for development of hypotheses, and specific applications
of the results to conservation and/or conservation biology in Latin America.
Include descriptions and justifications of study design, providing 1) sample
sizes, 2) statistical analysis, 3) duration of study, 4) general methodology,
5) appropriateness of methods, 6) feasibility of attaining goals with proposed
methodology, and 7) plans for implementation of results into conservation
action or policy.
- · A materials and methods section, detailing 1) use and contact
with animals, 2) details of unique or complicated data collection methods,
3) Lincoln Park Zoo staff involvement with the project, if applicable,
and 4) names and addresses of all students, collaborators and academic
sponsors.
- · A schedule for the project, including 1) the project's initiation
date, 2) timetables for data collection and analyzes, 3) completion date
for the project, and 4) anticipated date for receipt of a master's or doctorate
degree, if applicable.
- · A summary operating budget for the entire project, exclusive
of funds requested from the Lincoln Park Zoo Scott Neotropic Fund.
- · A detailed budget, including justification for each budgetary
category for the amount requested from the Lincoln Park Zoo Scott Neotropic
Fund. Identify costs associated with food, lodging, airfare, car rental,
fuel, stipends, supplies and permanent equipment.
The following supporting materials also are required as part of the
application:
- · Proof that all necessary permits, such as visas and research
permits, have been or can be obtained for the desired time period.
- · A two-page curriculum vitae or résumé for each
of the principal investigators.
- · At least two letters of recommendation by conservation biologists
familiar with both the proposal and applicant(s).
- The entire proposal, excluding figures, tables and curriculum vitae,
should not exceed 15 single-spaced, typewritten pages at 12 characters
per inch.
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