The Nevada Native Plant Society (NNPS) Margaret Williams research grants program will annually award up to two grants of not over $1000.

These grants are designed to facilitate basic botanical research and increase our understanding of Nevada's native and naturalized flora. The research should cover some aspect of our flora from single species to whole communities or ecosystems. Research can include, but is not limited to, disciplines such as conservation, landscape analysis, ecology, biogeography, or taxonomy.

Written proposals are to be submitted to the Small Grants Program chair. Research proposals should be concise and to the point!! Each proposal should contain a title, objectives, methods, expected final product, a brief statement of applicant's qualifications, and a project budget for how NNPS funds will be spent. If applicant is a student an accompanying letter from their advisor is required (maximum of one page). Inclusion of an e-mail address will facilitate notification. Deadline is 1 February 2008.

Costs covered by these grants include travel, lodging, meals, services such as computer time, graphics, phone, copying, and film and processing. Non-eligible costs include equipment, wages, typing, and costs unrelated to the project.

A decision will be reached by 1 March 2008. All applicants will be notified of the committee's decision. The committee may decide not to fund a grant in any given year.

Successful applicants will be required to discuss their research results with NNPS. This can be through an article for our newsletter or by giving a presentation at an evening NNPS meeting.

Support in the form of a NNPS Margaret Williams Grant will be awarded only once for any one project.

We would prefer proposals be emailed to Christy Malone at  cmalone [at] unr [dot] edu. They can also be snail-mailed to the following address: Nevada Native Plant Society, Small Grants Chair, P.O. Box 8965, Reno, NV 89507-8965.

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