North American Pollinator Protection Campaign
Call for Research Proposals Related to Honey Bee Health
Background
The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) is seeking
proposals for research related to improving the health of honey bees.
Summaries of previously funded projects can be found at
<http://www.pollinator.org/honeybee_health.htm>http://www.pollinator.org/honeybee_health.htm.
Review and selection of proposals will be conducted by members of the
Honey Bee Health Improvement Task Force.
Research Needs
We anticipate supporting proposals of up to $8,000 each. Funds must
be used within a one-year period. Focused, targeted projects with a
high likelihood of providing tangible results that can be applied to
improving honey bee health are preferred. Proposals providing
valuable extensions of previously funded projects will be considered.
Priority Areas
The HBH Task Force has identified six priority areas for funding,
though other areas will be considered as well. Proposals that address
multiple priority areas or have implications for the health of other
managed or native bee species are encouraged.
1. Effects of nutrition on honey bee behavior, physiology and/or colony health
2. Effects of pesticides on honey bee behavior, physiology and/or colony health
3. Effects of pathogens and pests on honey bee behavior, physiology
and/or colony health; including the development of novel methods to
mitigate these effects, such as RNAi technology
4. Development of methods to improve genetic stocks of managed honey
bee populations
5. Effects of climate or environmental variables on: a) plants,
especially nectar and pollen quantity and quality; and/or b) honey
bee physiology and/or colony health
6. The development of diagnostics or indicators for the presence of
stressors that effect honey bee health, particularly those that can
be used by beekeepers
Proposal Requirements
1) Proposal title.
2) Priority area focus/focuses.
3) 3 page-project description (Arial, 12 pt font, single spaced, with
page numbers. References are not included in this page limit) with
sufficient background and description of methods to ascertain the
importance and feasibility of the studies.
4) Detailed budget that includes funds for the principal investigator
to attend the 3-day annual NAPPC International Conference in
Washington, DC this October 22-24, 2013, tentatively hosted at the US
Department of the Interior, to present the results of the research.
PI will need to cover registration (early registration is
approximately $295), lodging, transportation, and other travel
expenses. As a nonprofit organization, the Pollinator
Partnership/NAPPC does not pay overhead on funded research grants.
5) Research timeline by month (approximately April 2013 to April 2014).
6) 2-page CV of the principal investigator(s).
7) Contact information including email(s), physical mailing address,
and telephone number(s).
8) Please include if the proposal is under consideration by other
funding organizations.
9) If the PI has previously received funding from NAPPC, please
include information about the outcomes of that funding, including
publications, presentations, and/or leveraging to obtain additional
funding (up to 1 additional page)
Submission
Email your proposal packets as a single PDF file to Jennifer Tsang
(<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]) by 3PM PDT on
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012.
Funding Decisions
The proposals will be evaluated by members of the HBH Task Force and
funding decisions will be made by Friday, February 1st, 2013.
