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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Research Grant Program To Strengthen Wildlife Habitat Protection=20 The second annual Request for Proposals (RFPs) by the Wildlife Habitat = Policy Research Program (WHPRP) will be issued on November 2, 2007 by = the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE). The RFPs = will be posted on the WHPRP website (http://ncseonline.org/WHPRP) and = also distributed via email to the wildlife habitat conservation = community (including this list). The program is supported by a four year = grant by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF). Application to the WHPRP is open to everyone and begins with composing = Letters of Intent due to NCSE by December 3, 2007 (see website for = instructions). Three applicants for each grant will be invited to submit = full proposals to be reviewed by an independent panel of experts, who = will evaluate the technical quality and practical value of each = submission, managed by the American Institute for Biological Sciences = (AIBS). Grants will be made only for the projects specifically defined in the = RFPs and will cover a variety of research areas with the general goal of = improving the basis for implementation of the statutory State Wildlife = Action Plans. Reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of this = conservation challenge, the program will support research in law, = economics, social sciences, natural sciences, and public policy. =20 The RFPs research topics include: - Analysis of the efficiency of land conservation spending for priority = habitats - Examining time sensitivity of priority habitats - Evaluating hazard mitigation policy applied to coastal and floodplain = habitats - Developing a research framework for climate and wildlife habitat = policy and management - Investigating the impacts of bio-energy production on conservation of = wildlife habitat - Using State Wildlife Action Plan priorities to direct and shape = policies as well as direct expenditures at multiple levels of government In total, the WHPRP will offer about six RFPs ranging in size from = $100,000 to $150,000 to be conducted over 12 or 18 month periods = beginning in April of 2008. Please distribute this announcement to any colleague you feel may be = interested. If you would like to be removed from the WHPRP listserv OR = did not receive this announcement directly and would like to be added to = the WHPRP listserv to ensure you receive our call for proposals, please = contact Cheryl Horton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 202.207.0007. =20 --------------------------------------------- Cheryl Horton Center for Science Solutions National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) (202) 207-0007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --===============1106360768== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ WHPRP mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.ncseonline.org/mailman/listinfo/whprp --===============1106360768==--