The Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation supports research focused on the landscape and ecosystems of the Lake Superior basin, particularly the Huron Mountains area of northern Michigan.
HMWF provides exclusive access to a large (ca 10,000 ha), diverse, and well-protected private natural area in the Huron Mountains, with extensive old-growth forests and pristine aquatic systems. The Foundation provides housing and facilities at the Ives Lake Research Station north of Big Bay, MI. The Foundation also offers small research grants, with particular priority given to 'seed' projects that might lead to successful proposals to major funding agencies. HMWF is interested in both hypothesis-driven and descriptive field research and monitoring in all areas of biology and earth sciences. Proposals for long-term research are welcome. The Foundation also supports taxonomic documentation in connection with an all-taxa biodiversity inventory of the Huron Mts. (we are particularly interested in documenting arachnids, other poorly studied invertebrate groups, and fresh-water plankton; see website, below, for current biodiversity inventory). More details and guidelines for research proposals may be found at the Foundation's website, www.hmwf.org, under the 'for researchers' link. Proposals for the 2012 field season should be submitted by 1 Feb, 2012; this deadline is strict if funding is requested. Address inquiries to Kerry Woods, Director of Research, at [email protected] -- Kerry D. Woods Bennington College, Natural Sciences Dir. of Research, Huron Mt. Wildlife Found. www.hmwf.org faculty.bennington.edu/~kwoods [email protected]
