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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=233455311-03012012><STRONG>Amigos de la
red TABDP, </STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=233455311-03012012><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=233455311-03012012><STRONG>Un saludo
muy especial para todos deseandoles todo lo mejor en el 2012 para ustedes y
sus seres queridos. Esperamos nuestra red continue siendo de interes, por favor
no olviden enviar sus contribuciones. Que el 2012 traiga muchas mas
oportunidades para todos, exitos, salud, prosperidad y mariposas!. Abajo
encontraran una oportunidad de becas, por favor NO contactarme a mi para
aplicaciones o mas informacion.</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=233455311-03012012><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=233455311-03012012><STRONG>Greetings to
all our TABDP network members, wishing you and your families a great 2012.
We hope the TABPD network would be useful and interest for all in 2012, so
please also send your contributions. I wish you a new year full of
opportunities, success, prosperity and butterflies! See a grant opportunity
below. Please contact them directly, not to me for applications and information.
</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=233455311-03012012><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=233455311-03012012><STRONG>Un abrazo,
</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=233455311-03012012><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=233455311-03012012><STRONG>Blanca</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=233455311-03012012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-----------------------------------</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=5><STRONG>JRS Biodiversity Foundation<SPAN
class=233455311-03012012> Grants 2012</SPAN></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> Dear Prospective Grant Applicant: </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> This notice is to inform you that the JRS
Biodiversity Foundation is now issuing a new Request for Pre-Proposals. The
Foundation is specifically seeking 1, 2, or 3 year projects to advance the field
of biodiversity with a particular interest in those endeavors that
systematically gather and make widely available information that is required to
realize conservation outcomes. The Foundation seeks applications proposing
projects to establish a clear connection and identifiable potential link to
conservation outcomes, and an explanation of the tangible uses of the data that
may yielded via the grant. No minimum or maximum funding limit has been
established for individual grants but JRS is allocating an amount of $1 million
US dollars to fund this new call for each of the next 3 years. More costly
projects will have a higher review threshold. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> All pre-proposals will be evaluated on their own
merits and only those posted on the Foundation website (</FONT></SPAN><A
href="outbind://25/www.jrsbdf.org"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=2
face=Arial>www.jrsbdf.org</FONT></U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=EN-GB><FONT size=2 face=Arial>) will be considered. In order to apply,
please visit this link and follow the instructions. You will need to comply with
the word limit for your responses to each of the questions on the pre-proposal
template. No exceptions will be allowed. You may begin the application process
immediately. No pre-proposals will be accepted after 15 February
2012.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> Responses to this new invitation must further
the general interests of the Foundation.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> Mission: To enhance knowledge and promote the
understanding of biological diversity for the benefit and sustainability of life
on earth.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> There is a particular interest in focusing on
interdisciplinary activities primarily carried out via collaborations in
developing countries and economies in transition with a special interest in
Africa but will consider exceptional projects outside of Africa on a limited
basis.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> Within those bounds a strategic interest has
been chosen to:advance projects, or parts of biodiversity informatics projects
that focus on: (1) collecting data, (2) aggregating, synthesizing, publishing
data, and making it more widely available to potential end users, and (3)
interpreting and gaining insights from data to inform policy and management of
biodiversity.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> When the Foundation refers to biodiversity it
does so within the context of the meaning set by The Convention on Biological
Diversity where at the Rio de Janeiro Conference in June 1992 it defined
biological diversity as "the variability among living organisms from all sources
including, among other things, terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems
and the ecological complexes of which they are part: this includes diversity
within species, between species and of ecosystems."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> When the Foundation refers to biodiversity
informatics it does so based on a definition taken in essence from Dr. Walter
Berendsohn...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> Biodiversity informatics is the application of
information technology (IT) tools and approaches to biodiversity information,
principally at the organismic level. It thus deals with information capture,
storage provision, retrieval, and analysis, focused on individual organisms,
populations, and species, and their interactions. It covers information
generated by the fields of systematics, evolutionary biology, population
biology, and ecology, as well as more applied fields such as conservation
biology and ecological management.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> With this call, JRS places particular weight on
supporting efforts that are practical and likely to yield a tangible result that
can be broadly shared to achieve specific conservation outcomes. Additional
Foundation interests include: (1) fostering the use of existing biodiversity
information technologies; (2) assuring that knowledge may be maintained and
broadly spread to enhance biodiversity and sustainability; (3) fostering the
training of the next generation of scientists; and (4) educating
decision-makers. The Foundation interest in promoting human capacity through its
grants encourages in proposals, the inclusion of staff development, involvement
of mentors, travel for short courses for junior and senior staff, and similar
activities that will build biodiversity competence in developing
nations.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> Timetable</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> January 1, 2012: JRS Web site enabled to accept
pre-proposals </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> February 15, 2012: Deadline for completion of
pre-proposals March 15, </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> 2012: Invitation to pre-proposal finalists to
submit final proposals </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> April 15, 2012: Deadline for submission of final
proposals May 30, </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> 2012: Final funding decision announcement by
Foundation June 30, </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> 2012: Distribution of first payment to approved
grantees Remember, </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> the Foundation will only accept pre-proposals
for this call via its website. If you have a problem entering your information
please contact the Foundation IT support at: <A
href="mailto:support@sitetechs.com">support@sitetechs.com</A>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> Thank you in advance for your interest.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> Harry E. Cerino</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> JRS Biodiversity Foundation</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> forward to a friend</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> Copyright © 2011 JRS Biodiversity Foundation,
All rights reserved.</FONT></P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT
size=2>-----------------------------</FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2>Blanca Huertas
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2>Curator
(Lepidoptera)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2>Entomology
Department<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2>The
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<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">History</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=left><FONT
size=2><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Cromwell
Road</SPAN></st1:address></st1:Street><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2>SW7 5BD
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2>Tel.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>+44 (0) 20 7942
6215<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2>Museum Website
</FONT><A href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/"><FONT
size=2>www.nhm.ac.uk</FONT></A><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=left>CV online <A
href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/staff-directory/entomology/b-huertas/index.html">http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/staff-directory/entomology/b-huertas/index.html</A></FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2>Other
projects</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2>TABDProject
</FONT><A href="http://www.andeanbutterflies.org/"><FONT
size=2>www.andeanbutterflies.org</FONT></A></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=left>Electronic archive of
Neotropical Butterflies Types </SPAN><A
href="http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Neotropical.htm"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff size=2><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Neotropical.htm</U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=left>Join our network
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