Next Generation Sonoran Desert Researchers
––– Research Grants –––
Call for pre-proposals, Deadline June 1, 2018
N-Gen Research Grants are designed to provide financial support for members of the N-Gen community conducting research in the Sonoran Desert. N-Gen supports original student and collaborative research, with preference always given to proposals that take a synthetic and transdisciplinary approach (perspectives that seek to transcend the boundaries of individual disciplines) to various topics in the larger Sonoran Desert region and associated marine and coastal areas.
We are currently accepting pre-proposals until June 1, 2018 for:
(A) Student and Early Career Research Grants (up to $1,500 USD each)
(B) Collaborative Research Grants (up to $5,000 USD each)
Please see the full call for proposals here: N-Gen_RFP_2018_Eng_V1.pdf
N-Gen Research Grants Pre-Proposal Template
(to be used for Student and Early Career and Collaborative Grants)
- Project Title:
- PI (name, affiliation, email):
- Co-PIs (not required for Student and Early Career grants):
- Type of Grant (Student and Early Career or Collaborative):
- Discipline(s): (refer to Disciplines listed here: http://nextgensd.com/about-us/join-the-network/)
Student and Early Career Grant prompt: Briefly outline your proposed research related to the Sonoran Desert and/or associated marine and coastal areas and explain how funding would help improve or complete your research project.
Collaborative Grant prompt: Briefly outline your proposed research related to the Sonoran Desert and/or associated marine and coastal areas, and in specific how your transdisciplinary project addresses the land:sea interface.
For all pre-proposals, briefly describe what N-Gen funding would support (e.g., travel, equipment, etc.). Specific numbers are not needed here but will be required at the full proposal stage.
Board member participation in N-Gen grant projects
N-Gen is a highly interconnected research community. In order to allow all members of our network to participate in the N-Gen grants program while avoiding conflicts of interest, the N-Gen Board of Directors has established the following guidelines:
- N-Gen board members may participate as collaborators in Collaborative Grant projects. N-Gen board members may not participate as Principal Investigators nor apply for Early Career Grants.
- N-Gen board members that apply for N-Gen funding may not participate in the Grants Committee in any capacity
- An individual N-Gen board member may participate in a maximum of two applications per grant cycle
- N-Gen board members must recuse themselves from the direct use of monetary funds provided by N-Gen grants, documented by a signed agreement.
Conflicts of Interest Guidelines for Grants Reviewers
N-Gen board members who do not apply for N-Gen grants may serve on the review committee. However, a reviewer may not participate in the review of an application if he or she:
- Within the preceding year, has collaborated with, co-authored a publication(s) with, and/or mentored or trained an individual named on the application.
- Has written a reference letter, a letter of general support or enthusiasm for an applicant or application to accompany the grant application in question.
- Is a family member (spouse or domestic partner, parent, child, or sibling) of an individual named on the application.
- Has a primary professional appointment in the same department/lab of an academic institution or research institute as that of a named individual listed on the application or project.
- Considers that there is a conflict of interest that would not let him or her have an impartial opinion.
Feel free to contact N-Gen with additional questions at nextgensd2012@gmail.com.
