FOUNDATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION PROGRAMME GRANT SUMMARY AND PROGRESS & OUTLINE OF 2016 RESEARCH GRANTS PROCESS 2016 BIMF-FBIP FORUM Lita Pauw 1
Outline (1) Grant summary and progre ss (2) 2016 Call timeline and process 2
Grants & Call statistics: 2013 - 2015 2013 2015 Funding Category levels / project Project Grants Project Grants proposals awarded proposals awarded Large projects R 2 m / year 19 1 14 (5) 2 (3 y) Surveys < R 1 m 19 7 22 8 Small projects < R 200 000 38 16 58 16 All categories 24 94 76 26 3
Grants awarded to date: 2013 - 2015 Grants awarded 2013 2015 Category No Amount No Amount 6 m 12 m Large Grants 1 2 (2m x 3yr) (4m x 3yr) Small Grants & 23 2,7 m 24 5.4 m Surveys 8,7 m 17.4 m All Grants 4
Taxa included in 2015 grants Plants = 10; Animals = 25; Microbes = 9 5
Anticipated data outputs from funded projects against FBIP targets DATA OUTPUTS 2013/14 2015/16 Total Target Specimen/occurrence records 204,234 240,000 444,234 500,000 Specimens barcoded 300 7,040 7,340 Species barcoded 948 1,791 2,739 600 Species pages 3, 680 1,057 4,737 600 New species 43 53 96 6
Data delivery: 2013 Small Grants & Surveys (March 2016) Surveys Small Grants Total number of projects 7 16 Number of projects 4 10 incomplete Extension approved 4 6 7
Data delivery (9 projects) Surveys and small grants DNA sequences • 418 bacteria & fungi & sponges • 535 plant species Specimen records, species pages, distribution maps • 6 637 records for wasps - Waspweb • 248 wasp species information consolidated • Online interactive keys and species pages of wasps • 281 root endophytic fungal & actinobacterial isolates deposited • 1 423 flea specimens (38 species) deposited • 38 flea species’ abundance records and distribution maps • MammalMAP records (8 215) • 37 Scallop specimen data (incl. sequence data) and 1 Species Page 8
Large integrated project (Seakeys) Data delivery to date Data Type Progress Target 100 281 169 000 Occurrence records captured (59%) 94 200 Barcodes of new species (47%) National species inventories 1 954 - (seaweeds, invertebrates & fish) 210 250 Species pages (84%) 9
Students Grant-linked students (2013-2016) Other student Additional involvement applications Large projects 2013-2016 Level Total 2013-2016 (All projects) 2016 Hons 12 2 14 17 MSc 7 4 11 19 PhD 6 2 8 26 Post Doc - 2 2 11 10
Publications & workshops 2015 2014 Papers published 27 22 Workshops / 7 20 Training meetings 11
Outputs and Reporting Critical for continuation of FBIP that grant recipients: • Deliver outputs specified in their proposals and in the proposed timeframes • Comply with data standards NB: Outstanding data will disqualify grant holders for future grants Efficient reporting process: • Submit NRF progress reports • Provide updates to FBIP Comprehensive reporting is strategically important : DST and NRF to evaluate the FBIP’s success in relation to its funding 12 To drive/inform FBIP priorities
2016 Calls • Call managed by SANBI (Closed 28 April 2016) • Research Calls managed by NRF 13
2016 Call for Accelerated Data Mobilisation Proposals Open Call through SANBI (Closed 28 April 2016) • Focus is on producing FBIP outputs (specimen / occurrence records, species pages, and DNA barcodes according to IBOL standards). • Amount per grant: R50,000 - R300,000 • Criteria: relevance to global change / bioeconomy, return on investment; feasible workplan. • Received: 27 applications • Panel meeting: May 2016 • Starting date and duration of grants: July 2016 - July 2017 14
2016 Call for Research Proposals Research call managed through NRF (1) Large, Integrated Team Project: Concept notes followed by full proposals (max 4) (2) Small Grants 15
FBIP/NRF grants process: 2016 6 April – Calls opened for small grants and concepts 22 June - Submission July – NRF panel meeting 20 July – Announcement of successful August - Announcement of small grants concepts 21 September - Submission October – NRF panel meeting October/November – Announcement of large integrated team grant 16
FOUNDATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION PROGRAMME Thank You 17
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