Darrell Posey Fellowship for Ethnoecology and Traditional Resource Rights Small Grants Awards and the Field Fellowship

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From: Janis Alcorn [mailto:janisalcorn at YAHOO.COM]
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 4:53 AM
To: EANTH-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: CALL FOR PROPOSAL AND NOMINATIONS for the 2009 – 2011 Darrell
Posey Fellowship for Ethnoecology and Traditional Resource Rights Small
Grants Awards and the Field Fellowship

CALL FOR PROPOSAL AND NOMINATIONS for the 2009 – 2011 Darrell Posey
Fellowship for Ethnoecology and Traditional Resource Rights Small Grants
Awards and the Field Fellowship,
Submitted by  Natasha Duarte, isecoordinator at gmail.com
Coordinator, International Society of Ethnobiology

In 2009 we will award two small grants, and one Field Fellowship. In
2011 we will award another two small grants, and possibly an
institution-based fellowship (the latter depends upon available funds).

For more information on the Program, and to get updates on the work of
Fellows and Small Grants recipients from 2004-2008, please visit us
online at: www.ethnobiology.net

Small Grants are awarded to indigenous and community groups working on
sustainable and equitable resource management or rights issues. The
incorporation of small grants into the Fellowship program reflects the
widespread need for small, strategic sums to fill gaps in funding,
respond to crises, or catalyze resource management change or
institutional development.  Small grants are $5,000 per year for two years.

Field Fellowships are awarded to individuals pursuing applied,
on-the-ground activities to support resource management, and cultural,
human, land, resource and other rights of indigenous peoples and local
communities around the world. The award targets grassroots activities
and individuals that may or may not have an interest in academic
concerns. Field Fellows receive $20,000 per year for two years.

Please visit our website to find the instructions for nominating
candidates for both Small Grants and Field Fellowships.  You will find
there different requirements for each program, as well as slightly
modified instructions for individuals and groups that wish to apply
directly to the ISE for Small Grants or Field Fellowships.

In the past, only the Oxford Fellowship was awarded through a direct
application process, and Small Grants and Field Fellowships were by
nomination only. This was intended to make the process more inclusive
because many groups and individuals undertaking grassroots work on
resource rights and management, and applied ethnobiological research,
are not experienced fundraisers and do not have large international
networks. However, so many individuals have asked to apply directly for
the Small Grants and Field Fellowships that we decided to accept both
nominations and direct applications (but letters of
support/recommendation will continue to be weighed more heavily than the
style or polish of a proposal).

The timeline for this year's Small Grants and Fellowship nomination,
selection, and award process is as follows:
February 1, 2009: Proposals and Nominations due
February 1 – March 15, 2009: Selections made
April 1, 2009: Small Grants and Fellowship recipients notified
May 1, 2009:  Awards made (the first of two annual payments of $5,000
for small grants, and $20,000 for Fellows).

Please send any questions to:

Natasha Duarte
isecoordinator at gmail.com
Coordinator, International Society of Ethnobiology
14 School St., P.O. Box 303
Bristol, VT 05443, USA
tel:   +1 802 453-6996
Fax: +1 802 453-3420
www.ethnobiology.net