Jan 3, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Content by Michelle Hamer (SANBI-FBIP, April 2020) Purpose of the Online Workshop This online workshop covers the main points for the submission of a successful FBIP proposal and serves to assist eligible researchers. From the FBIP’s perspective: We want to improve...
Jan 3, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
More details available in the FBIP Framework document Environmental sustainability:Multi-taxa surveys, with the geographic area clearly identified on the basis of a large scale proposed development, or neglected areas for which no spatial plan exists for biodiversity,...
Jan 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
See FBIP Framework for all of these… Team: must be at least four (4) institutions involved; and minimum of five (5) participants/contributors (one must be from a Histori0DI); and at least 2 young researchers. Minimum of 3 postgraduates must be trained through...
Jan 3, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
All the points made for the Small Grant proposals apply to the Large Grants, but of course the scale is very different. Large Grants must have a much bigger impact, and produce more outputs than small grants. There are a lot more requirements that have to be met by...
Jan 3, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Small Projects ScorecardTrack record of applicantPublications, students10%Quality of proposalBackground with a problem statement / conceptual framework Aim and objectives clearly stated and do they align with the problem statement, with the objectives of the...
Jan 3, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Credit: www.enago.com/academy/research-ethics/ Do you need collecting permits? From who? Will you be working on private or communal land? How will you get the permission and support from those whose land you want to work on? Will you be interviewing people or using...
Jan 3, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Credit: https://rmsbunkerblog.files.wordpress.com We have to report to the National Research Foundation (NRF), Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) Board on the FBIP, including grants awarded, data...
Jan 3, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
What will you produce by doing the project? Be specific about this – even if you need to estimate. Make sure that there is a clear link between objectives and outputs. Each objective should have an output. Small Projects ScorecardTrack record of...
Jan 2, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
What is the problem that needs to be solved? Look at some of the big issues facing South Africa and the world and think about the context of your project. Does it address any of these? Background: what do we know (literature) and what don’t we know – what are the...
Dec 19, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Pretoria – The Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) is offering a number of bursaries for postgraduate studies in the 2020 academic year. 6-12 Honours bursaries at R60,000 each (funding for one year) 6-12 Masters bursaries at R90,000 per year...
