CAROLINA BIRD CLUB RESEARCH GRANTS
Revised October 2011
The mission of the Carolina Bird Club (CBC) includes the support of research on birds of the Carolinas and their habitats.
To fulfill that part of its mission the CBC provides grants to support both student research concerning birds which are found in the Carolinas, and educational programs designed to promote interest in birds in the Carolinas.
Applications should be made through an educational or non-profit institution. For student research projects, applications require the sponsorship of a faculty member and approval of the institution's authorized signatory. For secondary school programs, applications require a letter of support from the school principal and approval of the institution's authorized signatory.
Applications should be prepared directly by the applicant and should include a scope of work (preferably limited to two single-spaced pages), a budget with appropriate details, a biographical summary of the applicant, including course work and other activities that would indicate that the applicant is capable of performing the described research, and a letter from the faculty sponsor or school principal. The accompanying letter must give details of the starting date of the research and the time period for which funding is requested. It should also state the name of the payee and the address to which a check should be mailed. Checks are made out to an institution or a department, not to an individual.
Grants are awarded for specific purposes. Should the recipient of a grant wish to allocate any part of the grant to a purpose other than that defined in the original application, prior permission must be obtained from the CBC Grants Committee. In the event that such permission is denied the grant monies concerned must be returned to the CBC.
Allowable costs include, but are not necessarily limited to, laboratory supplies and limited travel to research sites. The Carolina Bird Club does not support institutional indirect costs.
Awardees must file a final report, including an accounting of expenditures and a summary of research or programming, no later than 30 days following the close of the grant period. Any unused funds must be returned to CBC no later than 30 days following the close of the grant period. Significant research findings will be reviewed for possible publication in The Chat, the ornithological journal of the CBC.
Also, awardees may be invited to present their findings at a seasonal meeting of the CBC. In that case the CBC will cover all reasonable expenses incurred by the presenter.
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis for review by the CBC Grants Committee.
Email completed applications or inquiries to: