The Association of Zoological Horticulture is committed to the conservation of our natural environment.

Title of Project___________________________________________________________

Name of Grant Supervisor/Title____________________________________________________

Institution Requesting Grant____________________________________________________________

Address__________________________________________________________ City ___________________________________State_______Zip____________

Telephone (___) ___-_________, Ext.________ FAX (___) ___-__________

AZH membership is required for grant eligibility.

Is the Supervisor/Institution an AZH member or organization member ___Yes ___No

Date of Request__________ Dates Project to begin and end_______________

Grant amounts are generally $1,000-$5000. Partial funding may occur, would this be acceptable? _____Yes _____No

Amount of Request___________(Funds available January 1 of the project year. Grant funds should be utilized in 1 year)

Type of Project, check as appropriate:

____Reintroduction ____Plant Research ____Display ____Demonstration ____Garden ____Education Program

____Special Event ____Field Conservation ____Rare Species ____Other

Would project personnel or grant supervisor be willing to present a paper on the project at the AZH conference? _____Yes _____No

Authorization: A signature on this application from the Executive Officer or other authorizing agent of the institution where the project takes place is required. Such signature will acknowledge awareness and responsibility for the project. The grant supervisor’s signature is also required.

Executive Officer’s Signature

_______________________________Title__________________

Date____________

Grant Supervisor’s Signature

_______________________________Title__________________

Date____________

Itemized Program Budget by the following categories:

Non-employee labor/consulting/contracted services total: $_______

Utilities total $_______

Supplies total $_______

Products total $_______

Equipment total $_______

Printing/Copying total $_______

Travel total $_______

Events total $_______

Other____________ $_______

Is this request for funds the initial funding for this project? _____Yes _____No

Where are the contributions for this project coming from?

a. Individual contributions total $_______

b. In-kind contributions total $_______

c. Foundations/other granting organizations total $_______

d. Corporate giving total $_______

e. Local organization total $_______

f. Other__________________ $_______

Grand Total $_______

 

Attachments:

Describe the project. Include:

a. Mission/Purpose

b. Program goals: Provide clear, broad statements that identify your program’s overall aim or intended impact

c. Objectives: Define and breakdown your goals. Use the easily remembered acronym SMART for well-defined

objectives -- Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Timely

d. Activities: Describe what you will do to achieve your objectives. Describe your process/ethics for activities requiring permits or plant collecting if necessary.

e. Resources needed: List the people, materials, training, funds and facilities, etc. needed to conduct the program activities.

f. Products expected to be produced: List the actual things (materials, goods, assets etc.) expected to be created by the project

g. Significance of the project:

• Describe the expected goal outcomes.
• What positive differences will your program make in the lives of people and communities. 
• What changes in beliefs, attitudes, knowledge or actions are expected over time.
• How does this project relate to the North American Strategy for Plant Conservation, be specific to the particular target that your project addresses and how.

h. Project schedule of one-year use of funds required. Total project timeline optional but preferred.

Indicate your ideas of what will make your program successful. What represents achievement of an outcome, a target level for activities or desired characteristics of program participants. List by outcome the measurement techniques or the data collection strategies intended to be used to measure the indicators of success.

Indicate the type of information the project will need to accomplish the goals and objectives of the project. Typical information might include knowledge, attitudes and demographics data sets needed, or skills required.

Provide references and qualifications (Briefly describe qualifications of the sponsoring institution and grant supervisor. Include a list of previous accomplishments to plant conservation by grant supervisor and

sponsoring institution.)

The conservation grant project will require an evaluation of how well the project met their indicators of success stated in the application or if not why this was so and how the indicators were changed or amended. This final report should be submitted to the AZH Conservation Committee by October 1 of the year following the receipt of funds. A mid year project assessment shall be provided to the AZH conservation grant facilitator by July 15 of the year following receipt of funds. AZH conservation grant supervisors are encouraged to present the final reports to the membership at the AZH Annual Conference. Follow the "Call for Papers" guidelines and timelines published in the AZH newsletter. The evaluation report shall be published in that year’s conference proceedings. Future funding may be based on this final evaluation report. Total grant application should be limited to 10 pages or less.

Applications must be in electronic "Microsoft Word" or "Word perfect" format, mailed or submitted to:

Linda Richardson, AZH Grant Facilitator

Oregon Zoo

4001 SW Canyon Rd.

Portland, OR  97221

Fax: 503.226.2786

Email: richardsonl@metro.dis.or.us

Successful applicants are strongly to present their final reports as a paper at the following years conference.

Applications must be received by July 15.

Application review and funding – September/October.

Project assessment due July 15 of year following grant funding.

Final report due October 1 of year following grant funding.

Copy for the AZH newsletter and AZH membership directory:

The Association of Zoological Horticulture is committed to the conservation of our natural environment.

AZH conservation grant applications may be obtained at

www.azh.org

AZH conservation grants are intended to encourage plant conservation activities and partnerships within and between AZH members, member zoos and member zoo partners. Grant monies are provided from the AZH Conservation Fund. These funds are obtained from AZH members and auction activities at annual conferences. These grants are intended as venture capital or "seed" money for projects relating to broad plant conservation issues and activities of modern zoos within the support capabilities of the association. The focus for these grants should be plant conservation activities that tie to habitat conservation, biological diversity preservation, germplasm preservation, environmental education, and/or improvements in horticulture or botanical operations

Funded programs/projects should be completed as stated and the money provided by AZH spent in one year. The programs should be of the highest quality as possible with a clear purpose and detailed budget. The project should have significance to plant conservation and a close tie to AZH’s stated focus. Projects are intended to increase plant conservation experience, ability, tools and capacity for members and member zoos to accomplish plant conservation activities. Projects which have an educational value or additional benefit to stakeholders, one of which should be AZH members, are given priority. Equipment purchase requests, although not excluded, will be given less priority. If equipment is part of the funding request then it must be shown to be essential to the project. Also, in most cases direct zoo employee wages and administrative costs will not be funded. All plant conservation project applications are welcome, however if profits are expected (or generated) from the project, it must be shown how a portion of these profits will be reinvested in plant conservation activities.

The conservation grant application must be filled out. The conservation grant project will require an evaluation of how well the project met their indicators of success stated in the application or, if not, why this was so and how the indicators were changed or amended. This final report should be submitted to the AZH Conservation Committee by October 1 of the year following the receipt of funds. A mid year project assessment shall be provided to the AZH conservation grant facilitator by July 15 of the year following receipt of funds. AZH conservation grant supervisors are encouraged to present the final reports to the membership at the AZH Annual Conference. Follow the "Call for Papers" guidelines and timelines published in the AZH newsletter. The evaluation report shall be published in that year’s conference proceedings. Future funding may be based on this final evaluation report. Total grant applications should be limited to 10 pages or less.

Applications must be in electronic "Microsoft Word" or "Word perfect" format, mailed or submitted to AZH Conservation Grant Facilitator listed on the web site.

All previously awarded institutions and/or projects are eligible to apply.

Final reports are urged and encouraged to be presented as a paper at the following years conference.

Applications must be received by July 15.

Application review and funding – September/October.

Project assessment due July 15 of year following grant application submittal.

Final report due October 1 of year following grant application submittal.