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AZH Conservation Grant
The main focus of the AZH Conservation Grant is to initiate the direct
application of projects with an emphasis on plant conservation. These
subject guidelines will change periodically and are meant to inspire
potential grant applicants to submit grants. The following are examples
only, and are not meant to preclude or discourage other important grant
ideas. If, as an applicant, you have a plant conservation related
topic you feel is significant, you are encouraged to submit it as an
application with the assurance it will receive the same consideration as
any others. The AZH Conservation Grant is considered a
benefit of AZH membership and therefore membership in AZH is required
for consideration.
Equipment purchase requests, although not excluded, will be given less
priority, as AZH prefers that equipment be purchased by the requesting
institution as a sign of project commitment. If equipment is part
of the funding request, then it must be shown to be essential to the project.
However, labor 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.
All previously awarded institutions and/or projects are eligible to apply.
1. Habitat and Biodiversity Interpretation Projects:
To develop or enhance the interpretive aspects of exhibits that stress
the importance and ecological significance of biodiversity and habitat
conservation.
Examples:
a) Describe the role and importance of habitat preservation in animal
conservation.
b) Compare and interpret the biodiversity in temperate and tropical habitats,
discussing the reasons and significance of this comparison.
c) Interpret the significance of economically important plants with tropical
origins, the role they play in western economies and the role they play
in western economies and the importance of preserving wild
sources for genetic diversity.
2. Habitat Preservation and Restoration: To research
and/or assist in the restoration and preservation of habitat with emphasis
on, but not excluded to, local habitat.
Examples:
a) Research on implementing local habitat restoration.
b) Actual local habitat restoration projects with accurate record keeping
and an agreement to be an information resource to member institutions.
c) Explore the feasibility of AZH involvement with international habitat
restoration projects.
3. Graphics Specific to Conservation: To initiate the
design and/or production of graphic information specifically oriented
to plant conservation.
Examples:
a) Develop interpretive graphics emphasizing local plant communities and
their conservation.
b) Develop interpretive graphics emphasizing focal endangered plants or
threatened plant communities and ecosystems.
4. Seed Storage and Plant Propagation: To facilitate
successful seed storage with emphasis on conserving germplasm and facilitate
propagation methods for endangered or threatened plant species.
Examples:
a) Develop networking of seed storage facilities and publicize the availability
of seeds to member institutions.
b) Develop guides to seed germination and seed survival methods to member
institutions regardless of their seed sources.
c) Develop propagation techniques for species that do not already have
published techniques and provide this information to member institutions
upon request.
d) Develop propagation techniques for tissue culture of endangered or
threatened plant species that do not already have published techniques
and provide this information to member institutions upon request.
e) Where possible, provide propagules to member institutions.