<p>National Geographic is offering <a href="https://www.for9a.com/en/opportunity/category/Grants" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">support </a>for projects that a) contribute to the development of cutting-edge technologies that open our eyes to different viewpoints and b) help us see the world in a new light and explore it in new ways, and transform the fields of exploration, science, and conservation. The goal of this RFP is to create novel tools and technologies to monitor ecosystem health. In the same way that human health is monitored in real time (e.g., thermometer, MRI, blood pressure), environmental diagnostic monitoring techniques are needed to provide practical measurements correlated with ecosystem health. Examples of the types of tools that could be employed are new processing techniques for satellite data, advanced wildlife camera traps, or globally networked chemical and physical sensors.</p><h3><strong>Description</strong></h3><p>Priority will be given to projects that use technology to do one or more of the following:</p><ol><li>Develop tools or capabilities needed to generate data and insights on ecosystem health, biodiversity distribution, patterns, and trends</li><li>Create or reimagine sensing modalities that can be applied to determine ecological health</li><li>Implement new processing techniques that can apply breakthroughs in data mining and machine learning to glean new ecosystem health insights from existing data streams</li><li>Develop low-cost, scalable, long-term, robust in-situ or remote sensing modalities</li></ol><h3><strong>Funding:</strong></h3><ol><li>Typical proposal requests should be less than $50,000; however, applicants may request up to $150,000 percent of the total can be used as a stipend for the applicant and/or team members. Up to 20 percent of the total can be used as a stipend for the applicant and/or team members. Up to 15 percent can be used for institutional overhead (applicable only for awarded grants of at least $50,000).</li><li>All applications should include a clear review of the state of knowledge about the topic and a plan for evaluating the outcomes of the proposed work.</li></ol><h3><strong>Sample Applications</strong></h3><p>Click below to view and download a sample application for each primary project focus supported by the Conservation Technologies RFP.&nbsp;</p><ol><li><a href="https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/file/NGS_Downloadable_Grant_Preparation_Questions_Conservation.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Conservation</a></li><li><a href="https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/file/NGS_Downloadable_Grant_Preparation_Questions_Education.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Education</a></li><li><a href="https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/file/NGS_Downloadable_Grant_Preparation_Questions_Research.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Research</a></li><li><a href="https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/file/NGS_Downloadable_Grant_Preparation_Questions_Storytelling.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Storytelling</a></li><li><a href="https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/file/NGS_Downloadable_Grant_Preparation_Questions_Technology.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Technology</a></li></ol><p>You can find out more <a href="https://www.for9a.com/en/opportunity/category/Grants" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Grants</strong></a> and other opportunities on For9a.</p>

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Grants of 50,000 USD for Developing New Methods of Monitoring Ecosystem Health by National Geographic 2019