The Global Taxonomy Initiative

Eligibility criteria for the call for proposals 
for individual and institutional capacity building 

 

Before jumping to the application form attached to this call for proposals to 'Individual and institutional capacity building in taxonomy and collection management of zoological specimens', make sure that you or your institution are eligible for this call. The questions below will provide you with a quick answer to your or your institutions eligibility.

• Does your project address taxonomic and/or curatorial components?

• Does your project address priority taxonomic and/or curatorial key gaps of your country or region?

• Does your project aim at building taxonomic and curatorial expertise?

• Are you a citizen of a developing country?

If you were able to answer yes to these four questions, you or your institution are deemed to be eligible to receive financial support from the Belgian Development Cooperation (DGDC), which through the Belgian Focal Point for the Global Taxonomy Initiative, aims at, i.a., building taxonomic and curatorial capacity in developing countries.

Please note that the present call for proposals does not:

• fund travelling to scientific conferences and meetings

• fund publication costs of scientific writings (inclusive of taxonomic works).

Before you download the application form, please read carefully the pages on the purposes of the GTI and on the project information on this site to better prepare your application.

The application form, in and , can be downloaded from this site by clicking on the programme icon of your choice.

 

 

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