CAROLINA BIRD CLUB RESEARCH/MONITORING/EDUCATION and CONSERVATION GRANTS
Revised October 2019
The CBC provides grants to support research, education and conservation of birds of the Carolinas and their habitats. Grant applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. The CBC Grants Committee meets as needed to review applications.
Research, monitoring, and education grants*:
Applications should be made through an educational or non-profit institution. For student research projects, applications require the sponsorship of a faculty member. For secondary school programs, applications require a letter of support from the school principal. Applications should be prepared directly by the applicant and should include:
- A scope of work (limited to two single-spaced pages), including species to be studied and the site where the work will be conducted.
- Research should address a local, regional, national, or hemispheric conservation needs of a species, species group, or species habitat association (shorebirds, waterbirds, etc., or managed wetlands, forested wetlands, longleaf pine, etc.)
- Research should inform management and/or conservation activities for a species or group of species, and should be applicable to North and South Carolina.
- For education grants, please explain how activities will affect, improve, or alleviate threats to birds and bird populations, or result in future and related conservation for birds.
- A detailed budget.
- Appropriate course work and other activities that would indicate that the applicant is capable of performing the described research.
- A letter of support from the faculty sponsor or school principal.
- Details of the starting date of the research and the time period for which funding is requested.
- 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.
Allowable costs include, but are not necessarily limited to, laboratory supplies, field supplies, and limited travel to research sites. The Carolina Bird Club does not support institutional indirect costs, or fund general operational costs of an organization. Activities funded should be tangible and measurable, and which contribute to bird conservation.
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.
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.
Conservation grants:
An official representative of the conservation organization should send an application which includes:
- Details of the purpose of the grant request; action(s) to be undertaken, species or groups of species affected, acres/units affected.
- Identify the conservation need of the species or group of species for which actions are proposed
- Detailed Budget.
- Project plans (with dates) as appropriate.
- 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.
Awardees must file a final report including an accounting of expenditures and a summary of the completed project no later than 30 days following its completion. Any unused funds must be returned to CBC.
Construction activities are generally not allowed (e.g. construction of boardwalks, viewing blinds, falconry facilities, rehabilitation facilities, etc.). However, if a construction need is determined to be beneficial to a species, group of species, or address a conservation need, the grant proposal may be considered for award.
Important: 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.
*The Carolina Bird Club Grants Committee recognizes there are exceptions to the above criteria and will consider all grants submitted. However, all grants submitted should follow the general criteria stated above.
Email completed applications or inquiries to: