TCD Working Group Grants are designed to catalyze an interdisciplinary group of students and faculty to meet over the course of a semester or two semesters to address themes that involve the interface between conservation and development, or new connections between disciplines or approaches that have not been or have only been minimally explored.
Competitive proposals will be those that show evidence of having been initiated as a result of student interest and creativity, although we encourage involvement of faculty in these working groups. Working groups should identify 1–2 faculty sponsors. The successful working group will identify a “product(s)” (e.g., synthetic paper or review, conference talks, seminar series, workshop, grant proposal, database or web site, software or other tools, etc.) that will result from this interdisciplinary effort. Already active working groups are especially encouraged to apply for a TCD Working Group Grant.
Funds of up to $1000 are available to facilitate accomplishment of the working group goals. TCD funds may be used for conference travel, supporting a visiting scientist or conservation/development professional, or other activity that would support achieving working group goals. Students in the working group will be required to report on the outcomes of the working group at a later Tropilunch or Conservation and Development Forum. The TCD working group grants are made possible by an endowment from the Ford Foundation and the State of Florida.
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Eligibility Preferences
- Working group proposals may be from any TCD affiliated department but should address themes that involve the interface between conservation and development, or provide new connections between disciplines or approaches that have not been or have only been minimally explored and relevant to conservation and development issues.
- Preference is given to students enrolled in the TCD certificate program.
- Preference is given to working groups that demonstrate ability to address questions or topics through integrated analysis or synthesis across disciplines; such working groups are expected to include a diverse set of participants.
- Proposals are reviewed and ranked by an interdisciplinary committee of UF faculty with expertise in conservation and development issues.
- A student may be a PI on only one TCD Working Group Grant per degree program. Student co-PIs are encouraged.
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Application Instructions
- You will need to have the following prepared prior to start filling out the application form:
- Proposal
- Timetable
- Combine these documents into one single PDF in the order listed above
- This PDF file should be named as per this example ‘last name_first name_TCD WGgrant_YEAR.pdf’
- You will then upload this PDF at the end of the application form.
- You can stop filling it out and return to where you stopped. However, note that you will only be able to do so if cookies are enabled on your browser and you do not clean it or clear the cache after you have started to fill it out.
- If you experience any problems with the online form, please send an email to TCD.
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Application Requirements
- A completed online application form
- A proposal clearly specifying the interdisciplinary topic to be explored by the working group and the novel advances or new perspectives that may be gained from the activities of this group. The proposal should identify the core participants, the planned approach, and the expected product(s) of the working group. The proposal should be no more than two single-spaced pages in length, not including the bibliography, and should be written in language accessible to reviewers from different disciplines. (to be combined and uploaded at the end of application form)
- A timetable for the working group, stating for example since when the group has been active, when activities will take place, when the product is expected and so on. (to be combined and uploaded at the end of application form)
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Application Deadline: October 14, 2024
(applications past the deadline will not be accepted). ____
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Questions
Patricia D. Sampaio
Program Coordinator
343 Grinter Hall
tcd@latam.ufl.edu
Example of funded proposals
- 2020: Assessing tools for Environmental Governance in the Amazon (AEGA) Working Group. Pilar Morales Giner (Sociology) and colleagues.
- 2018: Gender and Development Working Group. Mary Vasilievsky (MDP) and colleagues
- 2017: Environmental Crime and Justice Working Group. Johanna Espin (PhD, Sociology), Angelica Garcia, Stephen Perz,Tameka Samuels-Jones, Cynthia Simmons, and Ryan Thomson.
- 2016: Environmental Governance Working Group. Carolina De Oliveira Jordao (PhD, SNRE), Oswaldo Medina Ramirez, Jazmin Gonzalez Tovar, Grenville Barnes, and Robert Buschbacher.
- 2015: Gender and Development Working Group. Participatory Training of Adult Learners. Rebecca Williams (PhD student, SNRE) and collaborators.
- 2015: African Natural Resource Management in Africa Working Group and REDD+ Forest Policy & Economics Working Group. Applied Community-Oriented Conservation Skills Workshop. Karen Bailey, Claudia Romero, Thales West, Richard Stanton. (photos)
- 2014: Google Analytics as a tool for Conservation and Development. Ryan Good
- 2013: Service-Oriented Learning Working Group. Taryn Devereaux and Hans Goetz (Masters in Development and Practice Program)
- 2013: Southern Cone Working Group. Increasing Conservation Impacts in the Southern Cone. Marcela Marquez (PhD student, SNRE), Mauricio Nunez-Regueiro, Antonieta Eguren Ibacache, Claudio Moraga, Cristina Nunez Godoy, Felipe Hernandez, Felipe Infante, Ignacio Rodriguez, and Viviana Rojas Bonzi.
- 2012: REDD+/Adaptation Working Group. Using Agent-Based Models to Design REDD+ Policies. Michael Bauman, Anand Roopsind, Ruslandi, and Thales West (Biology Department) and collaborators.