Research Grants
This page is used to provide your assessment scores for each application. Please use the rubric below the application details to enter your name, your scores, and any notes on the application.
Exploring an Amazonian Mountain Ferns and Lycophytes Flora: Diversity and Ethnobotanical Connections
Project summary:
This project aims to catalogue the ferns and lycophytes diversity of the hill Morro dos Seis Lagos, upper Negro river, and register the indigenous traditional knowledge associated with these species, contributing to filling a taxonomic and ethnobotanical knowledge gap in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon forest
First Name:
Alysson Silva da Matta Barbosa
Highest degree:
Master's degree
Year obtained:
2015
Applicant Status:
Current student
Brazil
Ferns and fern allies
Relevant publications (minimum 1, maximum 4):
Applicant Details
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Previous publications
Budget (USD):
2000
Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden Research Institute
Affiliation:
Grant Assessment
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Has the applicant applied for an IAPT Research Grant previously?
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Scoring Rubric
Your name:
c1. Scientific Merit
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Scientific impact of the study in the proposed taxonomic group or the flora and funga of a geographic region – up to 10 points
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Contribution to the generation of novel systematic/taxonomic/floristic data – up to 5 points
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Quality and significance of questions being addressed – up to 10 points
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Adequacy of methods for testing the research question (data collection/analysis/use of different tools) – up to 10 points
This proposal scores:
/35
C2. Community Building
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Applicant’s potential for completing goals of the proposal within the time frame, and of professional success (based on CV, considering career stage) – up to 10 points
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Explicit inclusion of (a) the use and generation of collections, and (b) conferring with taxonomic/nomenclatural experts – up to 10 points
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Perceived need where more points are given for applicants from low- or middle-income countries – up to 5 points
This proposal scores:
/25
C3. Broader Impacts
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The proposal will yield durable benefits and be disseminated through publications (e.g., taxonomic revisions, checklists, new data provided for existing databases, websites) – up to 20 points
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The proposal involves taxonomic training, fieldwork, and herbarium visits – up to 10 points
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The proposal involves outreach, mentoring, and mobility exchange – up to 10 points
This proposal scores:
/40