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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.

Systematics, phylogeny, biogeography and evolutionary history of a neotropical montane genus: Actinocephalus (Körn.) Sano (Eriocaulaceae)

Project summary:

This project aims to test the new classification of Eriocaulaceae, through phylogenomic studies using the Angiosperms353 kit, focusing on Actinocephalus and its sister clade, comprising Coracoralina and Floralia. The grant will be used to increase fieldwork efforts and visit the historical collections of B and R.

First Name:

Roberto Baptista Pereira de Almeida

robertobaptistapa@usp.br

Highest degree:

MSc

Year obtained:

2024

Applicant Status:

Current student

Brazil

Flowering plants

Relevant publications (minimum 1, maximum 4):

Almeida, R.B.P., Andrino, C. O., Sauthier, L. J., Sano, P. T., & Maria Giulietti-Harley, A. (2025). Paepalanthus roqueae: a new critically endangered Eriocaulaceae in campo rupestre of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Nordic Journal of Botany, e04673.

Baronio, G. J., Bressan, A. C. G., Almeida, R. B. P., & Pivello, V. R. (2024). Vegetation dynamics after fire in the Brazilian Campo Rupestre: Effects on native plant communities and flower harvesting. Flora, 320, 152611.

Almeida, R. B. P., Murer, B. M., & Sano, P. T. (2023). What is being published on floristics? an overview of floristic studies carried out in the Espinhaço Range. Acta Botanica Brasilica, 37, e20220267.

Brazil Flora Group, Gomes‐da‐Silva, J., Filardi, F. L., Barbosa, M. R. V., Baumgratz, J. F. A., Bicudo, C. E., ... & Cabral, T. S. (2022). Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network. Taxon, 71(1), 178-198.

Scoring Rubric

Your name:

c1. Scientific Merit

 

  • Scientific impact of the study in the proposed taxonomic group or the flora and funga of a geographic region – up to 10 points

  • Contribution to the generation of novel systematic/taxonomic/floristic data – up to 5 points

  • Quality and significance of questions being addressed – up to 10 points

  • 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

 

  • 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

  • Explicit inclusion of (a) the use and generation of collections, and (b) conferring with taxonomic/nomenclatural experts – up to 10 points

  • 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

  • The proposal involves taxonomic training, fieldwork, and herbarium visits  – up to 10 points

  • The proposal involves outreach, mentoring, and mobility exchange  – up to 10 points

This proposal scores:

/40

Applicant Details

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Previous publications

Budget (USD):

1999

Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo. Brazil.

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