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IAPT Grants

Small Collections Grants

IAPT provides competitive grants for the improvement and/or maintenance of botanical collections (herbaria) of algae, fungi, and or plants.

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2022 Round

50 applications were received in the 2022 round, for funding in 2023. Thank you to all who applied.

 

The following applications were selected for funding.

Digitalization of specimens and LUBA Herbarium´s collection update

Instituto Superior de Ciências de Educação da Huíla

LUBA

Current efforts to digitize biological specimens undoubtedly contribute to faster and less costly access, as well as safety for the use of collections, as information and associated collections or images of collections specimens can be accessed from any location without the need to contact the physical collections directly.
• Increasing the collection and the database with the insertion of new specimen records;
• To create an open-access digital collection of the LUBA herbarium specimens.
With the implementation of this project, we aim to add 1000 new registers to the database.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

José João Tchamba

Applicant:

Angola

Improvement of the Herbario Sur Peruano (HSP) and revaluation of its collection

Instituto Cientifico Michael Owen Dillon

HSP

• Carry out the entry of botanical samples to the collection of the Herbario Sur peruano(HSP).
• Update the catalog of species and botanical material deposited in the HSP.
• Improve the current conditions of the botanical material deposited in the HSP.
• Carry out field trips that allow the increase in the collection of HSP.
• Promote the training of young botanists in the study of the vascular flora of the region.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Italo Francisco Treviño Zevallos

Applicant:

Peru

Digitalization, expansion of the collection and improvement of the infrastructure of the Mongoyós Herbarium - IMS/CAT/UFBA

Federal University of Bahia -UFBA

HVC

The Mongoyós Herbarium (HVC) is a small collection (8,000 specimens), in the from northeast Brazil (Bahia). The implementation of the herbarium at IMS/CAT has contributed significantly to the knowledge of the flora of the southwestern region of Bahia and has helped in quality instruction for undergraduate students to work with the biological collections. The objective this project is consolidate the HVC as a reference collection. The grant will be invested to digitalization of specimens, improve specimen storage and processing conditions, distribution of duplicates to other herbaria.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Andrea Karla Almeida dos Santos

Applicant:

Brazil

Development of Herbarium Celebense (CEB) to Digitize Specimens

Herbarium Celebense

CEB

Herbarium Celebense (CEB) is one herbariums in Sulawesi which active in collecting and storing plant specimens in Indonesia with total 3791 specimen. The earthquake that occurred on 28 September 2018 caused great damage to several specimens and about 5000 specimens are waiting to be worked on. Based on this, the proposed budget will be invested in improving the CEB database and procces digitizing all available specimens into website herbarium.

1903

Amount Awarded: US$

Roland Putra Pribadi Ahmad

Applicant:

Indonesia

Projection and conservation of the FEZA Herbarium collections

Faculty of Higher Studies Zaragoza, National Autonomous University of Mexico

FEZA

Main curation of the collections (algae, fungi and plants) and database housed in FEZA Herbarium.
Digitization of vouchers (database input and picture capture) to make it available for academics and the public.
Enrichment of the FEZA herbarium acquis interchanging vouchers with other national and international herbaria.
Offer a practical course on voucher preparation for algae and plants aimed to undergraduate students to promote the work done at FEZA.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

María Magdalena Ayala Hernández

Applicant:

Mexico City

Increasing specimen processing, online publication and educational purposes at the SAMES herbarium, located in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest hotspot

Centro Universitário do Norte do Espírito Santo, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

SAMES

The Herbarium SAMES comprises a collection of ca. 11.500 specimens, mostly from north of Espírito Santo State, Southeast Brazil, one of the richest areas of the Atlantic Forest hotspot, with multiple new species described. Thus, it is very important to process, preserve and provide digital images of all specimens stored, together with trained people to provide educational activities in the collection. The grant will be invested in the following improvements:
1) Process and database all specimens using JABOT v.3 and provide online;
2) Provide manpower for educational activities in the collectio

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Guilherme de Medeiros Antar

Applicant:

Brazil

Scanning, photography and storage of materials in the SPFR Herbarium (DB/FFCLRP-USP, Brazil)

University of São Paulo

SPFR

- to accelerate the digitization of the SPFR Herbarium collection – from c. 4,600 to 7,000 digitalized records
- make the records available on an online platform
- photograph at least 1,000 materials and make records available online by 2023
- pack the material for incorporation, including procedures for prior freezing of the material to avoid contamination (mold and insects)
- Return of loans.
- organize the collection for assembly and correct packaging of the exsiccates (nearly 4,000 numbers waiting to the mounted)
- training students in scientific collection management activities

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Milton Groppo Junior

Applicant:

Brasil

Sierra Leone’s National Herbarium battle for survival

National Herbarium of Sierra Leone

SL

Sierra Leone’s National Herbarium (SL), is in great difficulties and fighting a battle for survival. Founded in 1906, and housing c. 50,000 specimens of vascular and non-vascular plants, is the oldest and largest herbarium in the country. During the Civil War (1991–2002), the herbarium was invaded by rebels, who vandalised the building; specimens were lost and entire carpological specimens were destroyed. This funding will be used mostly for addressing critical infra-structure problems resulting from damage and neglect of the past decades, and maintain the collections in suitable conditions.

1997

Amount Awarded: US$

Aiah Lebbie

Applicant:

Sierra Leone

Processing, digitization and divulging of the collection of Atlantic Patagonian macroalgae of Herbarium BBB (UNS, Argentina)

Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)

BBB

The collection of Atlantic Patagonian macroalgae, housed in the Herbarium BBB of Universidad Nacional del Sur comprises more than 2000 specimens from 18 localities on the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The lack of budget and personnel in the herbarium has led to the collection being neglected. Most specimens are pressed on temporary papers and need to be correctly mounted and taxonomically identified. The objectives of this project are to process backlog specimens, digitize them to obtain high resolution images and to promote the visibility of the collection among botanists.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Maria Emilia Croce

Applicant:

Argentina

Collections management for improving fungal taxonomy in the Republic of Congo

Initiative des Champignons et des Plantes du Congo (ICPC)

HICPC

Studies on macrofungi taxonomy are still at the early stage in the Republic of Congo. Being the only fungal herbarium in Congo, the HICPC holds about 3,000 collections of fungi of which some represent Type material of newly published species such as Amanita griseostrobilacea Ndolo Ebika, Yorou & Attibayeba and Cantharellus xanthocyaneus Ndolo Ebika & Buyck. Thus, the project’s objectives are to (1) correctly database and produce labels for all specimens, (2) improve the storage system for a long-term preservation of the specimens and (3) prepare duplicates for sharing with herbaria abroad.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Sydney Thony Ndolo Ebika

Applicant:

Republic of Congo

2019 Round

107 applications were received in the 2019 round, for funding in 2020. 

The following applications were selected for funding.

Digitization of Herbarium of Ivo and Marija Horvat (ZAHO), Croatia

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology

ZAHO

One of small but important collections hosting valuable material from species rich Balkan Peninsula is Herbarium of Ivo and Marija Horvat (ZAHO) located at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. It stores approximately 70 000 specimens collected by Ivo Horvat throughout the Balkans. It also includes type specimens as Horvat described several new species. As the material is not frequently used in research, the main objective of the project is to database and digitize herbarium specimens, thus making them freely available for research worldwide.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Ivana Rešetnik

Applicant:

Croatia

Providing Equipment for Digitizing Herbarium Collection of UUH and Materials for further Processing Plant Specimens

Institute of General and Experimental Biology SB RAS

UUH

The first project’s objective is providing the opportunity to digitize plant specimens stored in the Herbarium of the Institute of General and Experimental Biology SB RAS (UUH). The second important objective is providing basic materials for plant specimens processing before inserting into the Herbarium collection.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Oleg A. Anenkhonov

Applicant:

Russia

Systematization of the third largest lichen collection from Colombia: preserving the past and future of reference collections in Neotropics.

Universidad de Caldas

FAUC

Systematize and improve 5000 specimens of the lichenological collection of University of Caldas Herbarium-FAUC and promote the use of this reference collection.
1) Digitalize the entire lichen collection to be included in the FAUC Herbarium main collection database.
2) Improve exsiccates conservation of antique material already deposited in the FAUC Herbarium.
3) Perform a curatorship and taxonomic verification of the lichen specimens of the Herbarium FAUC.
4) Recognize the number of specimens from FAUC lichen collection.
5) Create and send duplicatas from type materials to other herbaria.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Luis Fernando Coca

Applicant:

Colombia

Enhancing collection management in the Seychelles National Herbarium.

Seychelles National Herbarium

SEY

Our Herbarium currently does not have an internal budget for digitization and a relatively small budget for collection management. We have identified several aspects of improvement which our Herbarium has been striving to achieve but due to funding constraints, these tasks have yet to be fully realized. With this current grant, the team aims to make the following improvements:
1) Upgrading collection management conditions and
2) Enhance digitization practices.

1883

Amount Awarded: US$

Charles Morel

Applicant:

Seychelles

African Secrets from the backlog at PO Herbarium: revealing 20th-century African collectors and specimens brought in private botanical missions.

Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto

PO

A. Face the obstacle of not having a digitization unit at PO herbarium room (computer + photographic stand) due to lack of funding for continuous curatorship of a 15,500 African specimens.
B. Catalogue the unofficial collections created during a long period of the 20h century (1912-1970), which sum up to 12192 specimens of plants and 3,308 cryptogamic specimens (algae, fungi, lichens, bryophytes, pteridophytes).
C. D. Promote curatorship, conservation, research, dissemination and educational perspectives, by disclosing the missions, protagonists, and meta-data of specimens.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Cristiana Vieira

Applicant:

Portugal

Digitization of the historical collections in the Thessaloniki Aristotle University (TAU) Herbarium (Greece)

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Biology, Lab. of Systematic Botany & Phytogeography

TAU

Digitization of c. 3,000 specimens dating back from the early 19th century up to the late 1930’s. Among them there are at least 44 types, as well as the Zaganiaris’ collections, survived WWII and kept only in TAU. It is notable that Zaganiaris’ published records are so far treated with reservations by many researchers, as the existence of specimens substantiating them was not known. The main objective is to preserve, conserve and bring into light these collections in order to reveal new information on Greece’s phytodiversity and to enhance their accessibility from the scientific community.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Regina Karousou

Applicant:

Greece

Barcoding and digitizing the Geo Potts Herbarium (BLFU)

Geo Potts Herbarium, University of the Free State

BLFU

Objective 1: Barcode all the specimens in the quick guide and main collection (± 25 000 specimens) and link barcodes to specimen records in BRAHMS.

Objective 2: Digitize all specimens in the quick guide and main collection (± 25 000 specimens) and publish the images on the online database.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Lize Joubert

Applicant:

South Africa

Updating digital database and processing specimen backlog using interns.

Paul C. Standley Herbarium, Pan American Agricultural School/Zamorano University

EAP

The Paul Standley Herbarium has a skeleton staff of one and maintenance budget limited to utilities and cleaning supplies. We are part of Zamorano University, but the collections have never been a University priority. Over 70 years a series of prominent researchers has built up a collection that includes about a thousand types among the roughly 200,000 catalogued specimens. We have the only about 1% currently digitized. With approximately a thousand new arrivals each year, the new material is being processed, but we have made few inroads into the backlog or digitalization.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Rina Fabiola Díaz

Applicant:

Honduras

Preservation of the endangered biological heritage of the Herbarium PORT, BioCentro-UNELLEZ, Venezuela

UNELLEZ-Biocentro

PORT

General Objective:
Preserve the existing biological heritage in the Port herbarium that is currently at risk of damage due to lack of supplies for its maintenance

Specific Objectives
Digitize key specimens from the collection whose risk of damage is greater when insects and fungi attack.
Exchange plants at critical risk for attack by insects and fungi with other herbaria in the world to safeguard the existing biological heritage.
Process accumulated samples into the formal herbarium collection.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Santos Miguel Nino

Applicant:

Venezuela

Improving WIND herbarium collection through specimen imaging, data checking and clearing mounting backlog

National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI)

WIND

The National Herbarium of Namibia (WIND) a section within the National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) situated in Windhoek. WIND currently holds ca. 95 000 specimens of the 4 300 indigenous and naturalised plant species found in Namibia.
The aim of this project is to improve WINDs herbarium collection through imaging of specimens, data correctness and assisting in clearing an area of backlog.
Project Objectives: 1) Image herbarium specimens held at WIND in a systematic way, 2) Check and clean data of imaged specimens on BRAHMS, 3) Assist in clearing backlog of specimens awaiting mounting

1984

Amount Awarded: US$

Frances Chase

Applicant:

Namibia

2020 Round

45 applications were received in the 2020 round, for funding in 2021.

 

The following applications were selected for funding.

Starting the digitalization and online publication of the historical collections of MEDEL herbarium

Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Medellín

MEDEL

- Get high resolution images of 20.000 specimens.
- Revise and clean the data of the imaged specimens.
- Publish the data of the imaged specimens and at least the images of 2000 specimens at http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/en/collections/search/plants/.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Jorge Perez Zabala

Applicant:

Colombia

Preliminary checklist of Lycophyta and Monilophyta of the Valle del Cauca department, Colombia

Universidad del Valle

CUVC

1. General Objective
To generate a preliminary checklist of the Licophyta and Monilophyta of the of Valle del Cauca department, based on the collections housed at the CUVC herbarium.

Specific Objectives
- Increase the herbarium database by adding ca. 2000 specimens of Lycophyta and Monilophyta housed at the CUVC herbarium.
- Increase the herbarium collection by mounting, including and databasing 500 new collections of Lycophyta and Monilophyta.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Alejandro Zuluaga Trochez

Applicant:

Colombia

Digitization of mycological collection of V.N Karazin Kharkiv National University herbarium (Ukraine)

V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

CWU

The mycological part of the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University herbarium CWU (Myc) contains about 30 000 fungal specimens including type materials and rare exsiccates. Recently we started mobilizing our collection and have already databased 5922 specimens available through GBIF, but we are missing digital macro-photos.
The main objectives we set up are (i) to establish a first full-equipped fungal digitization facility in Ukraine; (ii) to digitize all the type specimens stored in CWU (Myc) herbarium; (iii) to digitize the most valuable exsiccates and contemporary specimens.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Olexander Akulov

Applicant:

Ukraine

VIRTUAL HERBAM COLLECTION

UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO/CÂMPUS UNIVERSITÁRIO DE ALTA FLORESTA

HERBAM

- 1. Transfer 100% of data from Brahms to the JABOT spreadsheet (26.000 specimens database)
(http://jabot.jbrj.gov.br/);
- 2. Digitization of 100% of the typus samples (49 specimens);
- 3. Digitization of the HERBAM collection (26,000 specimens)
- 4. Provide images and data from the collection at REFLORA- HERBARIO VIRTUAL, on site
http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

CÉLIA REGINA ARAÚJO SOARES LOPES

Applicant:

BRAZIL

Small herbariums as a learning tool: Virtual Herbarium FCO (University of Oviedo, Spain) as an example

University of Oviedo

FCO

Virtual herbaria are a source of information on the biodiversity that surrounds us. Its potential use in learning implies a redesign of educational experiences. As an example, a new online botanical resource, the Virtual Herbarium FCO (University of Oviedo) that collects information and a wide gallery of images of the flora of Asturias (north of Spain) and neighboring territories. The Virtual Herbarium can be consulted online, however, the infrastructure available is scarce and we would like to improve our resources and the dissemination of information.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Eduardo Cires Rodríguez

Applicant:

Spain

Breaking the ice: building photosystem and starting digitization of LWS herbarium

State Natural History Museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

LWS

1. To build digitization complex basing on Canon EOS 250D camera and Canon EF-S 35 mm lens.
2. To initiate digitization of LWS herbarium starting from endemics distributed in Ukrainian Carpathians (2031 vouchers).
3. To make an initial database of the herbarium vouchers deposited in LWS.
4. To share digitized materials with scientists around the world by uploading them to JACQ virtual herbarium, Data Centre Biodiversity of Ukraine, and UkrBin database.

1625

Amount Awarded: US$

Andriy Novikov

Applicant:

Ukraine

Conserving endangered botanical collection of M. R. Almeida (1939–2017) from India: incorporation and digitization

Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research

NGCPR

M.R. Almeida (1939–2017) was a prominent plant taxonomist from India; whose major contribution to the floristic of Western Ghats is noteworthy. This collection was made by him with other co-workers between 1960 to 1998, mainly from Western India and most are referred in the treatment of 'Flora of Maharashtra (Vol.1 to 6)'. Due to poor maintenance, many specimens are deteriorating and needs immediate conservation attention. This proposal is an endeavour to shipping this collection to NGCPR herbarium, its restoration, curation and dissemination via digitization.

1990

Amount Awarded: US$

Mayur Dhondiram Nandikar

Applicant:

India

Enhancing collection management and clearing specimen backlog in the endangered Iranian Cryptogamic Herbarium

Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST)

ICH

Iranian Cryptogamic Herbarium is one of the important collections with valuable material from the species-rich Hyrcanian region and the Transcaucasus biodiversity hotspot. It is by far the largest lichen collection in Iran and in the Middle East, holding valuable reference collections. Due to insufficient funding, the collection is at risk of damage and needs immediate curation. To make the collection available for the wide research community, the main project objectives are to improve the collection preservation, database and digitize the collection, and process specimen backlog.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad

Applicant:

Iran

Processing specimen backlog and updating the database of the Jardín Botánico de Cartagena “Guillermo Piñeres” Herbarium (JBGP)

Jardín Botánico de Cartagena “Guillermo Piñeres”

JBGP

The objectives are 1. Process backlog specimens, 2. Update the Herbarium database. The JBGP Herbarium is the most important plant collection of the Colombian Caribbean because, during the '80s and '90s, it received specimens from several projects of poorly known Colombian Caribbean localities. From 2009 to 2015, the collection was abandoned due to the lack of funding for maintenance. This grant will contribute to the efforts started in 2015 to recover the herbarium collection creating the current database and mounting and restoring non-processed and damaged specimens.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Santiago Madrinan

Applicant:

Colombia

Accessioning and digitization of uncurated historical collections at Hendrix College

Hendrix College

HXC

The Hendrix College Herbarium has approximately 6600 accessions dating back to the 1940s, including bryophytes, lichens, fungi, marine algae, and vascular plants, but lacks funding for collections management or curation. Funds are requested to mount, digitize and properly 300-350 research-grade cryptogamic collections, which are in various stages of disarray, as well as up to 500 tracheophyte collections that are labeled but unmounted. The tracheophytes are primarily unicate collections of local significant from county flora projects done in the 1960s-1980s.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Adam Schneider

Applicant:

USA

2021 Round

52 applications were received in the 2021 round, for funding in 2022. Thank you to all who applied.

 

The following applications were selected for funding.

Digitization and online availability of Herbarium SPFR records (DB/FFCLRP-USP, Brazil)

University of São Paulo

SPFR

The objectives of this proposal are:
- to accelerate the digitization of the SPFR Herbarium collection – from 2,000 to 6,000 digitalized records
- make the records available on an online platform
- organize the collection for assembly and correct packaging of the exsiccates (nearly 5,000 numbers waiting to the mounted)
- Return of loans.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Milton Groppo Jr

Applicant:

Brasil

Digitizing specimens with economic use in a small herbarium in Ecuador: improvement to the Herbarium of Economic Botany of Ecuador (QUSF)

Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador

QUSF

The Herbarium of Economic Botany of Ecuador (QUSF) holds 26,200 specimens with over sixty percent of them keeping information on uses and applications of economic value being one of the few herbaria in Ecuador that addresses exclusively this topic. In Ecuador, only 15% of the 20 herbaria have portions of their collections available online. Therefore, we propose as the principal objective to digitize all herbarium specimens and make the data public. Thus, having specimen data easily accessible online will promote sharing of information and foster biodiversity information networks.

1900

Amount Awarded: US$

Hugo Valdebenito

Applicant:

Ecuador

Implementation of improvements in the collection of lichens and fungi of the Herbario Nacional de Bolivia (LPB)

HERBARIO NACIONAL DE BOLIVIA

LPB

1)Improve the conditions of the collection of lichens and fungi in the Herbario Nacional de Bolivia (LPB).
2)Built capacities on students in the final years of their studies about the curation and conservation process for collections of lichens and fungi.
3)Teach and communicate the importance of collections of lichens and fungi to the civilian population.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Carla Maldonado

Applicant:

BOLIVIA

Digitization and expansion of the local reference collection from Herbário de Niterói (NIT)

Universidade Federal Fluminense

NIT

1. Capture high resolution images of 5000 specimens and share them online at http://jabot.jbrj.gov.br/ and https://specieslink.net/;
2. Increase the herbarium collection by mounting, including and databasing 500 backlog specimens;
3. Improve specimen storage and processing conditions;
4. Equip collection rooms to safely accommodate incoming specimens donated from Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro.
5. Consolidate NIT as reference collection for threatened Atlantic Rainforest biodiversity by increasing accession of specimens from local preserved areas through field work and donations.

1976

Amount Awarded: US$

Adriana Lobão

Applicant:

Brazil

Database and Collection Improvement of Lao Plants

National University of Laos

FOF

The Herbarium of Faculty of Forestry (FOF), National University of Laos is housed more than 10,000 specimens (including Types) of Lao plants which are being described recently from Laos and cited as literature for the account of Lao plants. This project aims to establish a database of the collections at the FOF herbarium.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Phetlasy Souladeth

Applicant:

Laos

Systematization, digitization and curatorship of Peruvian tree specimens housed at the Forestry Herbarium MOL

National Agrarian University La Molina

MOL

MOL herbarium contains a unique collection of about 60000 herbarium specimens, including the largest known collection of Peruvian tree specimens. Over half of the sheets at MOL were digitized, supported by the Atrium Project, but many specimens remain unprocessed. We propose to continue working with the missing specimens (4500 specimens) by following three objectives:
1.Enhancement of collection management and curation practices
2.Systematization and digitization of specimens, with tree collections and type material (42 types).
3.Publish information obtained in the study to be freely available

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Sonia Palacios Ramos

Applicant:

PERU

Saving the modern phanerogam collection of the MVM herbarium: processing and preserving specimen backlog of an important record of uruguayan flora.

Museo Nacional de Historia Natural

MVM

The herbarium of the National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) house ca. 100.0000 specimens and has a minimum staff of one person with a maintenance budget limited to mounting materials and preserving supplies. In the last 10 years through several field trips around the country mainly directed to collect phanerogam specimens which redounded in ca. 2500 specimens’ backlog. These specimens were collected in high biodiversity threatened localities. The main objective is processing and digitizing this specimen’s backlog in order to make them available to the scientific community.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Meica Valdivia

Applicant:

Uruguay

Providing equipment and starting digitization of LWKS herbarium

Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians, National Academy of Ukraine

LWKS

General Objective
To share digitized materials with scientists around the world by uploading them to the national biodiversity platform UkrBIN and incorporation into the GBIF.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Nadiya Sytschak

Applicant:

Ukraine

Incorporation of a BNRH into J to preserve this small collection in a South African Herbarium; and distribution of new types emanating from BNRH

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

J

The C.E. Moss Herbarium (J) has recently acquired the extremely valuable SMALL COLLECTION (c. 24 000 specimens) from Buffelskloof Nature Reserve Herbarium (BNRH), which has closed down.
We plan to:
1. Incorporate BNRH specimens into the J collection: confirm taxonomic accuracy (ID and current nomenclature), add information to our BRAHMS database, file specimens in correct folders in compactor system.
2. Digitise specimens and upload to Global Plants. Link to photographs of live plants supplied by BNRH.).
3. Courier duplicates of BNRH types of 20 newly described Asparagus species

1974

Amount Awarded: US$

Glynis V. Cron

Applicant:

South Africa

Enhancing the specimens preservation conditions at DBEV, a herbarium dedicated to teaching and research at University of Antananarivo

University of Antananarivo

DBEV

This project aims to improve the role of the DBEV herbarium, University of Antananarivo, in support the development of a next generation of botanists and taxonomists in Madagascar. Because specimens at DBEV are currently stacked inside unprotected open cases, so they need to be better stored for long-term for both teaching materials and for promoting these specimens as important tool for research. Currently, DBEV houses ca; 9000 specimens, with part of the collection available online (https://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/swioorchids).

1950

Amount Awarded: US$

Mijoro Rakotoarinivo

Applicant:

Madagascar

Database, online publication, and processing backlog at Dourados Herbarium (DDMS), Central-West Brazil

Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados

DDMS

The Dourados Herbarium (DDMS) comprises a collection of ca. 6500 specimens from central-western Brazil, including regional collections of the Atlantic Forest and the highly threatened Pantanal wetland that had been recently massively devastated by fire. Thus, the main objective of preserving specimens and enhance the accessibility of the collection to the community became demanding. The grant will be invested in the following improvements:
1) Database all specimens using JABOT and provide online;
2) Increase the collection by processing all backlog with ca. 2500 specimens.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Augusto Giaretta de Oliveira

Applicant:

Brazil

2024 Round

28 applications were received in this round, for funding in 2024. Thank you to all who applied.

 

The following applications were selected for funding.

Cataloging, digitalization, and obtaining images from the collection of the Herbarium of the Department of Biology, FFCLRP-USP (Herbarium SPFR)

Universidade de São Paulo

SPFR

- accelerate the digitization of the SPFR Herbarium collection – from c. 11,000 to 16,000 digitized records;
- make records available on the Specieslink online platform
- photograph at least 2,000 materials and make these records available online on the Specieslink platform
- check the collection periodically for pests such as beetle larvae and moths.
- package the material for incorporation
- Return of loans.
- organize the collection for assembly and correct packaging of exsiccates
- train students in scientific collection management activities and curation activities

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Milton Groppo Jr

Applicant:

Brazil

Digitalization and storage of materials in the TASM Herbarium (Uzbekistan)

Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan

TASM


1. Digitize 3,000 records from the TASM collection to establish a comprehensive digital database of mycological fungal specimens.
2. Scan 1,500 specimens to facilitate online access and dissemination of high-quality images for detailed examination and analysis.
3. Implement conservation measures to improve the condition of specimens, ensuring their long-term preservation.
4. Publish digitized records and specimen images online to enhance accessibility for researchers, educators, and the public, thereby promoting the scientific value and utilization of the TASM Herbarium collection.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Ilyor Mustafaev

Applicant:

Uzbekistan

Backlog processing and digitalization of the main collection of the Herbarium DDMS, Central-West Brazil

Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados

DDMS

The Dourados Herbarium (DDMS) comprises a collection of ca. 11.000 specimens available online and ca. 5.000 specimens in the backlog (see https://specieslink.net/col/DDMS/). Most collections are from central-western Brazil. The main objective of DDMS is preserving specimens and enhance the accessibility of the collection to the community. The grant will be invested in the following improvements:
1) Increase the collection by processing the backlog with ca. 5.000 specimens;
2) Digitalize half collection and associate the images with the records available online.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Augusto Giaretta de Oliveira

Applicant:

Brazil

Processing of samples from permanent plots of the northern Amazon of Peru

Herbario Herrerense - Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana

HH

Carry out the processing, assembly and entry of botanical samples to the collection of the Herrerense Herbarium (HH) in the city of Iquitos.

Update the record of species and botanical samples deposited in the HH herbarium.

Improve the current conditions of the botanical samples deposited in the HH herbarium.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Luis Alberto Torres Montenegro

Applicant:

Peru

Processing, digitalization, and scientific dissemination of Herbarium (UFRR): a collection in the North of the Brazilian Amazon

Federal University of Roraima

UFRR

The UFRR Herbarium, comprises a collection of 10000 specimens from Brazilian Amazon, especially from Roraima state, one of the wealthiest floristic diversities in the Rainforest Amazon. Despite that, it is a botanically under-sampled area endowed with lower research infrastructure. Being the only active herbarium in the state of Roraima, UFRR herbarium plays an important role to subsidize scientific research in botany, environmental conservation, and scientific dissemination. The grant will be invested in:
1) Digitalization of the collection; 2) Financing scientific dissemination.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Amélia Carlos Tuler

Applicant:

Brazil

Digital Roots: Connecting Science and Society through the Yucatán Peninsula's Digital Flora

Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A. C. (CICY)

CICY

CICY holds the most comprehensive collection of the Yucatan Peninsula Biogeographic Province (YPBP). It is also a critical reference for the flora of southeastern Mexico and northern Central America. With the YPBP being a deforestation hotspot, the relevance of CICY becomes crucial. Our objective is to continue the flora’s documentation by 1) Digitizing 2000 specimens of endemic, endangered, and culturally significant species of the YPBP, and 2) Promoting universal access to this information by updating the images available on the Digital Flora website.

1910

Amount Awarded: US$

Germán Carnevali

Applicant:

México

Digitization of specimens housed in the Herbarium of the University of Colima

Universidad de Colima

UCOL

• Optimize the digitization process of specimens housed in the UCOL Herbarium.
• Reduce the accumulation of specimens waiting to be mounted and to add them to the database and/or interleaved in the collection.
• Train young undergraduate and graduate alumni in the study of the region's flora.
• Acquire material for mounting specimens.

2000

Amount Awarded: US$

Carlos Leopardi

Applicant:

Mexico

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