Small Collections Grant
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Development of the Herbarium PVB - the largest botanical collection of the Middle Volga Region
Russian Federation
Database, Digitally image, Process backlog, Ship, Conserve
Cost (USD):
2000
PVB
Institute of Ecology of the Volga River basin of the Russian Academy of Sciences - Branch of the Fedetal State Bugetary Institution of Sciense Samara Federal Research Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Objective:
Database creation, improvement and digitization of the Herbarium PVB
Timetable:
1) Digitization herbarium specimens (during the year), 1000 US dollars
2) Purchase of paper and mounting of herbarium specimens (during the year), 950 US dollars
3) Distribution of doublet samples to the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MW) and Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LE), 50 US dollars
Scoring Rubric
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Collection Improvement (max. 120 points)
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Facilitating access to the physical collections by digitization (e.g., data entry, setting up database structure with an outline of the platform to be used, purchasing equipment, and imaging specimens) – up to 30 points.
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Enhancing physical collections by improving the conservation status of specimens in the herbarium (e.g., better folders, protecting covers, mounting paper, labeling, etc.) – up to 30 points.
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Curating specimens (e.g., updating families, species identification, identifying types) – up to 20 points.
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Increasing our understanding of the flora or funga by making new herbarium specimens available, such as processing of backlog or collecting and mounting of new specimens from understudied sites – up to 20 points.
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Securing collections by distribution of duplicates (or orphan collections) to other regional or international herbaria or shipping endangered collections to another herbarium – up to 20 points.
This proposal scores:
/120
Methods & Funding (max. 40 points)
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Match between the proposed budget and methods for the aims described – up to 10 points.
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Perceived need, the extent to which the project will benefit from IAPT funding: e.g., due to active floristic work or contribution to poorly collected sites, due to threatened conditions of collections, and for the degree of involvement of others (outreach and education). We give more points for herbaria in low- and middle-income countries – up to 20 points.
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Sharing duplicate specimens with other herbaria – up to 10 points.
This proposal scores:
/40
Broader Impacts (max. 40 points)
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Degree of regional importance of the collection or the taxonomic importance of the targeted collection – up to 10 points.
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The project will yield durable benefits (specimens, digitized metadata, databases, websites) – up to 15 points.
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The project involves outreach/mentoring and broad dissemination – up to 15 points.
This proposal scores:
/40
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Plan:
1) Digitization of the Herbarium PVB and posting it on the website of the Togliatti branch of the Russian Botanical Society (https://sites.google.com/site/tltrbo/).
2) PVB Herbarium database creation (in Excel format) and posting it on the website of the Togliatti branch of the Russian Botanical Society (https://sites.google.com/site/tltrbo/).
3) Posting the PVB Herbarium Collection dataset in Global Biodiversity Information Facility (https://www.gbif.org/)
4) Distribution of doublet samples to the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MW) and Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LE).
5) Improving the PVB herbarium collection: purchase of paper and mounting of herbarium specimens
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"Other" target:
Vladimir Vasjukov
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