Small Collections Grant
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Processing, digitalization, and scientific dissemination of Herbarium (UFRR): a collection in the North of the Brazilian Amazon
Brazil
Other
Cost (USD):
2000
UFRR
Federal University of Roraima
Objective:
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.
Timetable:
1) We estimate one month for training three interns;
2) Eight months to digitize the collection using JABOT and provide the records online. We expect to digitize 500 specimens/week;
The digitalization and availability of collection the UFRR Herbarium in JABOT generated through this project will facilitate the identification of unknown/unidentified species. In addition, students will be trained in taxonomy and systematics of phanerogams, as well as in collection techniques and curation.
Budget total
US$ 2000
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:
The UFRR Herbarium collection is only accessible to those who visit the collection's physical space. The digitalization of botanical collections is extremely important for Brazilian scientific community, especially for the Northern region, which is considered difficult to access for researchers in general.
We are working with two priorities:
1) Digitalization of the current collection using the free access software for database management JABOT v.3 and publish it in an online platform (http://jabot.jbrj.gov.br/v3/consulta.php);
2) Carry out extension actions, showing the public the relevance of the collections and scientific research carried out in the state.
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Labor costs (3 scholarship of D$ ~74,00 (R$ 400,00) each for 8 months)
"Other" target:
Amélia Carlos Tuler
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