Small Collections Grant
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Digitization of exsicate images from Fiocruz's Botanical Collection of Medicinal Plants Herbarium (CBPM)
Brazil
Digitally image, Other
Cost (USD):
2000
CBPM
Fiocruz
Objective:
Digitize images from the entire Fiocruz's Botanical Collection of Medicinal Plants in order to generate subsidies for correct botanical identification and traceability of medicinal plants used in Fiocruz Research, Development and Innovation (PD&I) projects following the precepts of the National Policy of Medicinal Plants and Phytotherapics and aiming the safe and rational use of these plants.
Timetable:
ACTIVITIES First Month Second Month
MAINTENANCE OF EXSICATES X
TRANSPORT EXSICATES FROM CBPM TO RB X X
DIGITIZE IMAGES X X
TRANSPORT EXSICATES FROM RB TO CBPM X X
PROVIDE IMAGES TO JABOT X X
PROVIDE IMAGES TO HVFF X
PROVIDE DATA TO SIBBR AND GIBF X
Scoring Rubric
Reviewer's name:
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:
Through a partnership agreement already signed between the Fiocruz's Botanical Collection of Medicinal Plants and the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden Research Institute, we can offer, as counterpart, the use of the RB herbarium image digitization station.
The present project aims to hire specialized personnel to perform the image digitization of CBPM’s exsicates using the RB herbarium equipment; as both herbaria lack personnel to perform this activity.
The hired professional should perform the maintenance of 1553 exsicates registered at the CBPM herbarium, transport them to the RB herbarium, scan the images, transport the exsiccates back to the CBPM herbarium and link the images to the records already available in the JABOT software. The images will also be available on Virtual Herbarium of Flora and Fungus (HVFF - INCT) and the data on SiBBr and GBIF.
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exsicate maintenance
"Other" target:
Marcelo Neto Galvão
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