Small Collections Grant
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Restoring the fern collection at the oldest herbarium in Ecuador.
Ecuador
Database, Process backlog, Conserve
Cost (USD):
2000
QPLS
Padre Luis Sodiro Herbarium
Objective:
General Objective:
● To restore and strengthen the fern collection at the oldest historical herbarium in
Ecuador, ensuring its conservation, organization and accessibility for the future.
Specific objectives:
● To maintain the QPLS herbarium’s fern collection.
● To update the taxonomic information of conserved fern species.
● To assign a unique code to each specimen deposited in the QPLS fern collection.
● To publish the QPLS fern collection data on the GBIF portal
Timetable:
Activities Month
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Acquisition of supplies x x
Hiring of support staff x x x x x x x x
Updating of taxonomic information x x x x
Recovery of deteriorated specimens x x x x
Reorganization of the collection x x x
Publication of fern data on the GBIF portal. x x 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:
We are applying for the highest funding granted by the IAPT, to work specifically with the fern collection of the QPLS herbarium. This funding, along with institutional funding, will allow the acquisition of supplies and the hiring of support staff. In this way, we will be able to recovery of deteriorated specimens, updating of taxonomic information, reorganization of the collection, assignment of unique barcodes and also, for the publication of data on the GBIF portal. These actions will guarantee the preservation of this important collection and ensure its accessibility for future research, contributing to the knowledge and conservation of Ecuadorian pteridoflora.
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"Other" target:
Paola Peña-Altamirano
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