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Small Collections Grant

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COLLECTION OF SEED PLANTS IN KENYIR ECOREGION

norasikin.ismail@umt.edu.my

MALAYSIA

Database, Process backlog, Ship

Cost (USD): 

2000

UMTP

UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU

Objective:

This project aim to have a collection of tropical seed plants from Kenyir Ecoregion. the objectives are:

1. To generate new collection for Kenyir seed plants by the contribution of physical of specimens
2. To establish database for the Kenyir Ecoregion collection
3. To distribute the duplicates (or orphan collections) to other regional herbaria in Malaysia

Timetable:

Duration: March 2023 until March 2024

1. Plant collection (4 months)
2. Duplication and transport (2 months)
3. Herbarium processes - drying, mounting (4 months)
4. Database (2 months)

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.

  • 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.

  • Curating specimens (e.g., updating families, species identification, identifying types) – up to 20 points.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The project will yield durable benefits (specimens, digitized metadata, databases, websites) – up to 15 points.

  • The project involves outreach/mentoring and broad dissemination – up to 15 points.

This proposal scores:

/40

Proposal

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Plan:

1. Field sampling will be carried out in order to establish a new collection for the Kenyir seed plants and herbarium processes.

2. The database for the Kenyir Ecoregion collection will be developed and updated in Kenyir Research Station through hardcopy and softcopy.

3. The duplicates (or orphan collections) will be distributed to other regional herbaria especially the Kepong Herbarium (KEP) at Forest Research Institute Malaysia.

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"Other" target:

SITI NORASIKIN ISMAIL

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