Small Collections Grant
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National Herbarium of Tanzania (NHT) Capacity building: Incorporating the backlog specimens into the Cabinets.
Tanzania
Process backlog
Cost (USD):
2000
NHT
Tanzania Plant Health and Pesticides Authority, National Herbarium of Tanzania (NHT) Department
Objective:
To incorporate 10,000 specimens in the herbarium cabinets by the end of 2026.
Timetable:
1 Month: Purchase mounting papers and Glue locally:
9 Months: Mounting 10,000 specimens
7.5 Months: Lay-in – filing all mounted specimens
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:
NHT has 2 staff members who will be involved in the mounting work. It is estimated that each will mount 25 specimens neatly for 8 working hours a day. Ten thousand (10,000) specimens will be mounted in about 200 days. Systematic arrangement of the specimens in cabinets will take about 166 days, estimating 15 specimens per day for 4 staff members.
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"Other" target:
Neduvoto Piniel Mollel
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