Small Collections Grant
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Digitalization of the families Asteraceae and Fabaceae deposited in the
Herbarium USON
Mexico
Digitally image, Other
Cost (USD):
2000
USON
University of Sonora
Objective:
1. Digitalize the families Asteraceae and Fabaceae deposited in the Herbarium USON.
2. To train undergraduate students in herbarium management and the capture and
post-processing of images of specimens.
3. Improve the equipment of the herbarium with the acquisition of a stereoscope
Timetable:
Buy stereoscope: May 2025
Students training: April to May 2025
Digitalize Asteraceae genera A-C: April to May 2025
Digitalize Asteraceae genera D-E: May to June 2025
Digitalize Asteraceae genera F-H: June to July 2025
Digitalize Asteraceae genera I-P: July to August 2025
Digitalize Asteraceae genera R-Z: August to September 2025
Digitalize Fabaceae genera A-C: september to October 2025
Digitalize Fabaceae genera D-I : October to November 2025
Digitalize Fabaceae genera L-Z: November to December 2025
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
2024
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Plan:
At USON we already have equipment to capture images of specimens, but we do not have enough staff to digitize the collection. Biology students have been of great help by doing volunteer work. Two students who need to complete their social service will be trained in the management of the collection, database, image capture and post-processing. In exchange, they will receive financial support as an incentive for a good work.
Within a period of nine months, images of specimens from the Asteraceae and Fabaceae families in the Herbarium USON will be available to the public through the Symbiota platform "Red de Herbarios Mexicanos".
The stereoscope will be purchased as soon as possible so that it can be used by students and researchers who need it.
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Applicant First Name/s:
email:
to buy a stereoscope
"Other" target:
Manuel Higinio Sandoval-Ortega
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