CBC: Research, Monitoring, and Education Grants

The Carolina Bird Club offers ongoing grants for research, monitoring, and education focused on the conservation of birds in the Carolinas. These grants support projects that promote bird observation, education, and habitat protection. Applicants must be affiliated with an educational or non-profit institution and provide detailed proposals, including a budget and a letter of support. The club encourages projects addressing local conservation needs and aims to foster a deeper appreciation for avian species and their habitats.

NOTE: Grant applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
The CBC provides grants to support research, education and conservation of birds of the Carolinas and their habitats.
For student research projects, applications require the sponsorship of a faculty member. For secondary school programs, applications require a letter of support from the school principal.
Applications should be prepared directly by the applicant and should include:

• A scope of work (limited to two single-spaced pages), including species to be studied and the site where the work will be conducted.

Research should address a local, regional, national, or hemispheric conservation needs of a species, species group, or species habitat association (shorebirds, waterbirds, etc., or managed wetlands, forested wetlands, longleaf pine, etc.)
Research should inform management and/or conservation activities for a species or group of species, and should be applicable to North and South Carolina.
For education grants, please explain how activities will affect, improve, or alleviate threats to birds and bird populations, or result in future and related conservation for birds.
A detailed budget.
Appropriate course work and other activities that would indicate that the applicant is capable of performing the described research.
A letter of support from the faculty sponsor or school principal.
Details of the starting date of the research and the time period for which funding is requested.
The name of the payee and the address to which a check should be mailed.
Significant research findings will be reviewed for possible publication in The Chat, the ornithological journal of the CBC. Also, awardees may be invited to present their findings at a seasonal meeting of the CBC. In that case the CBC will cover all reasonable expenses incurred by the presenter.

Eligibility

Applications should be made through an educational or non-profit institution.Allowable costs include, but are not necessarily limited to, laboratory supplies, field supplies, and limited travel to research sites.Activities funded should be tangible and measurable, and which contribute to bird conservation.Checks are made out to an institution or a department, not to an individual.

Ineligibility

The Carolina Bird Club does not support institutional indirect costs, or fund general operational costs of an organization.