Darrell Posey Fellowship

Fellowship for Ethnoecology and Traditional Resource Rights Small

Grants Awards and the Field Fellowship, Submitted by Natasha Duarte, isecoordinator@gmail.com

Coordinator, International Society of EthnobiologyIn
2009 we will award two small grants, and one Field Fellowship. In 2011
we will award another two small grants, and possibly an
institution-based fellowship (the latter depends upon available funds).
For more information
on the Program, and to get updates on the work of Fellows and Small
Grants recipients from 2004-2008, please visit us online at: www.ethnobiology.net
Small Grants are awarded to indigenous and community groups working on sustainable and equitable resource management
or rights issues. The incorporation of small grants into the Fellowship
program reflects the widespread need for small, strategic sums to fill
gaps in funding, respond to crises, or catalyze resource management change or institutional development.
Small grants are $5,000 per year for two years. Field
Fellowships are awarded to individuals pursuing applied, on-the-ground
activities to support resource management, and cultural, human, land, resource and other rights of indigenous peoples and local communities around the world.
The award targets grassroots activities and individuals that may or may
not have an interest in academic concerns. Field Fellows receive
$20,000 per year for two years.
Please visit our website to find the instructions for nominating
candidates for both Small Grants and Field Fellowships. You will find
there different requirements for each program, as well as slightly
modified instructions for individuals and groups that wish to apply
directly to the ISE for Small Grants or Field Fellowships. In the past,
only the Oxford Fellowship was awarded through a direct application
process, and Small Grants and Field Fellowships were by nomination
only. This was intended to make the process more inclusive because many
groups and individuals undertaking grassroots work on resource rights
and management, and applied ethnobiological research, are not
experienced fundraisers and do not have large international networks.
However, so many individuals have asked to apply directly for the
Small Grants and Field Fellowships that we decided to accept both
nominations and direct applications (but letters of
support/recommendation will continue to be weighed more heavily than
the style or polish of a proposal). The timeline for this year’s Small
Grants and Fellowship nomination, selection, and award process is as
follows:
February 1, 2009: Proposals and Nominations due

February 1 – March 15, 2009: Selections made

April 1, 2009: Small Grants and Fellowship recipients notified

May 1, 2009: Awards made (the first of two annual payments of $5,000

for small grants, and $20,000 for Fellows).
Please send any questions to:
Natasha Duarte
isecoordinator@gmail.com
Coordinator, International Society of Ethnobiology
14 School St., P.O. Box 303
Bristol, VT 05443, USA
tel: +1 802 453-6996
Fax: +1 802 453-3420
www.ethnobiology.net