21st Anniversary Research Fund Grants

The society's research fund was established at the time of the 21st anniversary conference in 1972.The initial capital of the fund was the excess realised from the conference activities. An appeal among members, institutions and commercial firms substantially increased this sum and it is still being augmented by donations from members and others, and the profits from the sale of conference publications. Anyone wshing to make a donation or bequest to the 21st anniversary fund is encouraged to contact the society's president.

The procedure for making grants is laid down in the society rules and is briefly as follows:

Applications (three copies) are to be received by the secretary of the society by the 1st March in any given year. Copies are then sent to the convenor of a grants committee, who in collaboration with two other nominated members of the panel make recommendations to the society's executive. Nominations for the research grant must be approved by the executive and announcements of successful awards are made at the annual general meeting.

The amount available for in any given year is approximately $1500

Applications for grants from this fund are now invited and should be sent to:

Pauline Syrett
Secretary
Entomological Society of New Zealand
Bioprotection and Ecology Division
PO Box 84
Lincoln University
Canterbury 7647
New Zealand

Application Guidelines

Applications should consist of a short letter giving appropriate personal details, title of project, estimated total cost and amount applied for. Appended to the letter should be a full statement (suggested maximum of two pages) giving details of the project, its aims, previous work (if any) and details of cost. Supporting papers, where appropriate, may be included; personal testimonials are not required. A statement of other financial support, which is available or is being applied for in respect of the project should be added.

Three copies of each full application must be provided.

As the research fund was set up to encourage all entomological research, applications are welcome from groups, clubs or individuals whether or not they are members of the society. However, grants will not normally be used to fund government research but will be used mainly to encourage ‘amateurs'. Grants will not be made retrospectively for research underway nor normally for travel expenses to attend conferences in New Zealand and overseas.Applications by students are requested to provide a supporting statement from their supervisor.Supervisors should forward their statement directly to the above address in confidence before the closing date for applications.