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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The AHPA Foundation for Education and Research on Botanicals (AHPA ERB Foundation) has announced a request for proposals to award grant funding to eligible applicants in order
to enhance and promote knowledge and understanding of sustainable harvest of slippery elm (</span><i style="color: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Ulmus rubra</i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">).
The grant supports research effects of varying rates of wild slippery elm bark harvest on tree population health and recovery across multiple harvest sites in order to inform sustainable harvest and management decisions for the species. The anticipated amount
of funding available for a sustainable wild slippery elm bark harvest research project is up to $10,000 annually for up to 5 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Proposals must describe how the project will develop new information related to wild harvest impact of slippery elm, defining clear objectives that this project will specifically
address using well defined and sound methodology. Applications should clearly explain what will be done to achieve the project objectives, and how tangible, measurable results will be collected and reported. Applications should describe the outreach plan (i.e.
reporting of results) with clear deliverables and realistic expectations for reaching target beneficiaries of the research. Proposals must include a timeline appropriate to the work and proposed outreach, describe applicant familiarity with related work, and
include a sensible budget. Applications should describe the key people involved in the project and their relevant experience, including their commitment, expertise, and ability to see the work through to its conclusion.
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<span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">**Note that only proposals which directly address wild harvest impact of slippery
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<div style=""><font color="#000000" face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">See the full Request for Proposals, including submission
</span>instructions<span style="font-size: 12pt;">: </span></font></div>
<div style=""><a href="http://www.ahpa.org/News/LatestNews/TabId/96/ArtMID/1179/ArticleID/1368/Request-for-proposals-Slippery-elm-sustainable-wild-harvest-study.aspx" id="LPNoLP107375" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(81, 167, 249); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">http://www.ahpa.org/News/LatestNews/TabId/96/ArtMID/1179/ArticleID/1368/Request-for-proposals-Slippery-elm-sustainable-wild-harvest-study.aspx</span></a></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Program Contact Person: Holly Johnson, PhD AHPA Chief Science Officer; </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">301.588.1171
x103; </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">hjohnson@ahpa.org</span><br>
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<span style="margin: 0px">General proposals for research projects outside the scope of this RFP are accepted on a rolling basis and interested researchers are encouraged to direct inquiries regarding any other botanical research or education project ideas to
Holly Johnson, AHPA Chief Science Officer at hjohnson@ahpa.org, or Holly Chittum, AHPA Project Scientist at hchittum@ahpa.org.</span></div>
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