The Herpetological Society of Ireland

-The Herpetological Society of Ireland-

Grants and 

Collaboration(s)

Guidelines

The Herpetological Society of Ireland(HSI) welcomes applications for its student grant on a rolling basis. The scheme offers small grants aimed at supporting costs associated with herpetological research projects.

The grant will be up to a max. of €300. However, the HSI reserves the right to distribute the funds between multiple applicants, or not at all depending on the suitability of applications received.

The HSI reserve the right to adjust the funds available to the scheme on a yearly basis.

The scheme is intended to promote interest in undertaking, or taking part in, herpetological projects in Ireland or abroad. Ideally, the research will have some relevance to on-going conservation work in Ireland (Republic and/or Northern Ireland). The work must take place in the academic year of application.

The scheme is only open to students who are current HSI members, enrolled in a tertiary education course or similar.

The scientific scope and ethical standards of projects should be consistent with the aims of The Society.

The scheme is administered by the HSI’s Senior Science Officer, Rob Gandola with co-supervision of Undergraduate, Masters, and Ph.D level students offered as part of the scheme.

Applications should be in the form of a letter or email (preferable) with the following:

• Your name, address, email, telephone number
• Course, stage, institution
• Project title
• Brief outline of the project: (Aims/rationale, Proposed methodology, Timescale, Planned expenditure, Details of any funds sought from other sources)
• Previous experience and/or interest in herpetology

A shortlist of applicants will be asked for the contact info of their supervisor(s)

The deadline for application is on a rolling and can be submitted throughout the year.

Successful applicants will be informed as soon as is possible. Applicants may be contacted to clarify aspects of the project before final decisions are made. Payments to successful applicants will be made at the end of the project data collection stage upon provision of receipts/vouched expenditure. An interim payment may also be made on agreement with the Senior Science Officer.

Note:

Undertaking research/fieldwork on protected species and/or in protected/sensitive areas may require a license/permit. Permission is generally required to work on land whether public or private. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure these are in place before the commencement of their research. Proof may be requested at the discretion of the student grant administrator.

A copy of the resulting dissertation/publication must be submitted to the Senior Science Officer to inform The Society of the results of the work. Ideally, a Science Officer will be offered co-authorship on any publications that may arise from the funded research and/or collaboration.

Any financial support from The HSI must be acknowledged in any resulting dissertations, publications or posters by the recipient. Any intellectual property acquired will remain with the recipient, but The Society must be permitted to publish a summary or abstract for publicity purposes.

For more information or to submit applications contact:
Rob Gandola (Senior Science Officer) Email: rgandola@thehsi.org
or
H.S.I. Science team science@thehsi.org