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Huyck Grants
E.N. Huyck Preserve and Biological
Research Station offers Huyck Grants to qualifying scientists
and graduate students. Huyck Grants help fund research projects in
a variety of disciplines that utilize the natural resources of the
Huyck Preserve. We support work in basic and applied ecology,
conservation biology, taxonomy, animal behavior, evolution, geology,
land use history, and other areas of natural history. The grants
range in size up to $2500 and are provided to graduate and post
graduate investigators. The funds may be used for the purchase of
equipment, travel, room and board, publication costs, and stipend
for assistant researchers.
The Biological Research Station at the
E.N. Huyck Preserve was established in 1938. Since then, hundreds
of scientists and graduate students have conducted research here -
many returning for multiple years of study. Scientists utilize the
Preserve in part because of our long history of research. The
Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve is a 2,000-acre private natural area, is
located on the Helderberg Plateau in the towns of Rensselaerville
and Berne, 30 miles southwest of Albany, New York. Habitats found
on the Preserve include northeast deciduous-hemlock forests, conifer
plantations, old fields, permanent and temporary streams, ten and
hundred acre lakes, and a 150 foot waterfall. The Preserve is
protected in perpetuity making it an ideal place for long-term study
and another good reason scientists choose to do their field research
at the Preserve.
Housing facilities can accommodate
about 25 researchers and include space in bedroom, bathroom, and
access to a kitchen. The Eldridge Research Center laboratory
facility has a wet lab and dry lab, conference space, a library, and
office/lab space for visiting workers. The Preserve has an extensive
scientific library that includes many books, scientific journals,
and copies of all papers submitted from work conducted here - both
published and unpublished. Over 50 peer-reviewed
publications
have
resulted in the last ten years alone. There are also historic and
up-to-date specimen collections of the
flora and fauna that occur here.
The grant proposal must contain an
abstract of not more than 200 words, a section describing the
background and significance of the project, a section stating the
main objectives of the study, and a methods section. There should
also be a section describing other projects that the principal
investigator has under way. If the researcher has previously
conducted research at the Preserve, please indicate the extent of
the research and the resulting publication(s). A “literature cited”
section should be included. Each investigator must provide an
up-to-date curriculum vitae. The budget section must give a
detailed breakdown of the proposed budget. The researcher should
have three colleagues submit references that deal specifically with
the work proposed to be done at the Preserve.
The deadline for 2010 proposals is
March 8th. Grant proposals and references can be emailed to
info@huyckpreserve.org , with HUYCK GRANT APP in the
subject line. Proposals must be in MS Word or PDF format and
include a completed Application Form. Receipt of proposals will be
confirmed via email. All proposals will be reviewed by our
Scientific Advisory Committee and the results will be announced by
March 30 in an email. If you have
any additional questions please feel free to email or telephone (5 l
8) 797-3440. |
