For Prospective Applicants

Prairie Biotic Research Small Grants

Comments from Award Winners

First, I would like to thank you for funding the Mississippi River Bluffs invertebrate survey. I appreciate Prairie Biotic Research, Inc., for funding projects outside the boundary of large institutions and their research money. For me, Lepidoptera research is generally a self-funded venture in all aspects -- from field work to supplies and literature. This opportunity will boaden our knowledge in an area of Illinois that is lacking even the most basic survey research data. Without this type of funding this would not be possible as the expenses involved often determine my priorities. These grant funds will certainly help defray the costs incurred in this project. The only improvement I would recommend in this program would be funding of additional research projects of this type. Again, I must stress how grateful researchers like me are at having this type of grant opportunity. As you are well aware, there are many capable scientists that have vast knowledge of their particular regions. Without institutional affiliations their work is greatly limited, and funding options few, on what would be very worthwhile projects

James Wiker (IL)
"Lepidoptera survey on hill prairies & glades of Mississippi River bluffs" (2009)

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For Prospective Applicants

Samples and Forms for Applications

PBR funds individuals with grants up to $1500 (prior to 2018, our limit was $1000) in our competitive annual Small Grants Program. We support the study of any species in U.S. prairies and savannas. Over 17 years PBR has funded 307 grants totaling $309,253 to researchers in 37 states. More than half of these grants supported graduate students. What makes this activity so urgent is that these habitats and the species that live there are vanishing. We are gathering information that may slow this terrible erosion of our natural heritage, while fostering the development of these researchers, thereby sustaining our cultural heritage. We can be only as successful in this effort as we are in raising the money that we give away.

Prairie Biotic Research, Inc. is pleased to announce its 2019 Small Grants Program. The following documents describe the process in more detail. Submit your proposal as a PDF file attached to an email sent to prairiebioticresearch@gmail.com. We must receive your proposal by email before December 20, 2018.

Application Documents

Application Samples

Review the following winning proposals for examples of good applications viewed favorably by our review team.

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Name	Type	Size
Benesh_2015.pdf	PDF file	227 KB
Bossart_2015.pdf	PDF file	240 KB
Cushing_2015.pdf	PDF file	667 KB
Eiseman_2015.pdf	PDF file	608 KB
Heidel-Baker_2014.pdf	PDF file	178 KB
LaMagdeleine_2014.pdf	PDF file	312 KB
Pogue_2015.pdf	PDF file	277 KB
Steinweg_2014.pdf	PDF file	508 KB
Stiles_2015.pdf	PDF file	232 KB
Wallace_2015.pdf	PDF file	278 KB
Wright_2015.pdf	PDF file	185 KB

Submit Application

You may email your proposal (PDF only) using this form. You will receive a copy of it by email for assurance that it has been sent.

Proposal Name
Dollars Requested (numbers only)
Your Name
Your Mailing Address
Your Email
Attach PDF Proposal

Process and Values

How we make decisions

We support basic field biological research on all taxa in U.S. prairies and savannas, but we are especially eager to support research on taxa for which funding is scarce, such as insects, fungi, reptiles, spiders, etc. We don't fund many bird projects, in part because there are generally more funds available for the study of birds.

How Can I Help?

Your tax-deductible contribution is needed

Prairie Biotic Research, Inc. has benefitted from generous gifts of various foundations, and both non-profit and for-profit businesses. These are augmented by gifts from individuals concerned with our prairies. Indeed, we can only offer small grants with continued financial support. Please consider joining these enterprises as a donor to Prairie Biotic Research.

Links Relating to Prairie, Savanna, and Conservation

Our Scientific Advisors

Anastasia Becker - Missouri Biographical Sketch
Craig M. Brabant - Wisconsin Biographical Sketch
Rebecca Christoffel - Wisconsin Biographical Sketch
Linda C. Duever - Florida Biographical Sketch
Kerry Katovich - Wisconsin Biographical Sketch
Paul Mayes - Iowa Biographical Sketch
Victoria A. Nuzzo - New York Biographical Sketch
Dennis W Schlicht - Iowa Biographical Sketch
Steven M. Sullivan - Ohio Biographical Sketch
Scott R. Swengel - Wisconsin Biographical Sketch

Questions or Comments?

PBR is an all-volunteer, scientific, 501(c)(3) public charity that fosters research in wild or restored native grasslands and savannas anywhere in the USA. All of us who comprise PBR do basic biotic research ourselves.

Download a copy of our IRS tax-exemption letter

IRS EIN: 39-2008653
WI Charitable Org. No.: 7327-800

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