The Pollinator Information Network for Sub-Saharan Two-Winged Insects (PINDIP) is a project that began in 2017 with a $209,000 JRS grant award to better characterize Diptera and their pollination interaction webs in sub-Saharan Africa. This grant (PINDIP Phase 2 Funding) funds efforts led by the Royal…
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release CONTACT: Don S. Doering, Executive Director at info@jrsbiodiversity.org, (206) 454-7915. The JRS Biodiversity Foundation Announces Grant to Support Data-Based Journalism on Biodiversity in the Nile Basin SEATTLE, Washington – August 30, 2019 – The JRS…
I presented a seminar on grantmaking in Kenya last month, where one attendee asked me “What are the main reasons that JRS declines funding a proposal?” That’s a good question and very fair question that got me thinking. Without further…
{Note: Links may be not be active - please refer to our grantmaking pages for additional details.} Today, we posted our Request for Proposals that will generate most of our grantmaking in 2019. We are happy to stay the course…
SEATTLE, Washington – September 11, 2018 – The JRS Biodiversity Foundation announces three new grant awards, totaling $545,000, to support access to freshwater biodiversity data in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda. These investments are a part of the JRS Freshwater Biodiversity…
SEATTLE, Washington – September 05, 2018 – The JRS Biodiversity Foundation announces two new grant awards, totaling $517,300, to support the development of curricula to train future biodiversity informaticists. The investments are part of JRS’ Capacity Development program to increase…
SEATTLE, Washington – January 24, 2018 – The JRS Biodiversity Foundation is proud to announce a new $324,000 award to the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) to develop an African Pollinator Plant Interaction (APPI) database, a public platform containing pollinator-plant interaction records. Pollinator biodiversity loss is occurring worldwide, predominately due to the…
SEATTLE, Washington – 15 November 2017 – The JRS Biodiversity Foundation today announced a new $264,100 grant to develop methods for mapping the distribution of both native and non-native tilapia in East Africa. The project will be led by Bangor University professor Dr. George Turner,…
SEATTLE, Washington – 15 November 2017 – The JRS Biodiversity Foundation is pleased to announce a new $180,900 grant to the University of Botswana Okavango Research Institute (ORI) to implement a pilot project to develop a scalable fisheries monitoring system in…
SEATTLE, Washington – 31 October 2017 – The JRS Biodiversity Foundation is pleased to announce a new $273,000 award to the Freshwater Research Centre (FRC) to develop a biodiversity information system for evaluating long-term change in rivers in the Cape Floristic Region, South…
