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Apply today!  Application deadline: June 15 of the current year.

The FSF Acorn Grants (up to $500) are intended to help the investigator initiate original problem oriented research. These grants are open to members and affiliates (at any level) of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Proposals should include:

  • Current curriculum vitae for each applicant

  • Brief (approximately one page) description of the project

  • Cites for current or previous FSF Research Grants awarded to any of the investigators/researchers

  • Cites of appropriate references

  • Budget for project, including amount requested from FSF

  • Plan for dissemination of the results

  • Timetable for project

Funding requests for bibliographic preparation, travel, equipment, routine agency operations, including salary of investigators/researchers or assistants, are not normally approved and are discouraged.

Issues related to the use of live humans or animals as research subjects must be dealt with explicitly in the proposal. Similarly, your plan for accommodating any issue related to privacy, appropriate permissions, and the harvesting, transport or disposal of human tissues or body fluids must be included.

The Principal Investigator of the research proposal must be a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (any status).

Deadline for Acorn Grant proposals is June 15 of the current year. A progress report for the research must be sent to the FSF by December 1 of the following year.

Proposals (original and two copies) must be received at the FSF headquarters (410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80904, Attention: Kimberly Wrasse) by June 15 of the current year in order to be considered by the FSF Research Committee. The deadline is firm with no extension.

Questions regarding Acorn Grants should be addressed to Kimberly Wrasse at kwrasse@aafs.org.

Note:  FSF Lucas and Acorn Grant proposals on the same subject, differing only in scope and budget, cannot be submitted by the same investigators in the same year.

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