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Acorn Grants
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.
Acorn Grant Eligibility Requirements:
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Current curriculum vitae
for each applicant
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Brief (approximately one
page) description of the project
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Cites for current or previous
FSF Research Grants awarded to any of the investigators/researchers
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Cites of appropriate references
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Budget for project, including
amount requested from FSF
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Plan for dissemination of
the results
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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.
All
submissions must be received and completed by June 15.
The deadline is firm with no extension. Please submit
the aforementioned Acorn Grant Requirements
electronically to Kimberly Wrasse at
kwrasse@aafs.org,
or by mail to: Kimberly Wrasse, FSF, 410 North
21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80904.
Acorn
Grant recipients will be required to submit a progress
report to the Forensic Sciences Foundation by December
15 of the following year.
Note: FSF
Lucas and Acorn Grant proposals on the same subject,
differing only in scope and budget, may not be submitted
by the same investigators in the same year.
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