[HubbardBrook] Fwd: NSRC Releases 2024 Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund RFP

Mon Mar 11 16:48:41 EDT 2024

Good evening, Hubbard Brook.

Feel free to spread the word across your networks about this opportunity -
the NSRC is happy to offer more funding for the Indigenous Forest Knowledge
Fund than ever before!

Anthea

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From: Northeastern States Research Cooperative <NSRC1 at uvm.edu>
Date: Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Subject: NSRC Releases 2024 Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund RFP
To: <alavallee at hubbardbrookfoundation.org>

*Northeastern States Research Cooperative*

*Knowledge to guide the future of Northern Forest communities*

*Advancing Indigenous Forest Knowledge in the Northeast*
Research to support the cultural and intellectual sovereignty
of Tribal forest traditions

*For release: *March 8, 2024

The Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC)
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recognizes and respects the deep, primary knowledge of Tribal Nations in
the Northern Forest and is excited to announce the 2024 request for
proposals (RFP) for the NSRC Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund (IFKF)
<https://nsrcforest.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7041433292aea475d9840022b&id=b1eed4bd67&e=79f742a6dd>
.

Proposals are welcomed for:

   - Education, mentorship, and training of Indigenous youth in applied
   forest research and/or Traditional Ecological Knowledge about forest
   systems;
   - Applied forest research that advances Tribal priorities; and
   - Synthesis and translation of forest research and/or Traditional
   Ecological Knowledge to advance communications, outreach, and economic
   programs for Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities.

NSRC will award up to $1.5 million in 2024 to support projects with budgets
ranging from $75,000 to $500,000 for one- to three-year funding terms.
Project leaders and/or project settings shall be directly related to Tribal
homelands/territories or ancestral territories of the NSRC region (i.e.,
the Northern Forest region that includes/overlaps/impacts Maine, New
Hampshire, New York, and/or Vermont).

“Working together with our Tribal partners and the U.S. Forest Service to
facilitate this opportunity is an honor. It’s great to see the IFKF
building momentum, with increased available funding year after year,”
observed Anthea Lavallee, Member of the IFKF Planning Committee and NSRC
Executive Committee, who consults with an External Advisory Committee
representing Indigenous interests, forest industry, natural resource
management, conservation, wildlife, and economic development to ensure NSRC
is aligned with on-the-ground research needs and emerging priorities. The
IFKF Planning Committee consists of members from across the region
including Tribal members and US Forest Service scientists.

The 2023 general NSRC RFP encouraged projects of high cultural significance
to Indigenous communities and lifeways (e.g., the health of brown ash and
Indigenous peoples’ access to lands for hunting, fishing, gathering
materials, and other purposes). Notably, the IFKF is a separate opportunity
to: 1) acknowledge and address structural inequities in opportunities for
Indigenous youth to participate in forest research and 2) invest in the
cultural and intellectual sovereignty of Tribal forest traditions alongside
other forms of applied forest research.

Previous IFKF award funding is supporting the following projects: moose
monitoring on Penobscot Indian Nation lands; development of management
guides for ash under the threat of emerald ash borer; understanding
regeneration and historical traditions of an Atlantic White Cedar swamp
ecosystem utilized by Abenaki Nation citizens; developing a set of
Haudenosaunee Forest Principles based on the Haudenosaunee Environmental
Protection Process; and Connecting N’dakinna (Land), Bilowagizegad
(Climate), and Alnobak (People), providing Indigenous college students with
research opportunities that combine Indigenous knowledge of watersheds with
empirically collected data from forested watersheds. The IFKF projects are
in addition to NSRC research projects focused on the health of northern
forest ecosystems and communities.

Proposals are due for the 2024 IFKF RFP by June 14, 2024. Proposals will be
reviewed by a committee composed of Tribal consultants and NSRC
administrators. The committee will apply the following evaluation criteria,
giving equal weight to each:

   - General fit to the program’s primary goals and requirements;
   - Clarity of the specific project objective and likelihood of success;
   - Appropriateness of the approach and methods, including intellectual
   sovereignty and/or data management; and
   - Tribal Leader (e.g., Tribal Council Official/Tribal Chairperson) or
   Tribal Department Director endorsement as expressed in signed letters of
   support

*Award decisions are expected to be announced by July 12, 2024, and funding
committed by August 16, 2024. Any unallocated funds will be applied toward
future NSRC competitions.*

*Questions about eligibility or how grant funds are distributed to awardees
should be sent to: alavallee at hubbardbrookfoundation.org
<alavallee at hubbardbrookfoundation.org>.*

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*The Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC) is a competitive grant
program for Northern Forest research, jointly directed through the USDA
Forest Service Northern Research Station, the Hubbard Brook Research
Foundation, and a designated institution in each of the four Northern
Forest states: the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
at the University of Vermont, the Department of Natural Resources and the
Environment at the University of New Hampshire, the Center for Research on
Sustainable Forests at the University of Maine, and the Department of
Sustainable Resources Management at the College of Environmental Science
and Forestry at the State University of New York. Learn more about the
Northeastern States Research Cooperative at nsrcforest.org
<http://nsrcforest.org>*
*NSRC Contacts*

*Maine*
Meg Fergusson
margaret.fergusson at maine.edu

*New Hampshire*
Benjamin Fraser
benjamin.fraser at unh.edu  <benjamin.fraser at unh.edu>

*New York*
Mary Beth Malmsheimer
mmalmshe at esf.edu
*Vermont*
Anna Marchessault
Anna.Marchessault at uvm.edu

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