Application Form

Call for Cooperators:
Participatory Research in Forested Communities in Appalachia

The Appalachian Forest Resource Center is interested in supporting community groups working on projects that will improve their communities, forests, and/or management of those forests.

We will support participatory research by groups in the Central and Southern Appalachians that are doing such community projects. This includes Appalachian regions of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, and Maryland. For a map consult our web site www.appalachianforest.org/maps/

By "participatory research" we mean projects that:

  • Are part of a community or group project
  • Answer a question that is important to the group
  • Involve members of the group in finding information to answer that question

AFRC can supply limited funding and technical assistance on a variety of issues. We have a small pool of funds for project activities and an additional pool for technical assistance.

Participatory research activities can be part of a larger effort but the AFRC support is specifically for the designated participatory research and related activities.

All participatory research projects should generally be completed within 12 months. The start-date will be during the Summer of 2004.

Selected groups will be asked to develop a work plan and will be required to submit quarterly reports. Funds will be disbursed in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding between AFRC and each cooperator.

Application

To help us understand your project please answer the following questions:

Activities and Goals

1. What is the overall goal of your work?

2. What project are you working on now to get towards your goal?

3. What question will you research to help move towards your goal?

4. How will you research that question?

Impact

5. What will the benefits of your work be to the community?

6. How will your efforts affect the forests of your area?

7. How many people will be involved with carrying out the project?

8. Who are the integral people that will be leading the effort?

9. If you are successful in this project, how might your group benefit?

10. What might be your "next step" after this effort?

11. Would your research help others in the region? Who would it help and how?

12. How would you share the results of your work with others?

Resources
13. Which resources or support do you need to move forward? (check all that apply)
Funding
Technical assistance (a consultant or someone else knowledgeable on an issue)
Assistance moving your group's process along
Other (please specify in 16 below)

14. If you need funding, for what will it be used? Be as detailed as possible.

15. If you are requesting technical assistance, what sort do you want?

16. What other support do you want?

17. How long will it take to carry out this research project?

Additional Materials

Please attach any letters of support for your work, as well as any other materials. Groups are encouraged to include letters of support from those that know your work or will be involved and/or affected.

Deadline

Proposals must be received no later than April 26, 2004 either electronically or on paper. Electronic submissions or 3.5" diskette files are strongly preferred, but US Postal Service or other package delivery services are acceptable. Method of delivery will not be considered in selection.

Mail to:
Rachel Orwan
-Project Request-
PO Box 21
Glouster, OH 45732

If you have questions or would like to know more about participatory research please contact us at (740) 767-2090 or toll free at (866) 767-4938. Email to:rachel@ruralaction.org

Thanks for doing the work you do!
Colin Donohue, AFRC Principal Investigator and B
Rachel Orwan, AFRC Research Coordinator

The AFRC does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, religion, national origin, disability or gender.

Project Proposal Form

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