PROJECT GRANT FOR RESEARCHERS
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PROJECT GRANT FOR RESEARCHERS TENDER PROFORMA This project grant is intended to assist a promising group of researchers by supporting an innovative or important research project of a pure or applied nature in an appropriate discipline relating to biodiversity conservation, marine and coastal management, or pollution management. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 1. Name of Project Group: Project Group members: 2. Title of proposed project: A study to establish the main causes of the decline of the Barbastelle Bat in the New Forest. 3. Summary of the project proposal (not exceeding 100 words): The main aim of our proposed research project is to investigate the possible causes of Barbastella barbastellus decline, focusing in particular on a population identified in the New Forest. The hypothesis being tested is: The decline of the Barbastelle bat in the New Forest is being caused by a reduction in the abundance of prey insects and through loss of appropriate roosting sites. In order to...

