Amounts will depend on travel costs, but will ordinarily be in the range of several hundred dollars up to about $5,000. Grants are payable to the individual applicant. Lewis and Clark Fund grants are taxable income, but the Society is not required to report payments. It is recommended that grant recipients discuss their reporting obligations with their tax advisors.

All Grants must be used in connection with initiating and making significant progress towards completing the Eco-Program as set forth in its proposal. Student Grant recipients may be required to provide written or oral status reports, including budget reports and receipts to Program Sponsor to evidence appropriate use of the Grant. Student Grant recipients may additionally be asked to capture and document their work once monthly using video and or camera images and to provide these images to the Program Sponsor and/or Program Administrator upon request. Failure of any Student Grant recipient to provide Program Sponsor and/or Program Administrator with Eco-Program status updates as requested may result in suspension or termination of Grant disbursements, in Program Sponsor’s sole discretion.

ACLS does not fund creative work (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, work that deals purely with translation (with the exception of Luce/ACLS Translation Grants in East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History), or pedagogical projects.

What is excluded or highly unlikely to be funded

- core salary or administrative costs of an organisation

- work on an alien species to a country unless it is likely to result in benefit to a native species

 Do not include living expenses and/or travel under the research allowance.

Projects can last a maximum of 3 months.

Each award is paid directly to the recipient’s school and applied toward tuition.

Must work at least 40 hours per week. Reimbursment covers the cost of three hours tuition at home institutions (books and other non-tuition charges are NOT covered).

1. Funds must be spent only on allowable costs.

2. The grantee will submit brief annual progress reports during the performance period.

3. Upon completion, and no later than three years following awarding of the grant, the grantee will submit a final report.

4. Mazama support will be acknowledged in all publications resulting from the grant, but club endorsement of results and conclusions will not be implied.

5. Equipment exceeding $100.00 becomes the property of the sponsoring institution, usually a university.

Policy is not to pay overhead, whether stated as overhead or as indirect cost. Funding is for one year of research and may not be renewed

Grantee must recognize CODAR inside of any presentation or publication that includes RiverSonde data. Grants are limited to equipment use inside of the United States. Future grant programs may be offered for other regions.Data collected during grant program will be considered joint property of grantee and CODAR. CODAR will be allowed to use data for marketing, product engineering or other purposes.

 If the proposed Sustainability Initiative exceeds $15,000, the source of the additional funds must be stated and proof of additional support will be required.

Fundable research must be cartographic in nature. Cartography must be the central focus of the research and not merely a tool used in support of other research. Funding will be awarded for travel that is related to the research, such as field work or data collection; this grant does not provide funding for travel to conferences.

*The fellowship will be reduced by the amount of any other financial assistance (other than tuition support) above $18,000.
*You must disclose all financial assistance to RFF.

 The salary does not include tuition or health benefits for this period. Graduate students will be required to fulfill their responsibilities to the satisfaction of their faculty mentor; specific objectives and duties should be agreed upon prior to the period of Spring/Summer employment.