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Hi Folks,
For the Thai project (thread below) the University I am trying to collaborate with rtequires a full proposal I have never written or really seen such a research proposal. This is to put some malaise traps on their (the Uni's) property - I'm not going to be allowed anywhere near a National Park sadly. Could somebody have a look at what I have already wqritten - below - (which they want turned into a full proposal) and tell me how to do this.

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Proposal to conduct a preliminary Biodiversity Survey of the various habitats of Northern Thailand.

A country’s biodiversity is a large part of its natural wealth, as well as its inevitable responsibility. In order for any authority to adequately plan to protect its biodiversity it must have some idea of what that biodiversity entails.

In terms of numbers of species, and in terms of ecological, if not human, importance, the invertebrates, particularly the insects, make up the bulk of any habitats biodiversity. Sadly they are usually the last group of organisms to be well studied and often little is known of them.

The insect fauna of Northern Thailand has been little studied, aside from the charismatic species such as the Lepidoptera and the Odonata and the larger Coleoptera and some disease carrying species such as mosquitos.

We propose to make a preliminary study of smaller insects of Northern Thailand, focusing mostly on the Coleoptera, Diptera and Hymenopter. These three groups normally comprise more than 70% of the biodiversity of any habitat.

The work would involve using two permanently placed flight interception traps (Malaise Traps) supplied by the Natural History Museum in London. These traps would be sited on the hills behind Mae Fah Luang University. These traps would be serviced once a week for a year, thus giving us the opportunity to collect many species with short, seasonally dictated, flight periods.

This material would be augmented by regular point sampling using Yellow Pan Traps, small portable traps that are particularly useful for sampling Diptera and Hymenoptera. In this way a vast range of habitats can be sampled over the year.

The material will be sorted to the level of family or superfamily and shipped out to a selection of participating taxonomic specialists for identification.

This survey will be being carried out on a voluntary basis, and as such must be small in its scope. However while it will be small it will undoubtedly add greatly to the existing knowledge of the fauna of Northern Thailand and it would serve as a basis for planning a more complete biodiversity in the future.
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List of Collaborators willing to Participate in Biodiversity Lanna


Dr Lucian Fusu - "Al. I. Cuza" University, Iasi Romania : Hymenoptera; Chalcidoidea, & Scelionidae

Dr Ovidiu Popovici - "Al. I. Cuza" University, Iasi Romania : Hymenoptera; Proctotrupoidea & Platygastridae

Libor Dvorak - Municipal Museum Marianske Lazne (Marienbad) The Czech Republic: Hymenoptera: Vespidae

Dr Max Barclay - Natural History Museum, London UK; Coleoptera

Gerard Pennards - Dutch Entomological society and Nederlands Centrum Biodiversiteit (NCB- Naturalis) Leiden; Diptera Syrphidae

Dr Paul L.Th. Beuk Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, The Netherlands: Diptera Empidoidea (excepting Dolichopodidae)

Dr Marc Pollet - Diensthoofd Informatie- en Datacentrum Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO): Diptera; Dolichopodidae

Dr. A. J. Woznica - Institute of Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences Poland: Diptera Heleomyzidae, Piophilidae & Pseudopomyzidae.

Dr Valery A. Korneyev, Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Diptera; Pyrgotidae, Tephritidae, Ulidiidae/Otitidae & Platystomatidae.

Dr. Stephen D. Gaimari - California State Collection of Arthropods, USA: Diptera; Lauxaniidae, Chamaemyiidae, Celyphidae, Odiniidae, Therevidae & Scenopinidae.

Dr. Christian Kehlmaier- Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Museum of Zoology
Dresden, Germany: Diptera; Pipunculidae & Vermileonidae

Iain MacGowan - Scottish Natural Heritage, Perth, Scotland: Diptera; Lonchaeidae.

Dr Phil Withers - Sainte Euphemie, France: Diptera; Psychodidae

Dr Joke van Erkelens - Dutch Enthomological Society, The Netherlands: Diptera; Anthomyiidae

Dr Nikita Vikhrev - Zoological Museum of Moscow University, Russia: Diptera Muscidae.

Dr Olavi Kurina - Inst. of Agri. & Enviro. Sciences Estonian University of Life Sciences, - Diptera: Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae & Mycetophilidae.
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My thanks to whomever can turn this into the required image.:)