Important Weblinks

RESEARCH INSTITUTES, ASSOCIATIONS & SOCIETIES

Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai http://www.bnhs.org

Botanical Survey of India http://164.100.52.111/index.asp

Central Dug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow http://www.cdriindia.org

Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore http://www.cftri.com

Central Institute of Medical & Aromatic Plants,Lucknow http://www.cimap.res.in

Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad http://www.ccmb.res.in

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research http://www.csir.res.in

Department of Botany, Columbia http://www.botany.ubc.ca/index.php

Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens http://www.botany.uga.edu/

Department of Plant Pathology , Michigan S University http://www.plantpathology.msu.edu/

Department of Plant Sciences, Oxford http://dps.plants.ox.ac.uk/plants/

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Missouri http://www.danforthcenter.org/

EnvironmentalInformation System (ENVIS), India http://www.envis.nic.in

Faculty Center of Biodiversity, Vienna http://www.botanik.univie.ac.at/index.php

Forest Survey of India, Dehradun http://www.fsi.nic.in

Government of India Directory http://www.goidirectory.nic.in

IAPT - International Association for Plant Taxonomy http://www.iapt-taxon.org/index_layer.php

Ind. Council of Forestry Research&Education,Dehradun http://www.icfre.gov.in

Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata http://www.iictindia.org

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun http://www.iirs-nrsa.gov.in

Industrial Toxicology Research Center (ITRC), Lucknow http://www.itrcindia.org

Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Republic http://www.ueb.cas.cz/

Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology New Delhi http://www.igib.res.in

Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology Palampur http://www.ihbt.res.in

Institute of Microbial Technology (IMT), Chandigarh http://www.imtech.res.in

Institute of Sustainable Halophyte utilization, Karachi http://www.halophyte.org/

International Code of Botanical Nomenclature http://ibot.sav.sk/icbn/main.htm

International Plant Name Index (IPNI) http://www.ipni.org

Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi http://www.envfor.nic.in

Nat.Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur http://www.neeri.res.in

Nat.Inst.of Sci. Commun.&Infor.Reso.(NISCAIR) NewDelhi http://www.niscair.res.in

National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) Bangalore http://www.nal.res.in

National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow http://www.nbri.res.in/

National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources http://www.nbpgr.ernet.in

National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune http://www.ncl-india.org

National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa http://www.nio.org

National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi http://www.nmnh.nic.in

Natural History Museum, London, UK http://www.nhm.ac.uk

Plant Systematics http://www.plantsystematics.org/index.html

Royal Botanic Garden, Kew (UK) http://www.kew.org/

The Boyce Thompson Institute http://bti.cornell.edu/

University of reading, UK http://www.reading.ac.uk/biologicalsciences/

Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun http://www.wii.gov.in

FUNDING FOR RESEARCH - GENERAL WEBSITES

Biology Browser by Thomson Reuters http://www.biologybrowser.org/

Conservation Leadership Programme http://conservation.bp.com/

Conservation Finance Alliance http://www.conservationfinance.org/

Community of Science http://fundingopps.cos.com/

East Asia and Pacific Environmental Initiative http://eapei.home.att.net/dpsites.htm

GrantsNet http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/funding/

IUCN Species Survival Commission Member’s Toolkit http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/

ScholarshipNet http://www.scholarshipnet.info/

SciDev http://www.scidev.net/en/grants/

Simbiota http://wildlife.wisc.edu/simbiota/s-list.htm

Society of Systematic Biologists http://systbio.org/?q=taxonomy/term/3

Terra Viva Grants http://www.terravivagrants.org/

UNESCO “Study Abroad Guide”: http://portal.unesco.org/education/fr/

FUNDING FOR RESEARCH - THEMATIC WEBSITES

The European Information System on Agricultural

Research for Development http://www.infosysplus.org/

FAO-CPF Forestry Funding Database http://www.fao.org/forestry/cpf/sourcebook/search/

Tropical Forest Research Funding Opportunities http://www.etfrn.org/ETFRN/resource/frames/

Wellcome Trust http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/index.htm

FUNDING FOR RESEARCH - ORGANISATION WEBSITES

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia http://www.ansp.org/research/opportunities/index.php

The academy of sciences for the developing world, TWAS https://twas.ictp.it/prog

African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions http://www.ansti.org/

African Wildlife Foundation –Charlotte Fellowships http://www.awf.org/section/people/education/

Agropolis Foundation http://www.agropolis-fondation.fr/uk/

Alexander Abraham Foundation http://aabrahamfoundation.org/cms/index.php?id=65

American Association for the Advancement of Science http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/awards/

American Museum of Natural History School http://rggs.amnh.org/

American Philosophical Society http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation http://www.mellon.org/grant_programs/programs/

Audubon Naturalist Society http://www.audubonnaturalist.org/

Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) http://www.ausaid.gov.au/scholar/default.cfm

Australian Federation of University Women (AFUW) http://www.afuwqfellowships.com/welcome-f.html

Bioversity International http://www.bioversityinternational.org/

CeDAMar http://www.cedamar.org/de/

Center for Conservation & Sustainable Development(MBG) http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ccsd/

Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) http://www.csfp-online.org/

Conservation and Research Foundation http://conservationresearch.wordpress.com/

Conservation, Food and Health Foundation http://cfhfoundation.grantsmanagement08.com/

Conservation Foundation http://www.conservationfoundation.co.uk/awards.php

Conservation International http://www.conservation.org/discover/

The Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) http://conservation.bp.com/Apply.asp

The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund http://www.cepf.net/grants/Pages/default.aspx

Darwin Initiative http://darwin.defra.gov.uk/apply/

David and Lucile Packard Foundation http://www.packard.org/

Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund http://conservation.wdwpublicaffairs.com/

East Asia and Pacific Environmental Initiative http://eapei.home.att.net/dpsites.htm

EECONET Action Fund (EAF) http://www.eeconet.org/eaf/how/index.html

Ernst Mayr Award in Systematic Biology http://systbio.org/node/10

European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT) http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/irg

European Tropical Forest Research Network http://www.etfrn.org/etfrn/resource/frames/linkfund.html

Fauna and Flora International http://www.fauna-flora.org/fsf.php

Field Museum http://www.fieldmuseum.org/research_collections/scholarships/default.html

GCA Awards In Tropical Botany http://www.gcamerica.org/scholarship/tropical.html

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events

E-DATABASES, FREE E-BOOK SITES, E- LIBRARIES, EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES

Description Language for Taxonomy http://delta-intkey.com/

LWG virtual Herbarium http://www.nbri.res.in/herbarium/HerbHome.aspx

Trees of India http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/tree.html

Encyclopedia of Indian Medicinal Plants http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search.php

The Plant List http://www.theplantlist.org/

Science Fair Projects World http://www.sciencefair-projects.org/biology-projects/index.html

Biodiversity Information Network http://200.144.189.73/portal/welcome.htm

Diversity India http://diversityindia.org/

BUBL Link Catalog http://bubl.ac.uk/link/linkbrowse.cfm?menuid=6411

Wiki Portal-Plants http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Plants

India Biodiversity Portal http://indiabiodiversity.org/

India Environmental Portal http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/

Biology online http://www.biology-online.org/

Plant Systematics Organization http://www.plantsystematics.org/index.html

Learn out Loud http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/Science/Biology

Herbal Medicine Database http://www.free-herbal-medicines.com/diseases/