[mou] MOU grants

[Ann E Kessen]

	Applications requesting MOU funding of research or other bird-related
projects for the year 2004 must be received no later than February 1, 
2004.  Funding recipients will be notified by April 1.  Grants are
considered and made only at this time of year.
	Grant application information is available by writing Ann Kessen, at 31145
Genesis Avenue, Stacy, MN  55079, or email kess0010@tc.umn.edu.
	Applicants must describe the project for which funding is sought, its
goals, and how it will benefit birds or increase our understanding of
birds.  Location and dates of the project and a description of how the
project is to be carried out and how the MOU money will be used must also
be provided.  
	The MOU requires that its funding be acknowledged in all published
material associated with the project, and that one paper or report on the
project be submitted to the MOU for publication in either The Loon, the MOU
quarterly journal, or  Minnesota Birding.