Some examples of projects that have received grants are listed below.

2011 - A. Mitsiou & A. Laporte-Bisquit - Spatial and temporal variation in above-ground biomass in tropical forests in French Guiana. The main aims of this research were to study the effects of selective logging activity on forest above-ground biomass and the spatial variation in above-ground biomass of primary forest. For this research project, field work was carried out in the Kaw Mountains, North-Eastern French Guiana.

2010 - B. Boom - Web publication on the Plants and Lichens of St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles. This virtual herbarium of plants and lichens publishes the collections made in 2008. The grant covers costs for online publishing of the data. The project is carried out by a team under the supervision of Brian Boom of the New York Botanical Garden.

2009 - B. Hoffman: Publication of the book Woody Climbers of Suriname Field Guide. This is a user-friendly, illustrated field guide that includes, among other things, a key based on vegetative characteristics. More than half of the book has already been written. The grant will help cover publication costs. The publication will be executed and supported in part by the National Herbarium of the Netherlands - Leiden University branch.

2009 - C. van ‘t Klooster: Medicinal Aromatic and Cosmetic (MAC) Plants for Local Health Care and Bio-cultural Diversity Conservation in the Saramaccan Village Pikin Slee, Suriname. In cooperation with the Herbarium of Suriname (BBS) and the local botanist F. van Troon, plant use by the local Maroon population is investigated. The research project is being conducted within the framework of the Master’s Program of Medical Anthropology and Sociology (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands).

2008 - V. Merckx: Diversity and ecology of mycoheterotrophic plants on and in the vicinity of the Savane-Roche Virginie (French Guiana). Interaction between plant roots and fungi is common in plants that absorb nitrogen and phosphorus from the soil in exchange for carbon. Mycoheterotrophic plants are plants that “steal” the carbon that autotrophic plants have made available to the fungal network. Research was conducted in cooperation with J. Moonen (a local botanist) and the Catholic University Leuven, Belgium.

2008 - A. Temme: Genetic population structure of the common liverwort Cheilolejeunea rigidula (Nees. et Mont.) Schust. in the Amazon Basin. The relationship between the dispersal of mosses and liverworts (by means of spores or vegetative parts) and their final distribution pattern was determined using molecular genetic techniques. The relationships between geographically distinct populations were studied.

2008 - O. Bánki: A presentation titled “Tree diversity and nature conservation of bauxite mountains in Northeast Suriname” was given at the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) Conference in Paramaribo, Suriname. In addition, contacts with other attending scientists were maintained, discussions conducted, and advice regarding fieldwork given.