ACP- Panama Canal Authority
General information:
- If you plan to do research in Gamboa Pipeline or Old Gamboa Road do not fill this application because general research permits for those areas are available at the Visitor Services Office (VSO).
- If you need to apply, be sure to apply two (2) months in advance of your expected arrival.
- ANAM permit is required, please contact Orelis Arosemena, arosemo@si.edu VSO.
- It is a host country requirement to provide a copy of any publication or reproduction including an abstract in Spanish, after completion of your study.
- Proper acknowledgments should be made in the publication to authorities facilitating the research.
- If any collected material turns out to belong to a taxon new to science, you should deposit a reasonable amount in STRI or in any other scientific center or proper national authority.
- Please, check STRI’s fee schedule if you should have any questions about fees http://www.stri.org/english/research/applications/fees/index.php
- Failure to comply with these regulations will adversely affect future authorization and research permits or collections to be exported by you and/or your colleagues.
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUBMIT
- Protocol of the research:
The Protocol of investigation should be in Spanish. Your description should not be too technical. Be explicit about any possible environmental impact. Minimum 4 or 5 pages. Report format must include the following:
- Title of Research Project
- General objective
- Duration of the project
- Justification
- Methodology
- Place or area where the study will take place
- Describe area and send a map attached to this application. Mandatory
- Itinerary/working schedule – dates and sites to be visited
- Samples collected - scientific and common names
- Describe any field marks and equipment that will be placed in the field and specify when they will be situated and removed.
- Principal Investigator’s name
- Research assistant/s name/s
- Copy of passport/s of each participant
- Resume / of each participant
- Nationality/ies
- Passport number/s
- STRI sponsor/advisor
- Any other information you may consider relevant to the project.
All above are guidelines. Don't write beside them. Please be sure to have read the above general information before submitting your application.
Information should be submitted to Celideth De Leon, e-mail deleonc@si.edu, Tel. +507. 212-8050, STRI/Office of External Affairs, Tupper Bldg. 628.
*This information may be subject to change*