Research Permits

Requirements for Research and Collecting Permits (for first-time project approval by the government) Curriculum vitae of Principal Investigator (3 pages maximum).

1. MINAET permit application form completed.

2. The Soltis Center permit application form completed.

3. Project proposal. A brief (1 to 6 pages) Spanish summary of the research proposed. Specify the nature and purpose of the project; the collecting to be done (tax, numbers, locations, etc.); the persons and institutions involved; the use(s) to which the specimens will be put and the eventual disposition of them; and a description of the techniques that will be used for capture, preservation, and/or study of live organisms. Include Title, Introduction, Objectives and Methods. It is extremely important to include a chronogram (time schedule).

4. Passport-size photos: One if only registering your study, two if collecting.

5. Copy of your passport: First pages, with personal data and photo.

6. Official letter of endorsement from the institution with which you are affiliated (It has to be on letterhead and should bear the institution's seal.)

7.Written authorization signed by the land owner(s) when collecting from private property.

8. Written authorization signed by the land owner(s) when collecting from private property. If the project will be developed at the Center property, the Director of the Center must approve it.

9. Your payment of $50 for research permit alone and $35 if collecting (for a total of $85 if you are collecting)

10. Research assistants need also to send two passport size photos, a copy of the photo page of their passports, and pay $35.

11. Once these requirements have been completed and all documents received, it takes a minimum of 30 natural days to obtain a permit. A research permit is valid for six months and is renewable.