Sponsors of the project

Sponsorship for the costs of production of the Manual of Afrotropical Diptera is currently being sought from various donors. Sponsor information will be posted on this site as sponsorship is secured.

	As key sponsor the National Museum has a rapidly developing Diptera collection that focuses on the Afrotropical Region. The Museum offers collection access and bench space at no cost to bona fide researchers.
	The Natal Museum, a leading centre of the dipterological research in the Afrotropical region, offers bona fide researchers extensive collection of Diptera and bench space at no cost.
	African Invertebrates is an international peer-reviewed journal that covers the taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, biology, ecology, conservation and palaeontology of Afrotropical invertebrates. An ideal option to publish new taxa from the Afrotropics. No page charges are levied.
	E Oppenheimer & Son and the Diamond Route. The Diamond Route is a massive national project which focuses on linking the conservation properties of the Oppenheimer family and De Beers. These properties conserve vast areas and provide a safe haven for a wide variety of unique, rare and ecologically important plants and animals.
	Samuel Wendell Williston Diptera Research Fund is a Smithsonian administered endowment fund established for the increase and diffusion of knowledge about Diptera. Williston was a great biologist, who made significant contributions to paleontology, entomology, medicine and education. He was the first native dipterist, the first to produce generic monographs of Nearctic Diptera, the first to curate and study the Diptera of the US National Museum, and the first to make a contribution to that collection. This man and his achievements, thus, epitomize what this fund was established to support.
	South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) is responsible for exploring, revealing, celebrating and championing biodiversity for the benefit and enjoyment of all of South Africa’s people. As well as being the custodian of the National Botanical Gardens’ system, SANBI is a respected authority in research and has an unmatched research record in the indigenous, naturalised and alien flora of South and southern Africa, and beyond. SANBI’s research management covers systematics and collections expansion, conservation and applied biodiversity science, and climate change. The Institute’s knowledge management and planning branch, strives to make biodiversity science more available and accessible through various ‘mainstreaming’ projects and initiatives.