Resource Submission Guidelines - Grid IP

GRID curates practical resources to help decision-makers integrate biodiversity into transportation infrastructure, early and effectively.

How GRID Curates Resources

GRID recognizes that valuable knowledge comes from many sources, including research institutions, governments, practitioners, non-governmental organizations, and communities. Resources are selected for relevance, reliability, and usability rather than institutional affiliation. In addition, GRID may prioritize resources that broaden access across audiences, address equity and governance considerations, or fill important gaps in the existing knowledge base.

What We Do Not Feature

• Promotional, political, or lobbying content

• Content that is hyperlocal, highly technical, and/or unlikely to be scalable

• Resources that do not clearly explain their sources, methods, and assumptions, or are not grounded in up-to-date evidence

Curation Methodology

These principles guide our editorial review process and ensure that GRID’s resource library remains useful and aligned with our mission.

Relevance

We prioritize resources that align with GRID’s focus on integrating biodiversity into the transportation infrastructure life cycle and offer insights relevant across geographies or transferable to one or more of GRID’s project countries.

Reliability

Resources should clearly explain their sources, methods, and assumptions, and be grounded in up-to-date evidence and/or recognized traditional and local knowledge.

Usability

We select resources that are clear, practical, and accessible to technical and nontechnical audiences. Materials should be available without restrictive access barriers such as mandatory email signups.

Additional Editorial Priorities

In addition to the core selection criteria above, GRID applies several editorial priorities when curating resources.

Balance

We curate a mix of technical and nontechnical resources that are relevant and engaging for audiences with varying levels of expertise, including academics, investors, planners, engineers, and other practitioners. The sources should be balanced across geographical diversity and priority themes.

Equity and inclusion

Resources may be prioritized when they meaningfully address equity, governance, Indigenous knowledge, gender inclusivity, or community outcomes related to transportation infrastructure.

Added value

We prioritize resources that help fill knowledge gaps across stakeholder groups or advance a priority theme, rather than duplicating content that is already widely available.

Internal Review Process

Submissions are reviewed by GRID on a rolling basis. While not every resource will be accepted, we welcome submissions from a wide range of contributors and encourage sharing materials that may be useful to others.

Permissions and Attribution

GRID links to and credits original sources across our website, social channels, newsletters, and events. We do not republish full content without permission. To help users quickly understand why a resource matters, we may share brief summaries or short excerpts alongside a link to the original source.

How to Submit a Resource

Please complete our contact form and select “Submit a resource” from the dropdown menu. Include a link to the resource and any additional context that may help us review it.